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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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Does F-35 Sale to Riyadh Make a Real Strategic Difference?
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Does F-35 Sale to Riyadh Make a Real Strategic Difference?

Saturday 22 November 2025
Russian S-400 system effectively knocked it out of the high-tech arms race. Now, Saudi Arabia's potential accession to the F-35 club threatens to widen this technological gap into a chasm, visibly underscoring Ankara's strategic drift from the West. In the soft-power rivalry between Riyadh ...
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Can Turkey’s Return to F-35 Program Fill Its Deterrence Void?
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Can Turkey’s Return to F-35 Program Fill Its Deterrence Void?

Monday 8 December 2025 ،
Russian-supplied S-400, a move paving the way to receive the F-35s in the next six months. The American diplomat added that Ankara plays an important role in the F-35 program, and four of this model of fighter jet are now ready for delivery, but Turkey has not accessed them so far. Barrack said tha ...
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Russia And China Announce Combined Strategic Bomber Patrols in East China Sea Airspace
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Russia And China Announce Combined Strategic Bomber Patrols in East China Sea Airspace

Wednesday 10 December 2025 ،
Russian Tu-95MS and Chinese H-6K strategic bombers, were framed as part of the two countries' annual military cooperation plan and were described as not being directed at any third party. The patrols prompted a swift response from Japan, which scrambled fighter jets in response to the aircraft ...
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Driving Forces Behind Rising Iranian-Russian Alliance
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Driving Forces Behind Rising Iranian-Russian Alliance

Thursday 18 December 2025 ،
Russian and President Masoud Pezeshkian of Iran signed Tehran-Moscow Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Cooperation. The aim is to boost bilateral ties for the next 20 years at all levels. The treaty is welcomed by the two countries as a sign of deepening of the strategic convergence and indicating t ...
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What Do we Know about Chinese and Russian Air Bridge to Iran?
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What Do we Know about Chinese and Russian Air Bridge to Iran?

Saturday 21 February 2026 ،
Russian cargo flights to Iran, he pointed to the military cooperation and agreements between the two nations under their comprehensive strategic partnership, adding that he could not elaborate further. Meanwhile, as American threats against Iran intensify, the Russians have also decided to conduct j ...
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Moscow: Ukraine Poised to Strike Russia from NATO Soil
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Moscow: Ukraine Poised to Strike Russia from NATO Soil

Tuesday 19 May 2026 ،
Russian energy facilities, with some drones crashing in Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, and Finland. On Sunday, Moscow experienced its largest drone attack in over a year, with Ukraine launching around 600 UAVs toward Russia in a single day. NATO jets were scrambled in Latvia after an unidentified drone ...
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Fact-check: Have China and Russia Left Iran Alone in Confrontation of the US?
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Fact-check: Have China and Russia Left Iran Alone in Confrontation of the US?

Saturday 23 May 2026 ،
Russian officials prove that the strategic cooperation between China and Iran have not only did not shrink, but also have entered a new and complex stage. This partnership that earlier was focused on direct sales of weapons to Iran have now taken new aspects, including intelligence sharing, satellit ...
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Strategic Mystery: What’s Driving Al-Sharaa to Keep Russian Military Bases in Syria?
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Strategic Mystery: What’s Driving Al-Sharaa to Keep Russian Military Bases in Syria?

Thursday 4 June 2026 ،
Russian frigate Admiral Kasatonov and another warship, all are under US sanctions. Oboronlogistics describes itself as a company specializing in logistics services for Russia’s Defense Ministry. Sparta is part of a small fleet of cargo ships Russia uses to transport weapons and military equip ...
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Ditching Its S-400s, What Will Turkey Do with Defense Challenges against Rivals?
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Ditching Its S-400s, What Will Turkey Do with Defense Challenges against Rivals?

Wednesday 22 July 2026 ،
Russian system and American fifth-generation fighters. In general, if the West responds to Erdogan's retreat with little more than a partial lifting of sanctions or a limited F‑16 sale, Ankara's old distrust of NATO's commitment to Turkish security is all but certain to resurface, even ...
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Failed Witkoff-Kushner Mission: Ukraine War in Diplomatic Standoff
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Failed Witkoff-Kushner Mission: Ukraine War in Diplomatic Standoff

Wednesday 9 September 2026 ،
Russian territory, all the way to the capital Moscow itself. A drone strike on the headquarters of Ukraine's security service in Kiev, just a day before the American delegation arrived, made clear that military logic still holds the upper hand. The three-day halt in Russian strikes on Kiev coul ...

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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.