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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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Drop Site Reports US Construction of New Military Base in Bosaso, Somalia
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Drop Site Reports US Construction of New Military Base in Bosaso, Somalia

Saturday 5 September 2026
Trump, with American airstrikes targeting ISIS and al-Shabaab. Puntland officials credit US air power with killing a large proportion of ISIS fighters, while American intelligence personnel have also reportedly played a major role in interrogations, targeting and local security operations. The agre ...
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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 ،
Trump: US forces will leave Iraq when the American-led coalition’s mission ends on September 30, and after that, American companies will come in.  Baghdad officials insist every US service member must be out by the deadline. Yet ambiguous clauses in the bilateral deal have fueled fresh d ...
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Free Fall in Polls: Iran War Consequences Turn Nightmarish to Trump
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Free Fall in Polls: Iran War Consequences Turn Nightmarish to Trump

Tuesday 8 September 2026 ،
Trump’s protracted war on Iran and its costs. Alwaght- Though Iran war has entered its seventh month, the US President Donald Trump refuses to use the term war for his aggression against the Islamic Republic, and in his latest comments he described it the military conflict and even small potatoes. ...
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Failed Witkoff-Kushner Mission: Ukraine War in Diplomatic Standoff
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Failed Witkoff-Kushner Mission: Ukraine War in Diplomatic Standoff

Wednesday 9 September 2026 ،
Trump’s pledge to end it within 24 hours of returning to the White House, two of the president’s most trusted envoys are shuttling from Moscow to Kiev this week, seeking any glimmer of a deal that would deliver a settlement Trump promised. The visit to Russia and then Ukraine of Trump&# ...
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Trump’s War against the World at UNGA
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Trump’s War against the World at UNGA

Wednesday 23 September 2026 ،
Trump was pro-war during his General Assembly speech, instead of taking de-escalation and peace. Alwaght- The US President Donald Trump went to the UN to address the annual gathering of the General Assembly. A considerable part of his speech was more like a list of threats and warnings than a normal ...
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Iran Rules Out Resuming Pre-War Diplomatic Track with US
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Iran Rules Out Resuming Pre-War Diplomatic Track with US

Thursday 24 September 2026 ،
Trump, who warned that Washington could “annihilate” Iran if Tehran rejected a deal. Iranian officials and the Armed Forces have dismissed the threats and said Washington must take steps before negotiations can resume. Rezaei said Iran had conveyed seven conditions to the US through reg ...
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From Chips to Iran War: Xi-Trump’s Hard Discussions
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From Chips to Iran War: Xi-Trump’s Hard Discussions

Friday 25 September 2026 ،
Trump talks Xi Jinping’s visit to Washington comes at a time when US–China relations, unlike the atmosphere that typically surrounds official visits by heads of state, are defined by intense economic, technological and geopolitical competition. The significance of the visit lies in the ...
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Israel’s Opposition Coalition: A Final Nail in the Netanyahu’s Coffin?
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Israel’s Opposition Coalition: A Final Nail in the Netanyahu’s Coffin?

Sunday 27 September 2026 ،
Trump would shore up his standing. But Trump's failure to meet him in New York once again laid bare signs of friction between the two, and under such conditions, even White House support may not be enough to repair Netanyahu's political fortunes. Given Israelis' sensitivity to Trump' ...
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Where have American Forces and Military Equipment Gone after Iraq Withdrawal?
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Where have American Forces and Military Equipment Gone after Iraq Withdrawal?

Saturday 3 October 2026 ،
Trump also emphasized after the withdrawal was announced that no American equipment remained in Iraq. The Guardian reported this position of Trump and wrote that he at the same time celebrated the end of American military presence; but this does not mean that all physical traces of the US presence h ...
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US Military Withdrawal not End of US Iraq Presence, Iran Needs Long-term Iraq Strategy: Expert
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US Military Withdrawal not End of US Iraq Presence, Iran Needs Long-term Iraq Strategy: Expert

Saturday 3 October 2026 ،
Trump is backing him. Referring to effective compliance of Iraqi government with the US embargo on Iranian aviation industry, he said that Iraqi people have stood against some of the government's actions and condemned them. Now it remains to see where reopening of Najaf Airport to Iranian fligh ...

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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.