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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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Why Would Qatar Trust the US about Its Security after Israeli Attack?
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Why Would Qatar Trust the US about Its Security after Israeli Attack?

Sunday 14 September 2025
Secretary of State to warn Qatari officials—a warning that he admits came too late. This contradiction suggests Trump was aware of Israel’s decision to bomb the Hamas leadership building in Qatar's capital at least briefly, and potentially hours, before the attack occurred. This rai ...
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Larijani’s Riyadh Visit: Laying the Groundwork for New Regional Security Order
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Larijani’s Riyadh Visit: Laying the Groundwork for New Regional Security Order

Friday 19 September 2025 ،
Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council [in Riyadh], we reviewed Saudi-Iranian relations. In addition to addressing a number of issues and topics of common concern, we discussed regional developments and the efforts being made to achieve security and stability. These positions cle ...
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What’s behind the US Designation of Iraqi Resistance Groups as Terrorists?
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What’s behind the US Designation of Iraqi Resistance Groups as Terrorists?

Monday 22 September 2025 ،
bases hosting the American forces and Western coalition and have used pseudonyms or proxy groups to conceal their role. The Department claimed that this action is pursuant to National Security Presidential Memorandum-2 (NSPM-2) issued by Trump, which emphasizes exerting maximum pressure on Iran to ...
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Short and Long-term Implications of Israeli-Iranian War: What Do Western Think Tanks Say?
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Short and Long-term Implications of Israeli-Iranian War: What Do Western Think Tanks Say?

Sunday 28 September 2025 ،
based Clingendael Institute, in a report titled The EU's reaction to Israel's attack on Iran: Justified, hypocritical, and hollow, has analyzed European countries' support for the Israeli regime's strikes. The institute suggests that European backing for these attacks could weaken th ...
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Israeli Economy Caught between War and Isolation Impacts
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Israeli Economy Caught between War and Isolation Impacts

Saturday 4 October 2025 ،
based economy. The war costs have pushed the predicted budget deficit to over 6 percent of GDP, while public debt has soared due to massive borrowing to finance the military campaign. Over the past two years, the government has borrowed 190 billion shekel (around $50 billion) to keep its war machi ...
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Hamas’s Calculated Response to Trump’s Plan: Yes to Deal, Never to Surrender
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Hamas’s Calculated Response to Trump’s Plan: Yes to Deal, Never to Surrender

Saturday 4 October 2025 ،
Secretary-General António Guterres, voicing his contentment with Hamas' response, called on all sides to seize this opportunity to end the war in the Palestinian costal enclave.  Hamas committed to Palestinian interests  Though Hamas and Netanyahu tried to set their plan in a ...
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FM Araghchi Rejects Any Contact with US Envoy Witkoff
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FM Araghchi Rejects Any Contact with US Envoy Witkoff

Wednesday 8 October 2025 ،
baseless, noting that any correspondence between Iran and the US occurs directly or, when needed, through intermediaries. This latest denial follows similar statements in September 2025, when Araghchi also rejected reports of secret talks, affirming that no direct dialogue had taken place. Nonethel ...
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Fatah Between Demise and Strategic Review of Approaches
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Fatah Between Demise and Strategic Review of Approaches

Saturday 11 October 2025 ،
Secretary Jibril Rajoub underscore a significant departure from the movement's initial stance on the October 7 attacks, which it previously described as a mistake. Rajoub instead asserted that Operation Al-Aqsa Storm was a natural response to decades of crimes and aggression by the occupying re ...
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Bloody Divorce: How’s Pakistan-Taliban Historical Alliance Collapsed Overnight?
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Bloody Divorce: How’s Pakistan-Taliban Historical Alliance Collapsed Overnight?

Tuesday 14 October 2025 ،
based on shared strategic interests and interwoven security and intelligence networks. However, since 2022, their relation that was once warm and characterized by overt and covert cooperation gave place to distancing, border change, and trade of charges and even a strategic gap. Alliance in coma&nb ...
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Secret Base ‘Site 81’ Exposed After Iranian Strike on Tel Aviv Tower
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Secret Base ‘Site 81’ Exposed After Iranian Strike on Tel Aviv Tower

Tuesday 14 October 2025 ،
Investigation exposes Israel’s hidden US military bunker beneath a Tel Aviv apartment building, highlighting risks of using urban areas for military operations ALWAGHT- Investigation exposes Israel’s hidden US military bunker beneath a Tel Aviv apartment building, highlighting risks of using u ...

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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.