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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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What Are the Consequences of American and Israeli Interceptor Missiles Drain?
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What Are the Consequences of American and Israeli Interceptor Missiles Drain?

Saturday 2 August 2025
Russian attacks, the stock of interceptor missiles will be used up within a few weeks at most. The International Crisis Group has predicted that spending 5,000 missiles in 3 weeks in a major war would be enough, and if the war continued, Israeli and US bases in the region would become vulnerable to ...
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Larijani’s Iraq, Lebanon Tour: Security Diplomacy to Check US Plans
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Larijani’s Iraq, Lebanon Tour: Security Diplomacy to Check US Plans

Saturday 16 August 2025 ،
Russian officials, he has now embarked on a tour of Iraq and Lebanon. This trip takes on added significance as it coincides with escalating US and allied actions against resistance groups in the region.  A visit to reinforce the western gate  In his Iraq trip, Larijani had a busy working ...
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Turkey’s Strategic Concerns about Israeli Threats: Scenarios Ahead
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Turkey’s Strategic Concerns about Israeli Threats: Scenarios Ahead

Tuesday 16 September 2025 ،
Russian energy. However, Israel—often with Washington's backing—has countered these ambitions by supporting Kurdish autonomy and federalism in Iraq and Syria. These actions are viewed in Ankara as undermining the territorial continuity and stability required for pipeline routes and r ...
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What’s the Message of Turkish-Egyptian Military Drills?
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What’s the Message of Turkish-Egyptian Military Drills?

Tuesday 23 September 2025 ،
Russian-made MiG-29 fighters operated by the Egyptian air Fmforce, combat-effective Chinese J-10C fighter jets also participated in the drills. For Cairo, these drills coincided with tensions between Cairo, Washington, and Tel Aviv, as Israel increased pressure on the residents of the Gaza Strip fo ...
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Maduro: Venezuela Has 5,000 Russian Missiles to Counter The US
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Maduro: Venezuela Has 5,000 Russian Missiles to Counter The US

Thursday 23 October 2025 ،
Russian-made surface-to-air missiles to deter US forces amid growing tensions ALWAGHT- Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro says the country possesses 5,000 Russian-made surface-to-air missiles to deter US forces amid growing tensions over a major American military buildup in the Caribbean, wh ...
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Trump’s Game with C5+1 Card
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Trump’s Game with C5+1 Card

Monday 10 November 2025 ،
Russian and Chinese unilateralism highlighted as a key necessity.  Within this framework, since 2021, Washington has tried to align C5+1 meetings with its major plans within the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (PGII). This plan, a direct rival to RBI, is aimed at construct ...
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Russia: Ukrainian-UK Bid to Hijack MiG-31 Stopped
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Russia: Ukrainian-UK Bid to Hijack MiG-31 Stopped

Tuesday 11 November 2025 ،
Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) announced that it had foiled an attempt by Ukrainian military intelligence, with British coordination, to hijack a Russian MiG-31 fighter jet armed with a Kinzhal hypersonic missile. The operation allegedly involved recruiting Russian pilots with a $3 million i ...
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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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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.