- As Pro-Israeli Board Acquires TikTok, Palestinian Voice Censorship Concerns Rise
- Hamas Rejects Disarmament Claims, Blasts Media For pro-Israel Bias
- Two Civilians Killed in Southern Lebanon by Israeli Drone Strike
- Iran’s IRGC Commander Warns of Firm Reaction to Any Threat in The Persian Gulf
- Seven Palestinians Killed in Gaza by Israeli Forces Despite Trump’s Order to Stop Attacks
- Iran Urges Countries Not to Comply with Reinstated E3 Sanctions
- Hamas’s Response Put Netanyahu in a Tight Spot
- Syria Elections: Al-Jolani Introducing Caliphate Rule
- Iranian and Saudi Officials Hold Talks to Strengthen Bilateral Relations
- Gaza Death Toll Hits 67,139 After 12 Killed Since Dawn
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Seven Palestinians Killed in Gaza by Israeli Forces Despite Trump’s Order to Stop Attacks Although US President Donald Trump instructed Israel to stop its assaults, the Israeli military has maintained its air and artillery operations
Iran Urges Countries Not to Comply with Reinstated E3 Sanctions Iran has criticized Britain, France, and Germany for seeking to reinstate UN sanctions through the so-called snapback mechanism
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Gaza Death Toll Hits 67,139 After 12 Killed Since Dawn Despite Netanyahu’s assurances of reducing airstrikes, Israel is still killing Palestinians throughout the Gaza Strip
Israeli Troops Carry Out Ground Raids in Southern Syria, Detain Three Reports indicate that Israeli forces carried out multiple incursions into southern Syria near the occupied Golan Heights
Yemeni Forces Strike Key Israeli Sites in Occupied al-Quds With Ballistic Missile The Yemeni Armed Forces have announced they carried out a new hypersonic ballistic missile strike on sensitive sites within Israeli-occupied territories
Araghchi: Europe Has Less Influence in Upcoming Iran Nuclear Talks Iran’s foreign minister says Europe has eroded its influence in efforts to resolve Tehran’s nuclear dispute
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Resistance Groups Praise Hamas, Criticize Trump’s Plan Leading members of Palestinian resistance groups and Yemen’s Ansarullah movement have expressed strong support for Hamas’s stance
Iran-Russia Pact Seen as Turning Point in Relations: Foreign Ministry The Iranian Foreign Ministry has described the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty between Iran and Russia as a turning point in bilateral relations
Six People with Alleged Ties to Israel Executed in Iran Six individuals linked to a separatist group with alleged ties to Israel were executed on Saturday morning
Araghchi Accuses US Of Blocking Progress in New York Negotiations Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s foreign minister, criticized the US for hindering progress in diplomatic discussions
41 Palestinians Killed in Ongoing Israeli Assault on Gaza About half of the fatalities occurred in Gaza City
Government Shutdown in US As Trump Threatens Mass Dismissals of Federal Workers The United States has gone into shutdown once more as Republicans were unable to reach a budget agreement with Democratic lawmakers
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Ansarullah
A Zaidi Shiite movement operating in Yemen. It seeks to establish a democratic government in Yemen.
Shiite
represents the second largest denomination of Islam. Shiites believe Ali (peace be upon him) to be prophet"s successor in the Caliphate.
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
A regional political u n i o n consisting of Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq.
Taliban
Taliban is a Sunni fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan. It was founded by Mohammed Omar in 1994.
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 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
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
Refers to a revival of the Islam throughout the world, that began in 1979 by Iranian Revolution that established an Islamic republic.
Al-Qaeda
A militant Sunni organization founded by Osama bin Laden at some point between 1988 and 1989
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Monday 11 August 2025
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Overall, Israel views energy deals not merely as a revenue stream but as strategic tools of soft power, enabling Tel Aviv to turn gas into a political weapon at critical regional moments.
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Monday 25 August 2025
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The Taliban are pushing for regional trade involvement with China and Pakistan, but they have a big job of responding to security concerns. Alwaght- Four years into Taliban rule, security concerns remain the biggest roadblock to regional cooperation. While neighbors are eager to develop economic and ...
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Wednesday 10 September 2025
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Monday 15 September 2025
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Over the past four decades, this force has responded to several crises. The most notable instance was its deployment to Bahrain during the 2011 protests, which occurred at Manama's request to support the Al Khalifa government. Although the force's presence drew international criticism, from ...
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Sunday 21 September 2025
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Over the past two decades, the US has leveraged the rhetoric of counterterrorism to expand its hegemonic power and advance its geopolitical objectives worldwide. The occupation of Afghanistan—given its unique strategic location—played a central role in this strategy.
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New Color Revolution? West’s Hands in Georgia Protests
Tuesday 23 September 2025
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West thinks it cannot afford losing Georgia to Russian camp, so pressure on government to review it’s policies is on agenda. Alwaght- Only two weeks to the local elections in Georgia, the country is hit by a new wave of protests, making the small Caucasian nation the focus of geopolitical developmen ...
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Over the past four decades, the Israeli-Iranian confrontation has largely been indirect and in recent years it has been a combination of cyber operations and confrontations with Israeli of Iran-aligned resistance groups and sometimes Israeli assassination of Iranian nuclear scientists and military c ...
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Sunday 5 October 2025
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Baghdad and Erbil have agreed on resuming Kurdistan oil exports, paving the way for influences ranging from home to the foreign actors. Alwaght- After over two years of halt, Iraqi Kurdistan region has resumed its oil exports via the Turkish Port of Ceyhan. This development is an outcome of a new de ...
