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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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Somaliland, Israel’s New Gamble in Horn of Africa
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Somaliland, Israel’s New Gamble in Horn of Africa

Sunday 28 December 2025
Trump.” He also announced the immediate launch of cooperation with Somaliland in agriculture, healthcare, technology, and the economy, and invited the region’s leader to visit occupied Palestine. For his part, Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi said in a statement that Somaliland would join t ...
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A Review of Newly Published US National Security Document
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A Review of Newly Published US National Security Document

Monday 29 December 2025 ،
Trump’s first administration. Zarean stated that “the document repeats Trump’s campaign positions and is a translation of talking points he has frequently reiterated in public diplomacy. In other words, it is the embodiment of US foreign policy over the past year.” He went ...
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US Invasion of Venezuela: Test of Latin America’s Bolivarin Resistance and Geopolitical Realignment
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US Invasion of Venezuela: Test of Latin America’s Bolivarin Resistance and Geopolitical Realignment

Saturday 3 January 2026 ،
Trump's statement about abduction of Maduro In a post on his Truth Social platform, US President Donald Trump announced that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife have been captured and flown out of the country. The Trump administration had earlier accused Maduro of drug traf ...
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Dark Israeli-Syrian Security Negotiations Outlook
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Dark Israeli-Syrian Security Negotiations Outlook

Tuesday 6 January 2026 ،
Trump administration's pressures on Israel and Syria for a deal that will stabilize the situation on the shared borders and will possibly mark the first step in broader normalization agreement in the future, something seen as unrealistic given the broad gap between expectations and goals of the ...
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Iran Signals Decisive Retaliation as It Labels Security a Red Line
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Iran Signals Decisive Retaliation as It Labels Security a Red Line

Tuesday 6 January 2026 ،
Trump, who issued threats and voiced support for actions that could fuel unrest in Iran. The council accused Iran’s adversaries of pursuing a strategy of pressure, intimidation, and interference aimed at undermining the country’s foundations, in violation of international law. The warni ...
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US Has no Serious Iranian Opposition Forces, Military Action Unlikely: Expert
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US Has no Serious Iranian Opposition Forces, Military Action Unlikely: Expert

Sunday 18 January 2026 ،
Trump effectively dismissed the concerns, redirecting the focus to Saudi investment in the US. This demonstrates a clear United States strategy: to exploit human rights as a pretext for pressuring and weakening Iran and realizing the agenda of the Israeli regime. This strategy has, and will continue ...
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What Does Trump’s “Board of Peace” Eye for  Gaza?
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What Does Trump’s “Board of Peace” Eye for Gaza?

Monday 19 January 2026 ،
Trump named a group of businessman and billionaire as Gaza Board of Peace to advance Gaza reconstruction, but many doubt his real aim. Alwaght- The group the US President Donald Trump has recently unveiled to ensure continuation of Gaza ceasefire is dubbed “ Board of Peace”, but it is mo ...
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What’s behind US Military Relocation from Ain Al-Assad to Al-Harir?
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What’s behind US Military Relocation from Ain Al-Assad to Al-Harir?

Tuesday 20 January 2026 ،
Trump visited the key military infrastructure. The strategic and iconic significance of Ain Al-Assad brought it under an unprecedented Iranian missile attack in 2020 launched by the IRGC in retaliation for the assassination of two anti-terror commanders, Iran’s General Qassem Suleimani and Ir ...
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Canada’s Pivot to East a Prelue to Collapse of Trans-Atlantic Alliance?
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Canada’s Pivot to East a Prelue to Collapse of Trans-Atlantic Alliance?

Saturday 24 January 2026 ،
Trump is fragmenting the Western alliance with expansionist policies. Alwaght- Trump's push for acquisition of Greenland and imposition of tariffs on the Western countries opposing his bid has caused waves of concerns among Washington’s allies, to an extent that Canada as the US neighbor i ...
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Will Board of Peace Initiative Lead to Reopening Rafah Border Crossing?
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Will Board of Peace Initiative Lead to Reopening Rafah Border Crossing?

Sunday 25 January 2026 ،
Trump-announced board that is designed to run Gaza after war. In this connection, Ali Sha'ath, the head of Palestinian National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (PNCAG) in a video message to the Davos summit announced the reopening of the Rafah Border Crossing with Egypt next week. Als ...

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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.