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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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Armenian Genocide: New Israeli Card in Geopolitical Contest with Turkey
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Armenian Genocide: New Israeli Card in Geopolitical Contest with Turkey

Thursday 2 July 2026
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had even warned earlier, explicitly, that the issue must not be turned into a geopolitical bargaining chip. This Armenian position is driven in several hard realities. First, Armenia knows full well that Israel has been one of Azerbaijan's key arms suppliers in r ...
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Iran’s Parliament Speaker Thanks Pakistan for Wartime Support
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Iran’s Parliament Speaker Thanks Pakistan for Wartime Support

Saturday 4 July 2026 ،
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf commended Pakistan’s unwavering support during the US and Israeli war against Iran ALWAGHT- Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf commended Pakistan's unwavering support during the US and Israeli war against Iran. Iranian Parliam ...
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Clash of Billboards in Lebanon Reveals Deepening Gap between Govt. and Shiite Community
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Clash of Billboards in Lebanon Reveals Deepening Gap between Govt. and Shiite Community

Saturday 4 July 2026 ،
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flatly stated that Israel will stay in the southern security zone as long as necessary, while Defense Minister Israel Katz doubled down, insisting troops would not pull back, even under US pressure. So what is really playing out behind this billboard battle is a fa ...
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Iranian President Arrives in Iraq’s Holy City of Najaf
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Iranian President Arrives in Iraq’s Holy City of Najaf

Tuesday 7 July 2026 ،
Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi upon his arrival in the holy city of Najaf ALWAGHT- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was welcomed by Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi upon his arrival in the holy city of Najaf ahead of the funeral procession for the martyred Leader of the Islamic Revolution. Preside ...
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Aircraft Transporting Martyred Leader’s Coffin Arrives in Iraq
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Aircraft Transporting Martyred Leader’s Coffin Arrives in Iraq

Tuesday 7 July 2026 ،
Prime Minister Ali Al-Zaidi declared Wednesday a nationwide public holiday to facilitate the large-scale event. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian also arrived in Najaf to attend the funeral and hold meetings with Iraqi officials. The Iraq ceremonies follow earlier funeral processions in Tehran an ...
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Iraq at a Critical Juncture in Relations with the US
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Iraq at a Critical Juncture in Relations with the US

Tuesday 14 July 2026 ،
Prime Minister Ali al-Zaydi who has recently made an important political and propagandistic splash by his daring, unprecedented anti-corruption campaign, this time has broken the tradition choosing the US as the first destination of his first trip since he took the office later in April. He flew to ...
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What’s Behind Postponing Netanyahu’s Planned US Visit?
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What’s Behind Postponing Netanyahu’s Planned US Visit?

Tuesday 21 July 2026 ،
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's canceled visit to Washington was officially blamed on a Republican Senator Lindsey Graham's funeral. But political sources in Tel Aviv paint a very different picture, one that points to widening cracks between Donald Trump and the Israeli PM, as the two lo ...
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A Visit with Dangerous Agenda: What Does Lebanon’s Aoun Seek in the US?
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A Visit with Dangerous Agenda: What Does Lebanon’s Aoun Seek in the US?

Tuesday 21 July 2026 ،
Prime Minister Saad Hariri, who met with Trump in July 2017. Yet the significance of this trip goes far beyond the stated agenda. Coming amid ongoing Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon, a deadlock in implementing the ceasefire agreement, and mounting US pressure to reshape Lebanon's security l ...
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Iran Asks IAEA to Denounce US Bombing of Nuclear Sites
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Iran Asks IAEA to Denounce US Bombing of Nuclear Sites

Tuesday 21 July 2026 ،
Minister Abbas Araghchi will attend the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organization meeting, and said Iraq's prime minister is expected to visit Tehran for talks on trade and regional security. He further rejected claims surrounding a Mahan Air flight to Yemen and denied US assertions that images ...
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What’s the Agenda of Iraqi PM’s Tehran Visit?
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What’s the Agenda of Iraqi PM’s Tehran Visit?

Thursday 23 July 2026 ،
Prime Minister Ali al-Zaydi’s trip to Tehran today is far more than a routine diplomatic visit between neighbors. Scheduled in the first months of Baghdad’s new government, in line with Iraqi political tradition, the visit underscores that Iran remains a decisive factor in Iraq’s s ...

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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.