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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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Trump’s 60-Day Window for Unilateral Military Action Closing: What Are His Escape Ways?
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Trump’s 60-Day Window for Unilateral Military Action Closing: What Are His Escape Ways?

Thursday 30 April 2026
Republican anxiety over how continued war support will play with voters in the midterms just five months away, is likely to make it much harder for the White House to secure congressional approval. In response, several Republican lawmakers, including Senator John Curtis and Representative Don Bacon, ...
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Democrats Label Trump a Fraud
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Democrats Label Trump a Fraud

Wednesday 6 May 2026 ،
Republican senators have also called for activating the 25th Amendment, which would allow the Vice President and a Cabinet majority to declare the president unable to discharge his duties.
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Potential Agreement with Iran: Washington Frustrated, Tel Aviv Furious
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Potential Agreement with Iran: Washington Frustrated, Tel Aviv Furious

Monday 25 May 2026 ،
Republican administrations has said: “Three months have gone and the war that was supposed to be a short-time game for Trump is turning into a long-term strategic defeat. Trump stricken by pressure and frustration During his election campaign, Trump promised to avoid unnecessary military in ...
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Iran Must Keep the Blade of Hormuz Strait on Trump’s Head
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Iran Must Keep the Blade of Hormuz Strait on Trump’s Head

Thursday 28 May 2026 ،
Republicans, laid bare the full scale of the disaster. In the end, Trump did not come to the negotiating table by choice, but out of compulsion and necessity, and on Iran’s terms. Trump, as described, is the US’s true face without makeup. Even at his most sincere and flexible, he is by ...
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Armenia Parliamentary Election: A Referendum to Choose between East and West
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Armenia Parliamentary Election: A Referendum to Choose between East and West

Thursday 4 June 2026 ،
Republican Institute (IRI), 72 percent of citizens support the possibility of Armenia joining the EU, and E51 percent say they would vote in favor of EU membership if a referendum were held. Armenian society is clearly trending westward, a shift that could boost Pashinyan’s chances of winning ...
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Four Strategic Messages of Iran’s Missile Strikes at Israel
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Four Strategic Messages of Iran’s Missile Strikes at Israel

Monday 8 June 2026 ،
Republican congressmen joined Democrats in an anti-war motion, passing a resolution to revoke Trump’s war powers against Iran, a sign that voices opposed to the costs of war are growing louder, even inside Republican circles. In Israel, meanwhile, Netanyahu’s political and social standi ...
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Martyred Leader’s Funeral the Biggest Display of Democracy, Iran Turned War into Opportunity: Lebanese Author
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Martyred Leader’s Funeral the Biggest Display of Democracy, Iran Turned War into Opportunity: Lebanese Author

Thursday 9 July 2026 ،
Republicans and Democrats in the US; both pursue the same policy, albeit through different methods. Alwaght: How do you assess the role of the martyred leader in supporting Palestinian cause, Lebanon, and Yemen? Awadha: Since the victory of the Islamic Revolution in the 1979, the Islamic Republic ...
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Washington–Tehran War of Image and Prestige over the Strait of Hormuz
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Washington–Tehran War of Image and Prestige over the Strait of Hormuz

Tuesday 14 July 2026 ،
Republicans, especially with congressional elections looming. European allies, too, would not hold back their criticism. They ask about the point of this war after months of energy shocks and disrupted maritime trade hammering the Western economy. In the end, a waterway that was open before the US& ...
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US Ground Offensive likely, Trump’s Ultimate Strategy Is Containing China: Expert
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US Ground Offensive likely, Trump’s Ultimate Strategy Is Containing China: Expert

Thursday 16 July 2026 ،
Republican popularity has tanked, largely due to Trump team's reckless adventurism. The situation is such that this could cost the GOP dearly in the upcoming congressional elections. While Republican and Democratic policies toward Iran and the region are largely aligned, a loss of House and Sena ...
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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 ،
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 longtime allies enter a new phase of distrust and open disagreement over the region's most cri ...

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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.