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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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Ukraine Army Desertions Crisis Squeezes Kiev Further
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Ukraine Army Desertions Crisis Squeezes Kiev Further

Saturday 5 September 2026
Studies noted that in this brigade alone, cases of AWOL were recorded even during overseas training in France and Poland. A Financial Times investigation in December 2024, citing a Polish security official, found that, on average, roughly 12 Ukrainian soldiers went missing or fled each month during ...
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Free Fall in Polls: Iran War Consequences Turn Nightmarish to Trump
Analysis

Free Fall in Polls: Iran War Consequences Turn Nightmarish to Trump

Tuesday 8 September 2026 ،
Studies (CSIS) suggest that restoring some missile stockpiles to pre-war levels could take until 2031. The issue has become so sensitive that roughly 50 members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff have been subjected to polygraph tests as part of an investigation into leaks regarding munitions shortages. ...
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Early Fall: Why’s Anti-Ansarallah Front Collapsed This Soon?
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Early Fall: Why’s Anti-Ansarallah Front Collapsed This Soon?

Sunday 13 September 2026 ،
Studies, argues that the recent battle showed these forces have still failed to forge a unified military command. Confronting a battle-hardened force like Ansarallah, she says, demands unified command, a flexible military strategy, and a disciplined defense doctrine, elements entirely absent during ...
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Ali Al-Taher Capture Toll a Hyperbole, Hezbollah in Proper Conditions: Analyst
Interview

Ali Al-Taher Capture Toll a Hyperbole, Hezbollah in Proper Conditions: Analyst

Wednesday 16 September 2026 ،
Studies hosted a meeting discussing Lebanon's political and military developments. At the meeting, Ahmad Zarean, the think tank's head and a regional affairs expert, elaborated on military developments in Lebanon, the Israeli occupation's strategy in the south, and role of Iran in suppo ...
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Unity of Front Must Become a Law in Iran, Tehran Standing by Hezbollah: Political Expert
Interview

Unity of Front Must Become a Law in Iran, Tehran Standing by Hezbollah: Political Expert

Thursday 17 September 2026 ،
Studies in Tehran hosted a meeting discussing Lebanon's political and military developments in Lebanon. Allah Karam Moshtaghi, a West Asia affairs expert, shed light on the Lebanese developments, political, security, and social pressures against Hezbollah, and role of Iran in Lebanon, and the re ...
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Atlantic Gap in the Final Stage
Analysis

Atlantic Gap in the Final Stage

Sunday 20 September 2026 ،
Studies in its recent assessment has warned that the European ground forces are not yet ready to provide the backbone NATO requires and shortage of manpower, artillery, air defense systems, and munitions can hardly be replenished before end of the current decade. The think tank points to a mismatch ...
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Exit from Iraq: US Superpower Image Shattered with a Strategic Defeat
Analysis

Exit from Iraq: US Superpower Image Shattered with a Strategic Defeat

Friday 2 October 2026 ،
Studies, argues in his assessment: US forces entered this war in 2004, even though their reasons for going in were wrong. The evidence conclusively showed that Iraq possessed neither long-range missiles nor weapons of mass destruction, and that the Iraqi regime had no connection whatsoever to al-Qae ...
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Post-Withdrawal US Security Strategy in Iraq: Five Scenarios
Analysis

Post-Withdrawal US Security Strategy in Iraq: Five Scenarios

Monday 5 October 2026 ،
Studies, Mark Kansian, believes recent regional developments have pushed some Arab states closer to Israel, a dynamic that could help Washington build a kind of regional balance against Iran. The analysis suggests that in the eyes of some American experts, Washington may come to rely less on a heav ...
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Claim of Civilizational War With Iran: Why’s Rubio Distorting History?
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Claim of Civilizational War With Iran: Why’s Rubio Distorting History?

Monday 12 October 2026 ،
The US Secretary of State tried to bring Western allies on board for war against Iran by faking the history. Alwaght- Recent remarks by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Greece addressed the Greeks, but in their heart they carried anti-Iranian allegations that with distortion of reality and histo ...
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Pakistan, Turkey Unreluctant to Directly Join Yemen War, Syria’s Al-Jolani Risks Sending Forces to Death in Yemen: Expert
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Pakistan, Turkey Unreluctant to Directly Join Yemen War, Syria’s Al-Jolani Risks Sending Forces to Death in Yemen: Expert

Tuesday 13 October 2026 ،
Studies. Alwaght: How is the battleground going? How real and how propagandistic are the reports published by Western and Arab media of advances by the mercenaries? Zarean: After the heavy and surprising blow that Yemeni fighters dealt to the Saudi and Emirati mercenaries, they, too, tried to mobi ...

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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.