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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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Iran’s New Operational Tactics and Algorithms in the Battle of South
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Iran’s New Operational Tactics and Algorithms in the Battle of South

Wednesday 29 July 2026
The renewed war proved a shift in the deterrence equation as Iran has refreshed its tactics and operational capabilities. Alwaght- Iran's different performance in response to the American aggression on its southern regions over the past few weeks has drawn attention of military experts and credi ...
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Why’s not Iran Involved Russia and China in Region’s Security-Military Equations?
Analysis

Why’s not Iran Involved Russia and China in Region’s Security-Military Equations?

Saturday 1 August 2026 ،
The wars of recent decades, from Iraq and Afghanistan to Libya, Syria and Ukraine, have demonstrated that countries that outsource their security to great powers effectively surrender a measure of their strategic autonomy. That is precisely why Tehran, following orders from the martyred Supreme Lead ...
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Why’s Pentagon Drip-feeding Information on Iran Attacks Damage?
Analysis

Why’s Pentagon Drip-feeding Information on Iran Attacks Damage?

Sunday 16 August 2026 ،
The same report states that Iran has already inflicted $13 billion in damage on the US, striking equipment and facilities alike. In total, Iranian forces damaged or destroyed more than 42 American military aircraft, several of them on the ground at air bases. The slow, piecemeal release of informat ...
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Yemen War’s New Rules: Saudi Sticks to Old Playbook
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Yemen War’s New Rules: Saudi Sticks to Old Playbook

Monday 17 August 2026 ،
The most significant shift in Riyadh’s policy is a change in objective. 2015 marks the moment Yemen became a laboratory for the failure of Saudi war strategies. In the war’s early years, Saudi Arabia tried to leverage air superiority and support for Yemen’s internationally recogni ...
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Ankara and Tel Aviv: Is Syria a Potential Ankara-Tel Aviv Clash Ground?
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Ankara and Tel Aviv: Is Syria a Potential Ankara-Tel Aviv Clash Ground?

Saturday 22 August 2026 ،
The competition between Turkey and Israeli regime that was ongoing over Palestine for years since the fall of Bashar al-Assad in December 2024 spread to Syria. When the armed militias seized the rule in Damascus, the disputes of Ankara and Tel Aviv over Syria future, regional influence, and the Turk ...
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Iran’s Weapons Arsenal Redefining Deterrence Power
Analysis

Iran’s Weapons Arsenal Redefining Deterrence Power

Sunday 23 August 2026 ،
The spokesman, asserting that Iran has never paused weapons development, emphasized: “Our missiles are guided and capable of in-flight course correction; they can alter their trajectory to evade defense systems and redirect toward a secondary target.” Meanwhile, Defense Ministry spokesm ...
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Is Beijing Unseating Washington in West Asia?
Analysis

Is Beijing Unseating Washington in West Asia?

Monday 31 August 2026 ،
The AP in a new report about the consequences of Iran war said that the Iranian attacks on the US-aligned Arab states has eroded their trust in Washington's capability to protect them. The news agency adds that regional countries now seek security alternatives and particularly Saudi Arabia is mo ...
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US Forces Withdrawal from Iraq: Why Are Kurds Worried?
Analysis

US Forces Withdrawal from Iraq: Why Are Kurds Worried?

Tuesday 1 September 2026 ،
The report adds thar, the decision will also see American financial aids, which are around $61 million in the Pentagon's budget this year, to the Kurdish militant forces cut off. The agreement was inked between Erbil and Washington in 2016 to help the Kurds fight ISIS terrorist organization and ...
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No More Security for the US: Goals and Messages of Iran’s Attack on Titin Base in Jordan
Analysis

No More Security for the US: Goals and Messages of Iran’s Attack on Titin Base in Jordan

Sunday 6 September 2026 ،
The main significance of this attack lies in the shift of the geography of the conflict, namely the expansion of the clash theater from the traditional regions of the Persian Gulf and the Eastern Mediterranean to a point near the borders of the Israeli regime and one of the most important chains of ...
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Duel over Sea Blockade: What’s Iran’s New Tactic in Economic War?
Analysis

Duel over Sea Blockade: What’s Iran’s New Tactic in Economic War?

Sunday 6 September 2026 ،
The Iranian aim is now about distancing the US warships from the Strait of Hormuz, not sinking them. Alwaght- Iran's New attacks on the American naval vessels around the Strait of Hormuz in recent days should not be read merely as an action to destroy the enemy equipment. Rather, the true signif ...

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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.