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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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Political Storm Heading to Tel Aviv: From Likud Fracture to Election Scenarios
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Political Storm Heading to Tel Aviv: From Likud Fracture to Election Scenarios

Monday 10 August 2026
The Israeli political scenario awaits more than a simple election. It may be a structural change. Alwaght- These days nothing better than polls that have horrified the Likud party can display the fragility of the Israeli regime's political scene. What is happening in Netanyahu’s camp is no ...
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Hormuz not to Reopen until Assassination, Blockade, and War End
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Hormuz not to Reopen until Assassination, Blockade, and War End

Tuesday 11 August 2026 ،
Therefore, the most likely option for the US vis-à-vis Iran at this point is to build up economic pressure by tightening the naval blockade, hoping that through economic pressure, they can force Iran to unilaterally reopen the Strait of Hormuz without making any meaningful concessions. In th ...
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Mecca Agreement Could Suggest US-designed Regional Order a Failure Story
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Mecca Agreement Could Suggest US-designed Regional Order a Failure Story

Wednesday 12 August 2026 ،
The significance of this pact, from the Israeli perspective, becomes clear the moment you look at who signed it. Pakistan does not recognize Israeli regime. Turkey has emerged as one of the most vocal critics of Tel Aviv’s Gaza policy in recent years. And Saudi Arabia, despite earlier expectat ...
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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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Three Missing Iranian Pilots: Is the US Involved?
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Three Missing Iranian Pilots: Is the US Involved?

Tuesday 18 August 2026 ،
The Iranian armed forces had previously raised the possibility that all four pilots were missing or killed in action. But with the recovery of one body, new information has now emerged about the other three, and the military insists they are alive and being held captive by Qatari forces. On Saturda ...
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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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Economic to Military Pressure: Six Options Turkey Wields against Israel
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Economic to Military Pressure: Six Options Turkey Wields against Israel

Tuesday 25 August 2026 ،
The charges include genocide, crimes against humanity, torture, stripping freedom, and abduction. Based on a report by Modern Diplomacy, the move is unlikely to lead to Netanyahu's actual detention, as the execution of an Interpol Red Notice is not automatic, and the organization's regulatio ...
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Amid Transforming Muslim Political Power in the US, AIPAC is Declining
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Amid Transforming Muslim Political Power in the US, AIPAC is Declining

Thursday 27 August 2026 ،
The US power structure is seeing a shift in which the Muslims are rising and pro-Zionist camps are declining. Alwaght- In contemporary times, elections have always been one of the best instruments and criteria to measure the scale of public support for government policies, to understand the taste of ...
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Is Beijing Unseating Washington in West Asia?
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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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Turkey-Israel Face-off in Eastern Mediterranean
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Turkey-Israel Face-off in Eastern Mediterranean

Friday 4 September 2026 ،
The system is, according to the Israeli defense ministry, is meant for countering a wide range of threats including ballistic missiles and drones. Also a supplementary deal, worth $26 million, for selling Drone Dome air defense produced by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems was signed between the two. ...

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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.