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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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Amid Trump’s Pressures, Al-Maliki’s Candidacy Remains Shrouded in Uncertainty
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Amid Trump’s Pressures, Al-Maliki’s Candidacy Remains Shrouded in Uncertainty

Monday 16 February 2026
with a 55-percent turnout marked a turning point in establishing a relative political order after years of instability. The swift formation of parliament's presidium and the initiation of the process to elect a president initially suggested that Baghdad might, unlike previous years, adhere to th ...
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How Would the World Look Like if Strait of Hormuz Closed?
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How Would the World Look Like if Strait of Hormuz Closed?

Saturday 21 February 2026 ،
with sky-high insurance premiums. That disruption alone triggered a 60 percent spike in global crude prices at the time. According to a report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Iran has the capability to divert or seize control of oil tankers transiting the Strait of Hor ...
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Israeli Army Grounded in Litani Quagmire as Hezbollah Utilizes New Combat Tactics
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Israeli Army Grounded in Litani Quagmire as Hezbollah Utilizes New Combat Tactics

Sunday 29 March 2026 ،
with Israel is a whole different one as Hezbollah uses new weapons and tactics. Alwaght- When the US and Israeli regime waged their war on Iran, they did not thought that other Axis of Resistance branches in the region will get involved in the conflict. But as it was predicted and the resistance lea ...
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Iran’s Air Defense Emerging as a Killer of Israeli-American Aircraft, Drones
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Iran’s Air Defense Emerging as a Killer of Israeli-American Aircraft, Drones

Thursday 2 April 2026 ،
within Iran's air defense fire range One of the advanced US weapons systems recently struck by Iranian missiles was the E‑3 AWACS, a $700 million aircraft known E-3, that sought to flee to safety from the Iranian drones. But it was hit by a$20,000 drone, Shahed-136, that not only destroyed this ...
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Lebanon Ceasefire: Outcome of Pres. Aoun’s Compromises or Iran’s Ultimatum?
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Lebanon Ceasefire: Outcome of Pres. Aoun’s Compromises or Iran’s Ultimatum?

Saturday 18 April 2026 ،
with the Israeli regime at a time the Israeli occupation kept heavily bombing Lebanese civilians and still occupies parts of the Lebanon’s territory. Actually, they want to pretend that making compromises to the Israelis is a way better than resistance to Tel Aviv and can secure Lebanon’ ...
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Seven Naval Advantages Iran Holds Over The US
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Seven Naval Advantages Iran Holds Over The US

Tuesday 5 May 2026 ،
with superior American power, this strategy seeks to change the playing field by transforming weaknesses into assets, exploiting geographic advantages, and integrating military, economic, and perceptual dimensions—thereby forcing its own desired terms onto the conflict. Analyzing the naval co ...
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Trump’s "Project Freedom" a Failure Story
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Trump’s "Project Freedom" a Failure Story

Tuesday 5 May 2026 ،
with it as a hostility. Alwaght- While the two-week ceasefire between Iran and the US is already combustible due to Washington’s blockade on Iran and the continued Israeli attacks on Lebanon, a new provocative move by Trump in the Strait of Hormuz risks sinking the region in a fresh conflict. ...
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Will Hezbollah Alter Dahieh-Haifa Equation?
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Will Hezbollah Alter Dahieh-Haifa Equation?

Saturday 9 May 2026 ،
with the Israeli regime, but is showing a strategic shift in the way resistance fighters are countering the Israeli occupation. The expanded range of missile and drone operations, coupled with a sharper focus on northern areas in the occupied territories, has reinforced the notion that Hezbollah is ...
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Strait of Hormuz, the Field Determining the War of Wills
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Strait of Hormuz, the Field Determining the War of Wills

Tuesday 12 May 2026 ،
with the international navigation, are practically challenging the US Navy.  This issue sparked brief, intermittent clashes in the Persian Gulf over the past few days, pushing the ceasefire to the brink of collapse. Small as they may have been, these confrontations carried outsized consequence ...
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Israel Invades Lebanon: While Hezbollah Fighting, Lebanon’s Govt. Waiting Mirage of Talks
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Israel Invades Lebanon: While Hezbollah Fighting, Lebanon’s Govt. Waiting Mirage of Talks

Monday 1 June 2026 ،
with dismantling Hezbollah’s arsenal. By January, the army announced it had completed the first phase of that disarmament plan: clearing weapons caches, deactivating tunnels and missile sites, and seizing abandoned Hezbollah positions—often with the group’s consent, a goodwill gest ...

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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.