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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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Netanyahu Striving to Drag US into War
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Netanyahu Striving to Drag US into War

Saturday 21 June 2025
US will likely intervene to take control of energy exports in the Persian Gulf. In other words, the Israeli transfer of crisis to the Persian Gulf is meant to embroil the US in the war against Iran and actually the Israelis are striving after this aim.  Why US intervention?  It seems tha ...
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Israel and Multi-layer Losses in War with Iran
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Israel and Multi-layer Losses in War with Iran

Sunday 29 June 2025 ،
US to cover the war damages. In addition to the financial crisis, the stock market also took a huge hit. The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Index fell by 18 percent, leading to an outflow of $6.4 billion in foreign capital. Israeli technology companies such as Check Point and Wix also saw their shares fal ...
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With Fresh Israeli War on Iran Looking Highly Likely, Can Tel Aviv Withstand a New Heavy Blow?
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With Fresh Israeli War on Iran Looking Highly Likely, Can Tel Aviv Withstand a New Heavy Blow?

Wednesday 2 July 2025 ،
US, Germany, and Greece landing in its airports. According to flightradar24 website, one of these flights was an Israeli Boeing 747 cargo plane with the registration number 4X-ICK, which loaded 128 tons of military equipment during a two-hour stopover in Cologne, Germany, and transported it directl ...
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Al-Sharaa Reportedly Held Private Talks with Israeli Officials on UAE Soil
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Al-Sharaa Reportedly Held Private Talks with Israeli Officials on UAE Soil

Wednesday 2 July 2025 ،
US sanctions despite allegations of massacres, reflect Damascus’ deliberate move away from the resistance bloc. Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa held a secret meeting with senior Israeli intelligence officials in the United Arab Emirates in April 2025, facilitated by the UAE. This marked a si ...
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Senior Iranian General Says Armed Forces Fully Confronted Threats
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Senior Iranian General Says Armed Forces Fully Confronted Threats

Tuesday 8 July 2025 ،
US-Israeli military aggression ALWAGHT- Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi, Chairman of the Iranian Armed Forces Chief of Staff, stated that the Islamic Republic responded firmly and decisively to the US-Israeli military aggression. General Mousavi spoke with Qatar’s Deputy Prime Minister Khali ...
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Caught Between Iran and US, What Path Will Saudi Arabia Pick?
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Caught Between Iran and US, What Path Will Saudi Arabia Pick?

Friday 11 July 2025 ،
US and after Washington and Tel Aviv attacked some of Iranian nuclear sites, Saudi Arabia is subject to a strategic test. In recent years, the Saudis have attempted to moderate their aggressive foreign policy of the past, which was primarily represented by the war on Yemen, and now they present the ...
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Araghchi Dismisses Israel’s Demand to Limit Range of Iranian Missiles
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Araghchi Dismisses Israel’s Demand to Limit Range of Iranian Missiles

Monday 14 July 2025 ،
US policy toward Iran. He dismissed Netanyahu’s demands as ridiculous and questioned the influence of Israeli intelligence on the White House. Following Israeli and US military attacks on Iranian targets in June, Iran responded with a series of powerful missile strikes on Israeli and US milit ...
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Iraq’s PMF, the Ensurer of Arbaeen Congregation Security
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Iraq’s PMF, the Ensurer of Arbaeen Congregation Security

Saturday 2 August 2025 ،
US-aligned Front: Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF). The short history of rise of the PMF should be probed in June 2014, the time the Iraqi army collapsed under the lightening attacks of the ISIS in Mosul and then the self-proclaimed ISIS caliphate led by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, advancing to the capi ...
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Lessons Learned from Israeli-Iranian War
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Lessons Learned from Israeli-Iranian War

Tuesday 5 August 2025 ،
US to intervene and to declare a ceasefire by Donald Trump on June 24. 3. Limitations of military power Despite the apparent military superiority, Israel and the US failed to gain their strategic goals. Even the most advanced weapons could not check Iran’s nuclear program. Despite the star ...
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Consequences of a Dangerous Decision: Will Hezbollah Be Disarmed?
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Consequences of a Dangerous Decision: Will Hezbollah Be Disarmed?

Sunday 10 August 2025 ،
US-proposed plan for the so-called stabilization of the ceasefire. The plan, lacking Shiite cabinet members' support, seeks restriction of weapons in the hands of the Lebanese government, a move that is seen as a direct challenge to the weapons of the Hezbollah in the country.  According t ...

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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.