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Ansarullah

Ansarullah

A Zaidi Shiite movement operating in Yemen. It seeks to establish a democratic government in Yemen.
Shiite

Shiite

represents the second largest denomination of Islam. Shiites believe Ali (peace be upon him) to be prophet"s successor in the Caliphate.
Resistance

Resistance

Axis of Resistances refers to countries and movements with common political goal, i.e., resisting against Zionist regime, America and other western powers. Iran, Syria, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Hamas in Palestine are considered as the Axis of Resistance.
Persian Gulf Cooperation Council

Persian Gulf Cooperation Council

A regional political u n i o n consisting of Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq.
Taliban

Taliban

Taliban is a Sunni fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan. It was founded by Mohammed Omar in 1994.
  Wahhabism & Extremism

Wahhabism & Extremism

Wahhabism is an extremist pseudo-Sunni movement, which labels non-Wahhabi Muslims as apostates thus paving the way for their bloodshed.
Kurds

Kurds

Kurds are an ethnic group in the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region, which spans adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. They are an Iranian people and speak the Kurdish languages, which form a subgroup of the Northwestern Iranian branch of Iranian languages.
NATO

NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949.
Islamic Awakening

Islamic Awakening

Refers to a revival of the Islam throughout the world, that began in 1979 by Iranian Revolution that established an Islamic republic.
Al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda

A militant Sunni organization founded by Osama bin Laden at some point between 1988 and 1989
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Pentagon Acknowledges F-35 Was Struck by Iranian Forces During War
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Pentagon Acknowledges F-35 Was Struck by Iranian Forces During War

Tuesday 15 September 2026
Pentagon inspector general’s report says an F-35 stealth fighter suffered combat damage after being struck by Iran ALWAGHT- A Pentagon inspector general’s report says an F-35 stealth fighter suffered combat damage after being struck by Iran, marking the first such incident involving the aircra ...
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Iranian Forces Shoot Down Another US MQ-9 Over Qeshm Island, Marking 52nd Drone Loss
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Iranian Forces Shoot Down Another US MQ-9 Over Qeshm Island, Marking 52nd Drone Loss

Wednesday 16 September 2026 ،
Pentagon’s prewar inventory. The report said the US operational MQ-9 fleet has fallen to around 135 aircraft, while General Atomics has fewer than 10 new airframes available and Reaper production has ended.
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Iran War Bill for the US:$33.4 Billion Just Until Ceasefire
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Iran War Bill for the US:$33.4 Billion Just Until Ceasefire

Friday 18 September 2026 ،
Pentagon's inspector general, in its first mandatory report to Congress on the scope of the war with Iran, has concluded that the massive expenditure of munitions during the operation caused a strategic depletion of stockpiles and laid bare sweeping shortfalls in the US industrial capacity to re ...
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New Images Show Extensive Damage to US Base in Kuwait Following Iranian Strikes
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New Images Show Extensive Damage to US Base in Kuwait Following Iranian Strikes

Sunday 20 September 2026 ،
Pentagon has not released a comprehensive public assessment. A Pentagon inspector general report said hundreds of buildings and structures had been damaged, while estimates placed the cost of the war at between $33 billion and $38 billion. The Pentagon said 18 US personnel had been killed and 824 w ...
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UN Report on Minab School War Crime a Nightmare to US
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UN Report on Minab School War Crime a Nightmare to US

Sunday 20 September 2026 ،
Pentagon's internal prove have said that some of the Department of War had concluded in the early hours of the attack that targeted Minab elementary school was carried out by the US forces. They add that the attack was not a result of a single person decision, but was a product of a chain of dec ...
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Atlantic Gap in the Final Stage
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Atlantic Gap in the Final Stage

Sunday 20 September 2026 ،
Pentagon was mulling plans to withdraw military wares, including aircraft, ships, and indeed tens of military personnel from Europe. The move would amount to a reduction of roughly one-third of US forces stationed on the continent, or nearly 25,000 troops, though some accounts suggest the figure cou ...
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Fate of Washington-Erbil Security Pact: The Trump-Kurds Equation
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Fate of Washington-Erbil Security Pact: The Trump-Kurds Equation

Saturday 26 September 2026 ،
Pentagon's counter-ISIS program, funds earmarked for equipment purchases, troop training and salary payments. Now, however, the Pentagon has proposed eliminating that assistance in its fiscal year 2027 budget request, arguing that with ISIS defeated, the spending is no longer necessary and the m ...
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Where have American Forces and Military Equipment Gone after Iraq Withdrawal?
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Where have American Forces and Military Equipment Gone after Iraq Withdrawal?

Saturday 3 October 2026 ،
Pentagon spokesman also emphasized the orderly withdrawal of forces and equipment. The US President Donald Trump also emphasized after the withdrawal was announced that no American equipment remained in Iraq. The Guardian reported this position of Trump and wrote that he at the same time celebrated ...
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Post-Withdrawal US Security Strategy in Iraq: Five Scenarios
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Post-Withdrawal US Security Strategy in Iraq: Five Scenarios

Monday 5 October 2026 ،
Pentagon, for its part, called the withdrawal a transition from war-time coalition mission to Iraqi-led security effort, adding that targeted training and intelligence support to Baghdad will continue. This shift in view for some political experts in the US does not necessarily mean putting Iraq as ...
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White House War Cover-up Suggests Trump is Empty-handed
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White House War Cover-up Suggests Trump is Empty-handed

Monday 12 October 2026 ،
Pentagon blocked Senator Chris Murphy’s access to Al Udaid military base in Qatar, signaling that war on Iran may be a failure story. Alwaght- Over six months after start of the US-Israeli war of aggression on Iran, there are growing signs of a gap between the White House's official narrative of ...

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Commemorating the 36th anniversary of the passing of Imam Khomeini (RA), the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Commemorating the 36th anniversary of the passing of Imam Khomeini (RA), the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran.