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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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US Play with Withdrawal Card: Retreat from Iraq under Banner of Strategy Shift
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US Play with Withdrawal Card: Retreat from Iraq under Banner of Strategy Shift

Sunday 6 September 2026
Strategic policy or escape? The gradual withdrawal of US forces from Iraq cannot be written off simply as a sign of Washington's waning interest in Baghdad within its regional strategy, nor can it be reduced to American fear of Iranian strikes or pressure from resistance factions. The reality ...
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Possible Syria Membership to Mecca Pact: What Are Its Geopolitical Challenges and Motivations?
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Possible Syria Membership to Mecca Pact: What Are Its Geopolitical Challenges and Motivations?

Sunday 13 September 2026 ،
cooperation among three states into a mechanism with a member sitting directly in one of the region's principal conflict zones. Syria, unlike Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, lies in the immediate vicinity of the usurping Zionist regime, and it weighs this option while simultaneously confronting atta ...
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Amending Iraq’s PMF Law: Change of Structure or Nature?
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Amending Iraq’s PMF Law: Change of Structure or Nature?

Sunday 13 September 2026 ،
cooperation with Baghdad to closing the case. What was the PMF draft law and why was it not passed? The draft law of the PMF was aimed at consolidating the voluntary force's place in the country's security structure and determining the laws regarding the organization, command, salaries, re ...
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Ansarullah and Bab-el-Mandeb: Why’s Israel Rattled by New Geopolitical Reality?
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Ansarullah and Bab-el-Mandeb: Why’s Israel Rattled by New Geopolitical Reality?

Tuesday 15 September 2026 ،
Strategically, the upshot is an Israeli economy made increasingly vulnerable to regional developments unfolding thousands of miles from the occupied territories. Ansarullah's backing to Palestinian resistance: Escalation of pressure in the Bab-el-Mandeb The second Israeli concern has to do dir ...
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Araghchi: Iran Open to Diplomacy That Safeguards Its National Rights
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Araghchi: Iran Open to Diplomacy That Safeguards Its National Rights

Thursday 17 September 2026 ،
cooperation among regional countries, without foreign military interference. Araghchi said Iran was seeking to restore calm and maintain peaceful relations with its neighbors while continuing to uphold its stated principles. Wang Yi reaffirmed China’s willingness to deepen relations with Iran ...
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BRICS and Test of War: Iran, Energy, and New World Order Equation
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BRICS and Test of War: Iran, Energy, and New World Order Equation

Thursday 17 September 2026 ،
cooperation, and tackling the thorny issues shaping the bloc's trajectory as it gathers speed. The gathering also aimed to stake out a role for the bloc of rising economies in steering an international order that is shifting toward multipolarity. Meanwhile, against the backdrop of a global ener ...
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Mecca Attack amid War of Narratives: Three Clues to Settle the Riddle
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Mecca Attack amid War of Narratives: Three Clues to Settle the Riddle

Saturday 19 September 2026 ،
cooperation with the US and Israel against Palestinian interests, above all, Riyadh's and its Arab League allies' failure to act to stop Israel's atrocities against the people of Gaza. The Saudis, then, have plainly lost the war of narratives on the soft-power front to Yemen, and in tha ...
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Africa: Iran’s Strategic Opportunity to Break the Barriers
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Africa: Iran’s Strategic Opportunity to Break the Barriers

Monday 21 September 2026 ،
cooperation, represented by its exports of drones and other military wares. Reports have surfaced that several African countries are using Iranian drones, including the Mohajer-6. Such cooperation, while not in itself amounting to a strategic alliance, shows that Iran's defense industry can hol ...
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Peshmerga Unification Project: End of a Partisan Military or Start of Redefining Kurdistan Region’s Power?
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Peshmerga Unification Project: End of a Partisan Military or Start of Redefining Kurdistan Region’s Power?

Tuesday 22 September 2026 ،
cooperation with the Kurdistan Region. Seen in that light, the significance of this shift lies in the fact that Washington has for years been one of the most important backers of Peshmerga professionalization and unification. So an apparent contradiction has now taken shape: Washington supports Pes ...
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Araghchi Calls on World to Hold US Accountable for ‘War Crimes’ at UNGA
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Araghchi Calls on World to Hold US Accountable for ‘War Crimes’ at UNGA

Wednesday 23 September 2026 ،
cooperation in aggression against Iran extremely dangerous and tantamount to complicity. He also denounced European double standards on human rights, saying countries silent on Israeli violations and indifferent to attacks on Iranians have no standing to lecture others. Speaking with EU foreign poli ...

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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.