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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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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
agreement with Baghdad. The US security agreement with the Kurdistan Region was first signed in 2016 and extended in 2022. In fiscal year 2026, Peshmerga forces received roughly $61 million through the Pentagon's counter-ISIS program, funds earmarked for equipment purchases, troop training and ...
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Syriafication of Sahel Region: Powers Wrestling to Redefine Strategic Foothold
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Syriafication of Sahel Region: Powers Wrestling to Redefine Strategic Foothold

Tuesday 29 September 2026 ،
Security vs. interests: Russian pattern Russian foothold in this part of Africa faces a key limit, too, which is that Russian economic power is never comparable to that of China or the European Union. Its trade with African states was less than $20 billion in 2022, which this amount for EU was $275 ...
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Lebanon Govt. Frustrated with US as Talks with Israel Run into Deadlock
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Lebanon Govt. Frustrated with US as Talks with Israel Run into Deadlock

Thursday 1 October 2026 ،
agreement on the core territorial issues. The next round has been pushed back to October. What is the problem? The current dispute currently is about the order of implementation of obligations. Beirut wants the Israeli withdrawal and implementing the deal go together, while the implementation of t ...
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Exit from Iraq: US Superpower Image Shattered with a Strategic Defeat
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Exit from Iraq: US Superpower Image Shattered with a Strategic Defeat

Friday 2 October 2026 ،
agreement with Iraq that would serve Washington's strategic objectives in the region. Second: American military forces withdrew without a clear and durable structure having been established for Iraq's political system. According to Cordesman, the American rush to draft a constitution and ho ...
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Power of Resistance Forced the US Out of Iraq: Expert
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Power of Resistance Forced the US Out of Iraq: Expert

Friday 2 October 2026 ،
agreements they have signed with various parties, and they do not now, and they always act based on their own interests, and whenever they see conditions as favorable, they completely cross red lines and trample all their commitments. Therefore, even now we see that from a military standpoint, Iraq ...
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US Ouster from Iraq Prelude to Its Expulsion from the Region: Former Iranian Amb. to Iraq
Interview

US Ouster from Iraq Prelude to Its Expulsion from the Region: Former Iranian Amb. to Iraq

Monday 5 October 2026 ،
Security Council authorization for occupation of Iraq in 2003, to signal that things in the international order have changed and Washington is the top decision-maker. He added that once the US became bogged down in Iraq, the martyred Leader’s prediction about the dangers of the American proje ...
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True Security and Political Independence in Iraq Matters after US Military Pullout: Expert
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True Security and Political Independence in Iraq Matters after US Military Pullout: Expert

Tuesday 6 October 2026 ،
agreements had, in essence, already anticipated the transition from a coalition mission to a bilateral security relationship. I therefore do not see the US withdrawal as absolutely equivalent to either a decline or an increase in Iraq’s security. Iraq’s security depends above all on the ...
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Recent Moscow Format Meeting Heavily Overshadowed by Kabul-Islamabad Tensions
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Recent Moscow Format Meeting Heavily Overshadowed by Kabul-Islamabad Tensions

Wednesday 7 October 2026 ،
agreement was signed on February 29, 2020, two or three meetings of Moscow Format were held and after Taliban took over the rule in Kabul in August 2021, they were held almost once a year. Top agenda of Moscow Format If we want to note the nature and reasons behind rise to existence of Moscow Form ...
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Israeli Navy: From Protecting Coasts to Addressing Threats in Distant Waters
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Israeli Navy: From Protecting Coasts to Addressing Threats in Distant Waters

Saturday 10 October 2026 ،
agreement with Germany to buy submarines, Tel Aviv can also purchase a seventh submarine at the previously agreed price. According to reports, defense officials prefer to exercise that option before costs rise, and to move later on buying an eighth. Alongside the submarines, Sa'ar 5 and Sa' ...
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Taliban Investment in Iran’s Chabahar Port: Opportunity or Challenge?
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Taliban Investment in Iran’s Chabahar Port: Opportunity or Challenge?

Sunday 11 October 2026 ،
agreement among Iran, India and Afghanistan was signed in 2016. But contrary to our expectations, the Indians invested little in the port, bringing in only some transferable equipment, such as tall cranes designed for ports, with no significant investment to speak of. Advantages of Afghanistan inve ...

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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.