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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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Map of  Latest Battlefield Developments in Syria and Iraq on

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Atlantic Gap in the Final Stage
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Atlantic Gap in the Final Stage

Sunday 20 September 2026
Secretary Pete Hegseth, with a final recommendation due by November 6. The public rollout of the plan is hardly coincidental as it marks the culmination of a process launched in June with a six-month review of the US military posture in Europe. Albridge Colby, the Pentagon's strategy chief, fr ...
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Fate of Washington-Erbil Security Pact: The Trump-Kurds Equation
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Fate of Washington-Erbil Security Pact: The Trump-Kurds Equation

Saturday 26 September 2026 ،
Secretary Pete Hegseth and Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi, the Pentagon chief said the US, Iraq and coalition partners had achieved remarkable successes in defeating ISIS, and that Iraqi security forces, including the Peshmerga and other security forces of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, would now ...
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Second Sayyed Nasrallah Anniversary: Display of Loyalty to Resistance Legacy
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Second Sayyed Nasrallah Anniversary: Display of Loyalty to Resistance Legacy

Monday 28 September 2026 ،
Secretary-General Naim Qassem, broadcast to the crowd. Qassem declared that Israeli regime had failed to achieve its goal of destroying Hezbollah and ending the resistance, and that the movement would not agree to disarm until Israeli occupation forces withdraw from occupied areas of southern Lebano ...
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Three Cases in a Secret Trip: Netanyahu’s Mystery in Abu Dhabi
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Three Cases in a Secret Trip: Netanyahu’s Mystery in Abu Dhabi

Thursday 1 October 2026 ،
based on investigations by two of its journalists, that roughly 10 days before the attack, Mohammed bin Zayed warned Netanyahu in a phone call lasting about 45 minutes that Yahya Sinwar, the late head of Hamas's political bureau, was preparing a major operation. What is interesting is that this ...
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Israel’s Fury at Nobel Choice: Pillay and Gaza Genocide Case
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Israel’s Fury at Nobel Choice: Pillay and Gaza Genocide Case

Saturday 10 October 2026 ،
Secretary of State Rubio for their resolute decision to impose sanctions on the International Criminal Court. From fighting apartheid to distinguished place in international law: Who is Navi Pillay? Pillay, a South African jurist born in 1941, grew up in Durban in a family of Indian Tamil descent. ...
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White House War Cover-up Suggests Trump is Empty-handed
Analysis

White House War Cover-up Suggests Trump is Empty-handed

Monday 12 October 2026 ،
Secretary Pete Hegseth rejected that report. But the temporary removal of several killed service members’ names from the official system, and their later restoration, has once again thrust the question of the Pentagon’s statistical transparency into the spotlight. The point is not simpl ...
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Tehran Summit Changes Regional View of American Role: Expert
Interview

Tehran Summit Changes Regional View of American Role: Expert

Thursday 29 October 2026 ،
based on overlooking the past and avoiding retaliation. This matters a great deal, because regional countries felt they were dealing with a militarily capable and powerful actor that, if they adopted the right policies, was prepared to welcome cooperation with a constructive approach and open arms. ...
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US Sea Blockade Rendered Ineffective as Iran Runs labyrinthine Circumvention Network
Analysis

US Sea Blockade Rendered Ineffective as Iran Runs labyrinthine Circumvention Network

Saturday 31 October 2026 ،
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, claim that American attacks have degraded Iran's missile and drone power and disrupted its arms production, and even Trump has recently alleged that power shortage in Iran poses a serious obstacle to Iran's drone industry, nobody believes these false remarks. T ...
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"Iron Gate": The US Failure Story from Hormuz to Caspian
Analysis

"Iron Gate": The US Failure Story from Hormuz to Caspian

Monday 9 November 2026 ،
base near the sea, would come with serious operational and logistical difficulties. All this comes as any direct attack on Iranian commercial vessels would effectively mean the start of a new round of military confrontation with Tehran. Preventing Russian arms supply to Iran Although Washington i ...
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Tehran Lifts Missile Range Cap: What Does it Tell the Enemies about Iran’s Military Deterrence?
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Tehran Lifts Missile Range Cap: What Does it Tell the Enemies about Iran’s Military Deterrence?

Monday 9 November 2026 ،
bases in those countries, including Britain's Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean and Fairford on British soil, were among the military installations Washington used extensively. The disclosure of these cooperations can influence the armed forces' defense and security calculations and broaden t ...

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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.