- Iraq’s PMF, the Ensurer of Arbaeen Congregation Security
- Sheikh Qassem Vows Hezbollah Will Keep Its Weapons and Stand Firm
- Israeli Crimes Must Be Stopped—These Are the Nazis of Our Time, Says Qalibaf
- HTS Executes Syrians While Simultaneously Filming the Violence
- What Are the Consequences of American and Israeli Interceptor Missiles Drain?
- US Calls on Lebanon to Dismantle Hezbollah Ahead of Israeli Withdrawal
- Iran Seeks Closer Bilateral Ties, Araghchi Says in Meeting with Tajik President
- What’s UAE Looking for in Central Asia?
- The Grand Project: Iran’s Long Step to Settle Water Crisis
- Leader: The 12-Day War Highlighted the Islamic Republic’s Unmatched Resilience
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What Are the Consequences of American and Israeli Interceptor Missiles Drain? The 12-day war exposed the American and Israeli vulnerability to protracted missile strikes.
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Why’s Syria not Settling Down? Syria has sunken into a state of chaos as the central government is weak and Israeli intervention is sending things complicated.
Resistance or Destruction: Syria Developments Have Serious Lessons to Iraq and Lebanon Syria is sinking in chaos as it forsook its historical resistance identity and this sends warnings to Iraq and Lebanon.
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Hezbollah Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem stated that the Lebanese resistance will never agree to surrender its weapons to IsraelIsraeli Crimes Must Be Stopped—These Are the Nazis of Our Time, Says Qalibaf Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf denounced the Zionist regime’s brutal actions in Gaza and its aggression toward Iran
HTS Executes Syrians While Simultaneously Filming the Violence Disturbing videos shared on social media show armed members of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) brutally executing unarmed Druze civilians
US Calls on Lebanon to Dismantle Hezbollah Ahead of Israeli Withdrawal The United States has reportedly placed significant pressure on the Lebanese government to disarm Hezbollah
Iran Seeks Closer Bilateral Ties, Araghchi Says in Meeting with Tajik President Iran is determined to expand ties with Tajikistan in diplomatic, economic, cultural, and other areas by drawing on shared values and interests
Leader: The 12-Day War Highlighted the Islamic Republic’s Unmatched Resilience Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, Leader of the Islamic Revolution, stated that the recent 12-day war showcased the Iranian nation’s strength and resolve
New York Shooting Leaves Four Dead, Including Law Enforcement Officer A shooting in a Manhattan high-rise left four dead, including an officer, after the gunman took his own life
Israeli UAV Strike Kills One, Injures Four in Southern Lebanon Lebanese officials report that the Israeli military struck the southern province of Nabatieh, resulting in one death and four injuries
Iran: Israel Orchestrating Plan to Disintegrate Syria The Iranian envoy to the United Nations warned that Israel’s actions aimed at undermining Syrian territorial integrity breach the principles of the UN Charter
Iran Ready to Confront Israel and US Militarily, Top General Says Iran’s top military commander stated the nation is fully prepared to respond to any new aggression from Israel or the United States
Iranian Parliamentary Speaker to Attend Major Conference in Switzerland Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, will travel to Geneva to participate in the Sixth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament
Sewage Overflows Hit Israeli Cities; Beit Shemesh Engulfed in Filth Hebrew sources report that an unspecified technical malfunction in sewage disposal equipment in Beit Shemesh, Jerusalem Governorate (occupied al-Quds)
UN: 1 in 3 Gazans Hasn’t Eaten in Days Tom Fletcher, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, has raised alarm over Gaza’s worsening crisis
Settlers Storm Al-Aqsa as Violence Escalates in West Bank Under heavy military protection, Israeli settlers stormed the al-Aqsa Mosque as assaults on Palestinian towns across the West Bank intensify
Iran to Europe: No Snapback, Defense Off Limits Spokesperson for Iran’s Foreign Ministry rejected moves by the UK, France, and Germany to revive UN sanctions on Tehran, arguing they have no legal basis
Qalibaf Claims Israel Is Waging Economic and Psychological Warfare Against Iran Israel is retaliating for its loss in the recent 12-day war through economic pressure and psychological operations targeting Iranians
Russia Destroys Ukrainian Drone Posts and Starlink Terminals Reports indicate that Russian forces eliminated 53 drone command posts and eight Starlink satellite stations during operations in Ukraine over the past day
British-Flagged Gaza Aid Vessel Intercepted by Israeli Navy The interception of a British-flagged aid ship by Israeli forces en route to Gaza has sparked renewed international outrage over Tel Aviv’s ongoing blockade
Tehran, Kabul Discuss Regional Cooperation and Mutual Concerns Senior diplomats from Iran and Afghanistan discussed bilateral ties and recent regional developments, including the crisis in Gaza
Leader’s Advisor: Zangezur Corridor is a US-Israeli Scheme Targeting Iran’s Security A senior aide to Ayatollah Khamenei has denounced the Zangezur Corridor as a US-Israeli ploy to destabilize Iran’s security architecture
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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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Caught Between Iran and US, What Path Will Saudi Arabia Pick?
