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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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Are Lebanon-Israel Talks a Lebanese Civil War Trigger?
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Are Lebanon-Israel Talks a Lebanese Civil War Trigger?

Thursday 16 April 2026
Secretary of State Mark Rubio.  A joint statement released after the meeting declared this encounter as the first high-level contact between Israel and the Lebanese government since 1993. Participants engaged in constructive discussions regarding the necessary steps to initiate direct negotiat ...
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Gaps Deepen as Trump and MAGA Ties Are at Fresh Juncture
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Gaps Deepen as Trump and MAGA Ties Are at Fresh Juncture

Sunday 19 April 2026 ،
base that Trump himself is entangled in the Epstein scandal, reshaping his image from a man of Christian faith to a defendant linked to sex crimes against children. Then there's the economic side of things. Trump's tariff war policy, initially backed by the MAGA base, quickly proved to be n ...
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NBC News Uncovers High Price of War with Iran: Hefty Losses for the Aggressors
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NBC News Uncovers High Price of War with Iran: Hefty Losses for the Aggressors

Monday 27 April 2026 ،
Secretary Pete Hegseth claimed the US had destroyed Iran’s military capabilities, with Hegseth asserting at a March 30 briefing that Iranian missiles would be shot down and largely fail to reach their targets. Despite these assertions, an NBC News report revealed far more extensive damage tha ...
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Resistance Stands Invincible as Zionist Enemy Hits a Dead End
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Resistance Stands Invincible as Zionist Enemy Hits a Dead End

Monday 27 April 2026 ،
Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem reiterated in televised remarks that the Resistance Movement remains ongoing and cannot be defeated under any circumstances. He firmly rejected direct negotiations with the enemy, warning that such actions benefit neither Lebanon nor its people. He emphasized tha ...
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US Orchestrated Iran’s Economic Meltdown to Incite Unrest, Report Claims
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US Orchestrated Iran’s Economic Meltdown to Incite Unrest, Report Claims

Wednesday 29 April 2026 ،
Secretary Scott Bessent, who admitted before Congress that the US deliberately created a dollar shortage in Iran, leading to a major bank collapse, currency freefall, and runaway inflation—which he directly linked to Iranians taking to the streets. The report also notes that President Trump hi ...
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Paris and London Step into Trump’s Trap Sending Warships to Strait of Hormuz
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Paris and London Step into Trump’s Trap Sending Warships to Strait of Hormuz

Tuesday 12 May 2026 ،
bases and interests of its enemies in the region with advanced missiles and drones. In other words, its massive attacks on the American military assets in the Persian Gulf were a message of resolution to other Western Western powers that any confrontation will have a heavy price to pay. Just unlike ...
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Atwan: Israeli Drones Likely Behind Saudi Airspace Incursions
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Atwan: Israeli Drones Likely Behind Saudi Airspace Incursions

Monday 18 May 2026 ،
base inside Iraq. Abdel Bari Atwan, editor-in-chief of the pan-Arab newspaper Rai al-Youm, responded on X to the Saudi Ministry of Defense's announcement about intercepting three drones that entered Saudi airspace from Iraq. Atwan asserted that the drones were likely Israeli, launched from ...
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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 ،
Secretary Sergey Shoigu warned in April that if Baltic states and Finland deliberately provide their airspace to Ukrainian UAVs, Moscow reserves the right to self-defense under Article 51 of the UN Charter.
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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 ،
Secretary Pete Hegseth in the middle of war against Iran said that Washington was aware of the role Beijing and Moscow played in support of Iran, without providing details. “We know exactly what China and Russia are doing. We are addressing it,”Hegseth said. He said that part of these s ...
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Iran Urges UN Security Council to Punish Persian Gulf States for Backing US-Israeli Attack
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Iran Urges UN Security Council to Punish Persian Gulf States for Backing US-Israeli Attack

Saturday 23 May 2026 ،
Secretary-General and Security Council demanding that several Persian Gulf Arab states and Jordan be held accountable for assisting the US-Israeli aggression against Iran, insisting they are obligated to provide full compensation for both material and moral damages. Iravani dismissed recent letters ...

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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.