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US Attack on Sirik Wedding Marks “Moral Decline,” Iran Says Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said the US attack on a wedding ceremony in the Kouhestak area of Sirik Island constitutes a war crime
IRGC Strikes US Command Headquarters at Kuwait Military Base in Retaliatory Attack The IRGC Ground Forces carried out a missile and drone strike against the headquarters of the US commander at Kuwait’s Ali Al Salem Air Base
Iran Will Respond Militarily to Any Naval Blockade Iran’s armed forces have achieved a decade’s worth of advances over the past 15 months
SCO Leaders Condemn US-Israeli Aggression Against Iran The Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s member-state leaders have denounced the US and Israeli attacks on Iran
Resistance Foils Israeli Special Forces Operation in Gaza City After Detecting Infiltration An Israeli special forces unit reportedly infiltrated western Gaza City but was detected by the Resistance
Iran Ready to Implement Islamabad MoU if US Follows Suit Pezeshkian made the comments while meeting Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif
Iranian Forces Strike US Base in UAE Following Attack on Larak Island Iran says its forces targeted the US military base at Al Minhad in the UAE and brought down a US MQ-9 drone
Araghchi Says Netanyahu Misled US Over War Against Iran Iran’s Araghchi says Netanyahu misled Washington and manipulated US policy on Iran war
Israeli Forces Torch Houses in Houla, Destroy Structures in al-Mansouri Israeli forces have continued to breach the ceasefire in southern Lebanon, torching residential properties
Ghalibaf: Leader’s Message Provides Clear Direction for All Officials Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said the Leader’s Government Week message should serve as a key framework for Iranian officials
Iran’s Leader: Actions Undermining National Unity Are Forbidden Iran’s Leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei, has called for the protection of national solidarity
Iran Army Chief: Enemy Failed to Achieve Any of Its Goals Iran’s Army chief said Friday that the adversary’s military campaign had fallen short of all its strategic and tactical aims
US Claims Control of Majority of Venezuela’s 65 Billion Barrels of Oil President Donald Trump says the United States has obtained a controlling stake in Venezuela’s vast proven oil reserves
Iran Caused Billions of Dollars in Damage to US Intelligence Sites, NBC Reports Iranian strikes inflicted unprecedented damage on US intelligence facilities and surveillance equipment across West Asia
US Economic Pressure Campaign Against Iran Destined to Fail Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says US economic pressure on the Islamic Republic is bound to fail
Iranian Military Seeks Clarification from Qatar on Fate of Pilots The spokesperson for the Islamic Republic of Iran Army has urged Qatar to provide a clear explanation regarding the fate of three Iranian pilots
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Ansarullah
A Zaidi Shiite movement operating in Yemen. It seeks to establish a democratic government in Yemen.
Shiite
represents the second largest denomination of Islam. Shiites believe Ali (peace be upon him) to be prophet"s successor in the Caliphate.
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
A regional political u n i o n consisting of Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq.
Taliban
Taliban is a Sunni fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan. It was founded by Mohammed Omar in 1994.
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 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
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
Refers to a revival of the Islam throughout the world, that began in 1979 by Iranian Revolution that established an Islamic republic.
Al-Qaeda
A militant Sunni organization founded by Osama bin Laden at some point between 1988 and 1989
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Big Absentee of Mecca Agreement: Why Did Egypt not Join Saudi Defense Pact?
Saturday 8 August 2026
Egypt has structural differences with the new bloc and cannot align itself to structure that harms Muslim unity. Alwaght- The trilateral defense pact among Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan signed recently in Mecca comes as the security crises and war in West Asia have eroded the regional countries ...
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Hormuz not to Reopen until Assassination, Blockade, and War End
Tuesday 11 August 2026
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Security Council. Is this related to the ongoing negotiations?
Zarean: No, it does not seem this post change is meaningfully related to the talks. However, picking the battle-tested General Mohsen Rezaei showed that from now on, foreign policy and defense and security policy of Tehran will grow mor ...
Analysis
Mecca Agreement Could Suggest US-designed Regional Order a Failure Story
Wednesday 12 August 2026
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Washington may find its power to control regional states fading away. Alwaght- Signing the trilateral defense pact by Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey is not just making a military alliance, rather, it can signal rise of a new security formation in West Asia that at the end of the road would serio ...
Paper
Ankara and Tel Aviv: Is Syria a Potential Ankara-Tel Aviv Clash Ground?
Saturday 22 August 2026
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Pact and shift in regional equations
The strike on Abu al-Duhur cannot be understood in isolation from the wider tectonic shifts across West Asia. In recent months, Turkey has worked to expand its security cooperation with regional states, and the signing of a defense pact with Saudi Arabia and Pak ...
Analysis
Economic to Military Pressure: Six Options Turkey Wields against Israel
Tuesday 25 August 2026
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Pact last month. Earlier this month, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan formalized a joint defense agreement that Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan described as technically comparable to NATO's collective defense principle, though all parties have officially stressed that the pact is not directed at ...
Report
Final Tehran-Muscat Mechanism for Strait of Hormuz: US not in Agreement
Wednesday 26 August 2026
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Tehran and Muscat signal that they want Strait of Hormuz to be managed without the US intervention. Alwaght- Iran-Oman's agreement to establish a phased framework for resumption of safe shipping in the Strait of Hormuz has entered a new stage. On Tuesday, Tehran and Muscat issued a joint stateme ...
Paper
US-Venezuela Oil Deal: Trump Feigning Achievement to Cover up Losses
Sunday 30 August 2026
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The American president needs gains to sell to Americans as elections draw closer. Venezuela deal may not deliver what he wants. Alwaght- The US President Donald Trump since the beginning of his military campaign in Venezuela and abduction of its President Nicholas Maduro made it clear that the main ...
Analysis
Iran and Pakistan at Cooperation Crossroads: Opportunities, Barriers, and Proposals to $10-Billion Trade Volume
Monday 31 August 2026
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The two neighbors have the potentials to boost their trade, but they need to make sure they have the adequate will. Alwaght- The Iranian-Pakistani relations that have their roots in centuries of historical, linguistic, and religious commonalities these days are witnessing their most complex period. ...
Analysis
Is Beijing Unseating Washington in West Asia?
Monday 31 August 2026
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Security Review Commission, two-way trade between China and Saudi Arabia, and between China and the UAE, each reached roughly $108 billion in 2025, a strikingly large figure.
Therefore, China is no longer a distant outside player. It is deeply embedded in the Persian Gulf's economy, and now, it ...
Paper
Turkey-Israel Face-off in Eastern Mediterranean
Friday 4 September 2026
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Pact in mid-August, concerns in Tel Aviv over Ankara's rising clout in West Asia have intensified. The pact, which emphasizes mutual defense and strengthened military cooperation, is viewed in Israeli circles as potentially bolstering Turkey's standing in the region's security equations. ...