Friday 11 July 2025
Saudi Arabia is subject to a strategic test.
In recent years, the Saudis have attempted to moderate their aggressive foreign policy of the past, which was primarily represented by the war on Yemen, and now they present the image of an expedient actor inclined to control possible chaos in the region ...
Report
Pakistan and Iran Boosting Strategic Ties Under Arbaeen Cooperation
Wednesday 16 July 2025
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Security cooperation: Forming common committees to face possible threats and terrorism infiltration
Given the presence of such terrorist groups in Iraq and Afghanistan and amid growing security threats caused by rise to power of the armed takfiri groups in Syria, odds are this congregation will be ...
Analysis
Fishing in Troubled Waters: What Does Tel Aviv Want in Southern Syria?
Wednesday 16 July 2025
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Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the UAE issued statements condemning the Israeli airstrikes on Sweida under the pretext of supporting the Druze.
In addition, Walid Jumblatt, the former leader of the Lebanese Druze Progressive Socialist Party, called on the people of Sweida to be vigilant against the provo ...
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What’s behind Moves to Destabilize Yemen’s Al Mahra?
Thursday 17 July 2025
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Security Committee, the arrest of al-Zaidi was a legal measure because his name was on the wanted list and the aim was to verify his documents, identity and legal status.
To justify the arrest, the committee claimed that he was one of the prominent sheikhs of the Kholan and Marib tribes who had pre ...
Analysis
As Syria Sinks in Crisis again, Re-embracing Spirit of Resistance Looks Only Working Choice
Sunday 20 July 2025
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Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar, which have been involved in the rise of the militants through overt and covert support and in the period after the fall of the al-Assad government have supported the new rulers in Damascus in various ways, have now stepped aside in the front of the Israeli war machin ...
Analysis
Tehran-Beijing Rail Connection: How’s Iran Become China’s Big Partner?
Tuesday 22 July 2025
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Security Belt, in 2019, 2022, 2023, and 2024, and March 2025.
Chinese support to Yemen as Iran’s ally
In April, the Wall Street Journal reported that Chinese satellite service provider Chang Guang Satellite Technology supplies data to Yemeni forces targeting the US interests in the Red Sea ...
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New PMF Law: Redefining Power in Iraq’s Security Structure
Saturday 26 July 2025
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Saudi Arabia, continues to contemplate the merger and dissolution of the PMF under a new name and mechanism. Accordingly, the National Guard force could have more weapons capacity than the ministry of interior (police) and less than the ministry of defense (army). This force could support the minist ...
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What Are Regional and International Effects of Macron’s Decision to Recognize Palestinian State?
Monday 28 July 2025
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Security Council to recognize Palestine.
This French move could further motivate the anti-Israeli movement in other European countries, but it remains to be seen whether the Macron government will stick to its slogans of taking practical steps to reduce the violation of Palestinian rights in the We ...
Analysis
What’s UAE Looking for in Central Asia?
Wednesday 30 July 2025
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Saudi Arabia, began distributing humanitarian aid and investing in Tajikistan, but the Tajiks still look to Iran rather than the Persian Gulf Arab countries.
Another rival of the Emirates in Central Asia is Turkey. Turkey’s interest in Central Asia dates back to 1991, after the collapse of th ...
Analysis
Iraq’s PMF, the Ensurer of Arbaeen Congregation Security
Saturday 2 August 2025
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Saudi Arabia finds it a geopolitical obstacle to its agenda in Iraq. The UAE and Qatar interact with some moderate factions of the PMF and Turkey holds contacts with Sunni factions of the PMF as it operates in northern Iraq.
Stabilizing role
The PMF are, indeed, also facing opposition from some i ...
