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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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Greenland, the US Codename for Aggression against Europe
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Greenland, the US Codename for Aggression against Europe

Sunday 11 January 2026
ward US soil. Although Washington has not explicitly ruled out military options, the US government continues to emphasize the importance of Greenland for the national security of the country. Possible end of NATO The US president is threatening Greenland as a Danish territory while both the US a ...
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What Would Be Iranian Scenarios for a US Military Intervention?
Analysis

What Would Be Iranian Scenarios for a US Military Intervention?

Tuesday 13 January 2026 ،
war on Iran in June the troika of leadership, people, and powerful armed forces slapped the Israeli enemy hard in the face and shattered its plot to bring Iran to its knees using military force, in recent days a scenario designed by foreign intelligence agencies to destabilize Iran and make it anoth ...
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What’s Driven Strong Saudi Response to Southern Yemen Developments?
Analysis

What’s Driven Strong Saudi Response to Southern Yemen Developments?

Friday 16 January 2026 ،
wards a “neither war nor peace” relationship with Sana’a, where Ansarullah resistance movement has been holding the power since 2014. 2. Saudi Arabia regards separatism of southern Yemen as direct threat to its national security. Southern Yemen clashes, while undermining the Presi ...
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Why’s Davos Forum Canceled Iran Invitation?
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Why’s Davos Forum Canceled Iran Invitation?

Wednesday 21 January 2026 ،
war on Gaza for two years, during the ongoing conflict. In this context, Iran’s foreign minister remarked on the irony that the genocide of Palestinians by Israel and the collective killing of 71,000 innocent people did not lead the forum to revoke its invitation to Israeli officials. In fact ...
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With ISIS Inmates Breaking Free, Security Threats Are Back to Iraq
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With ISIS Inmates Breaking Free, Security Threats Are Back to Iraq

Thursday 22 January 2026 ،
warned that anyone approaching the country’s borders would be targeted. Despite assurances from Abu Muhammad al-Jolani claiming there would be no threat emanating from Syria to its eastern neighbor, Iraqi officials remained skeptical of these verbal guarantees. For the past 13 months, securit ...
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ISIS Prisoners Break Free: Conflicting Goals of Kurds and Al-Jolani Govt.
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ISIS Prisoners Break Free: Conflicting Goals of Kurds and Al-Jolani Govt.

Friday 23 January 2026 ،
warnings After ISIS was defeated in Syria and Iraq in 2017, thousands of its members and supporters were sent to several prisons on Syria's north and east. The most important of these prisons was Al-Shaddadi, south of Hasakah province, which according to Kurdish resources, had been holding abou ...
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Iran Prepares Military for Potential Crisis Scenarios
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Iran Prepares Military for Potential Crisis Scenarios

Saturday 24 January 2026 ،
warning of readiness to respond to any US aggression, deeming it as an existential threat ALWAGHT- Iran's military officials issue warning of readiness to respond to any US aggression, deeming it as an existential threat. A senior Iranian official stated that Iran's army is prepared for wor ...
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Tehran Shows No Anxiety as Commanders Are Ready for War
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Tehran Shows No Anxiety as Commanders Are Ready for War

Sunday 25 January 2026 ،
war ended after 12 days due to international pressure. Trump has since threatened to attack Iran again and has increased military buildup in the Persian Gulf. However, US Vice President JD Vance claimed they are only ensuring they have resources to respond if Iranians strike their assets. Iran' ...
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Al-Maliki’s Comeback to Iraq’s PM Post
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Al-Maliki’s Comeback to Iraq’s PM Post

Sunday 25 January 2026 ،
wards a consensus over the PM post as the party of al-Sudani failed to secure majority and he had to coalesce with other Shiite parties, the outcome of which was naming al-Maliki for the post. From religious school to Dawa Party Al-Maliki, in addition to leading the Dawa Party and the State of Law ...
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Syria’s North Undergoes New Developments as US Stabs Kurds in the Back
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Syria’s North Undergoes New Developments as US Stabs Kurds in the Back

Monday 26 January 2026 ،
war, warning that any new fighting could trigger a large-scale wave of displacement. Clashes over the past few days in eastern and northern Syria have dealt heavy blows to Kurdish forces. Under agreements reached between the two sides, SDF units withdrew from key positions, which are now under the ...

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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.