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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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Iran War Sounding NATO Death Knell
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Iran War Sounding NATO Death Knell

Thursday 19 March 2026
Europeans feel betrayed by the US and so cannot enter in Iran war as they see it unjustified. Alwaght- Just a couple of months ago, Trump set the news and social media ablaze by his plan to annex Greenland to the US territory. Though since the beginning it looked that his words were a media game, wh ...
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Bombing Civilian and Scientific Centers in Iran Echoes American-Israeli War Routine
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Bombing Civilian and Scientific Centers in Iran Echoes American-Israeli War Routine

Saturday 4 April 2026 ،
Iran standing on its feet in science and industry is one reason the Israeli regime and the US are bombing its universities and production lines. Alwaght- While the international laws ban any attacks on civilians targets and labels ignoring this principle as the impairment of one of the most essentia ...
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US Learns Force and Threats Don’t Work with Iran
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US Learns Force and Threats Don’t Work with Iran

Tuesday 5 May 2026 ،
Project Freedom plan for the Strait of Hormuz, stating that the world neither accepts Washington's humanitarian claims nor believes the US can escape its self-created quagmire. Baghaei asserted that the US should have learned it cannot speak to Iran through threats and coercion, emphasizing that ...
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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 ،
Project Freedom operation to reopen the Strait of Hormuz which has been closed by Iran in response to the US-Israeli war two months ago. The move is aimed at wresting the control of the key waterway from Iran in association with some countries through escorting the ships, a measure obviously violati ...
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Doomed from the Start: How Trump’s ’Project Freedom’ Never Got Off the Ground
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Doomed from the Start: How Trump’s ’Project Freedom’ Never Got Off the Ground

Wednesday 6 May 2026 ،
Project Freedom’ to provide escorts in the Strait of Hormuz failed to ensure safety ALWAGHT- The US announcement of 'Project Freedom' to provide escorts in the Strait of Hormuz failed to ensure safety and instead triggered a cascade of confrontations, blasts, and fires throughout the Persian ...
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Iran and US Close to One-Page Memorandum to End War
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Iran and US Close to One-Page Memorandum to End War

Wednesday 6 May 2026 ،
Project Freedom—attempted to breach Iran's security zone and break the ceasefire, only to retreat after a firm response from the Islamic Republic's Armed Forces.
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Iran’s Perplexing and Complex Military Strategy in Strait of Hormuz
Analysis

Iran’s Perplexing and Complex Military Strategy in Strait of Hormuz

Wednesday 6 May 2026 ،
Project Freedom in the Strait of Hormuz in its first day of implementation ran into the firm obstacle of the Iranian armed forces and failed to produce the expected results. Reports showed that American warships on Monday took limited measures to ensure safe passage of the ships through the key wate ...
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Discrimination against Arab Allies: Why Does UAE Matter More to US Security Umbrella?
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Discrimination against Arab Allies: Why Does UAE Matter More to US Security Umbrella?

Thursday 7 May 2026 ،
Project Freedom. According to the defense ministry, on Monday and Tuesday the country engaged a wave of missile and drone attacks. Explosion even rocked Fujairah port, the only Emirati oil port located on the eastern mouth of the Strait of Hormuz that the Emiratis have aspired for a long time to ma ...
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Araghchi’s Mission in Beijing amid Hormuz Strait Blockade and Energy Crisis
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Araghchi’s Mission in Beijing amid Hormuz Strait Blockade and Energy Crisis

Thursday 7 May 2026 ،
Project Freedom to reopen the Strait, effectively proved a failure story. The clearest sign of that failure was the postponement of the military operation only 24 hours after its launching. So, Trump is engaging in new economic talks with Beijing without already securing energy play cards. From thi ...
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Trump’s War Unleashed Iran’s Sleeping Lion
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Trump’s War Unleashed Iran’s Sleeping Lion

Saturday 9 May 2026 ،
Project Freedom for what he called “liberating” the Strait of Hormuz in less than 48 hours.

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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.