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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 Is London Getting Drawn into a Perilous New Security Gamble?
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Why Is London Getting Drawn into a Perilous New Security Gamble?

Monday 27 April 2026
down a unit monitoring Israeli violations of international law, citing budget reductions. London's leadership appears trapped in an Israel first approach, intensifying hostile measures against Iran to maintain pro-Israel lobbying support and divert attention from domestic issues. While Britain ...
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Trump’s "Project Freedom" a Failure Story
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Trump’s "Project Freedom" a Failure Story

Tuesday 5 May 2026 ،
downplay the significance of the Strait of Hormuz to the US, the constant moves and his insistence on reopening the key trade waterway talk against his claims. Strait of Hormuz is not just a geographic gateway but also one of the most vital arteries of world's energy flow. It is a place where ab ...
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US Strikes Civilian Vessels En Route to Iran, Killing 5
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US Strikes Civilian Vessels En Route to Iran, Killing 5

Wednesday 6 May 2026 ،
down the waterway to enemies and imposed stricter controls, especially after former President Donald Trump announced an illegal blockade of Iranian vessels. On Friday, the IRGC Navy pledged to enforce a directive from Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei, who declared that foreigners with hostile inten ...
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Will Hezbollah Alter Dahieh-Haifa Equation?
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Will Hezbollah Alter Dahieh-Haifa Equation?

Saturday 9 May 2026 ،
down farms and production lines abd therefore disrupt the supply chain. Reports published in recent months shows a drop in the agricultural output and damage to some economic infrastructures. This can raise food prices and push up inflation, putting heavy strains on the Israeli economy as it alread ...
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Trump’s War Unleashed Iran’s Sleeping Lion
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Trump’s War Unleashed Iran’s Sleeping Lion

Saturday 9 May 2026 ،
down any powerful country. But this strategy has a big weakness when it came to Iran that enjoyed a multilayer source of power: A limited knowledge radius. This major weakness, against a country endowed with multi-layered sources of power, deep strategic vision, and wide-range surveillance capabilit ...
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Iran-Turkey Trade Has $30 Billion Annual Potential
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Iran-Turkey Trade Has $30 Billion Annual Potential

Monday 11 May 2026 ،
down or reducing industrial capacity in many countries. He added that skyrocketing inflation has severely harmed people's livelihoods, and many airlines have faced significant losses due to the aggression. Turkish Ambassador Hicabi Kırlangıç, for his part, emphasized the illegality of th ...
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Just Weeks of Commercial Oil Left, IEA Head Cautions
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Just Weeks of Commercial Oil Left, IEA Head Cautions

Tuesday 19 May 2026 ،
down the Strait of Hormuz to its enemies and their allies. Tehran introduced stricter controls after President Trump announced a blockade targeting Iranian vessels and ports, insisting that the measures violate a Pakistan-brokered ceasefire. Iran has stated it will not reopen the Strait—throug ...
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Eurasia Amid Iran War: Economy, Security and Rivalry of Corridors
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Eurasia Amid Iran War: Economy, Security and Rivalry of Corridors

Sunday 24 May 2026 ،
down and transport disrupted, these items saw dramatic price surges. Uzbekistan did not escape the fallout either, facing price hikes in milk and dairy products, since Iran supplies about ten percent of Uzbekistan’s milk imports. Before the war, roughly fifteen trucks carrying these products ...
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Is Oman Facing a Repeat of the 2017 Qatar Crisis?
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Is Oman Facing a Repeat of the 2017 Qatar Crisis?

Monday 1 June 2026 ،
down Al Jazeera to curbing security cooperation and overhauling Doha’s independent foreign policy, laid bare the project’s true political ambitions. Taken together, these demands made it clear that the Qatar crisis was not just some internal spat among GCC members. It was a coordinated b ...
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Operation Nasr: How’s Iran Shattered Trump-Netanyahu Calculations?
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Operation Nasr: How’s Iran Shattered Trump-Netanyahu Calculations?

Tuesday 9 June 2026 ،
down again after two months. Schools and educational centers were closed indefinitely, Israeli hospitals went into full emergency and high-alert mode, and millions of people were evacuated to shelters for hours. According to Al Jazeera, the situation was so severe that large parts of the occupied te ...

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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.