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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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Africa: Iran’s Strategic Opportunity to Break the Barriers
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Africa: Iran’s Strategic Opportunity to Break the Barriers

Monday 21 September 2026
Red Sea and Indian Ocean. Africa importance The stakes become even clearer when you consider that Africa holds a substantial share of the world's strategic mineral reserves. Gold, cobalt, platinum, chromium, uranium, and diamonds, alongside oil and gas, agriculture, and vast renewable energy p ...
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Peshmerga Unification Project: End of a Partisan Military or Start of Redefining Kurdistan Region’s Power?
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Peshmerga Unification Project: End of a Partisan Military or Start of Redefining Kurdistan Region’s Power?

Tuesday 22 September 2026 ،
September's end. Meanwhile, Monday’s first-ever joint training course for senior commanders from the two commands offered a sign that the project is moving toward forging a unified command culture. Still, organizational progress should not be mistaken for a full resolution of political di ...
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Elections in Land of Crisis: Netanyahu, Opposition, and Architecture of Israeli Future
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Elections in Land of Crisis: Netanyahu, Opposition, and Architecture of Israeli Future

Thursday 24 September 2026 ،
Several right-wing parties are weighing independent runs, and if they fail to clear the electoral threshold, part of that camp's ballots simply will not convert into seats. That is why drawing those factions in and preventing their dispersal has become one of Netanyahu's campaign priorities. ...
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From Chips to Iran War: Xi-Trump’s Hard Discussions
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From Chips to Iran War: Xi-Trump’s Hard Discussions

Friday 25 September 2026 ،
Chinese president visits the US while bilateral ties are overshadowed by challenging issues. Alwaght- As the economic and geopolitical contest in the world escalates, eyes once again return to Washington and Beijing, where leaders of the two economic heavyweights are pushing to, through a face-to-fa ...
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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 ،
September. The issue has drawn concerns about the future of security in the autonomous region. The US has reportedly told Kurdistan leaders it does not intend to renew the security help pact with Erbil. It is to expire on September 30, the day the US should withdraw from Iraq according to agreement ...
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Iranian Flight Suspension Tests Iraq’s Sovereignty Amid US Pressure
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Iranian Flight Suspension Tests Iraq’s Sovereignty Amid US Pressure

Saturday 26 September 2026 ،
September 8 US Treasury warning that airports serving Iranian flights could lose access to the US dollar clearing system. He attributed the disruption to US secondary sanctions, refusals by British ground-handling firms to service Iranian aircraft, and an alleged directive from Iraq’s prime mi ...
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The Yemen Sayyed Nasrallah Envisioned: From Resistance to Regional Transformation
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The Yemen Sayyed Nasrallah Envisioned: From Resistance to Regional Transformation

Saturday 26 September 2026 ،
Red Sea and Yemen directly into the wider regional confrontation. Nasrallah highlighted the connection between Yemen and Palestine. He portrayed Yemen’s resistance as part of a broader regional struggle and repeatedly rejected efforts to separate the Yemeni conflict from wider questions of so ...
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Second Sayyed Nasrallah Anniversary: Display of Loyalty to Resistance Legacy
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Second Sayyed Nasrallah Anniversary: Display of Loyalty to Resistance Legacy

Monday 28 September 2026 ،
Secretary-General Naim Qassem, broadcast to the crowd. Qassem declared that Israeli regime had failed to achieve its goal of destroying Hezbollah and ending the resistance, and that the movement would not agree to disarm until Israeli occupation forces withdraw from occupied areas of southern Lebano ...
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Leader’s Adviser Warns of New Front if Iran Faces Another Attack
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Leader’s Adviser Warns of New Front if Iran Faces Another Attack

Tuesday 29 September 2026 ،
Red Sea, saying that involving the strategic waterway would significantly alter the conflict. Iran and the US remain under a fragile ceasefire following an agreement reached in April and a memorandum signed in June. The Iranian general claimed that the US and Israel had failed to achieve their obje ...
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Syriafication of Sahel Region: Powers Wrestling to Redefine Strategic Foothold
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Syriafication of Sahel Region: Powers Wrestling to Redefine Strategic Foothold

Tuesday 29 September 2026 ،
September 2023, when Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, Russia's deputy defense minister, met with the leaders of Mali and Burkina Faso and Niger's defense minister, with an agenda announced as deepening military-technical and security cooperation. In the same vein, the three countries formed the Alliance ...

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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.