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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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Larijani’s Iraq, Lebanon Tour: Security Diplomacy to Check US Plans
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Larijani’s Iraq, Lebanon Tour: Security Diplomacy to Check US Plans

Saturday 16 August 2025
US and allied actions against resistance groups in the region.  A visit to reinforce the western gate  In his Iraq trip, Larijani had a busy working plan; from meeting senior Iraq officials to taking part in Arbaeen ceremony and following the situation of Iranian pilgrims in Iraq for the ...
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On Brink of Clash: What Are Possible Scenarios for Damascus and Kurds in Northeastern Syria?
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On Brink of Clash: What Are Possible Scenarios for Damascus and Kurds in Northeastern Syria?

Tuesday 19 August 2025 ،
US and some European countries. Although this control was successful from a security and military perspective, it has always faced a crisis of legitimacy from a political perspective. Relying on a policy of active diplomacy and regional negotiations, the new Syrian government has attempted to integ ...
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Tehran Threatens Retaliation with New Missiles if Israel Launches Strike
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Tehran Threatens Retaliation with New Missiles if Israel Launches Strike

Wednesday 20 August 2025 ،
US intelligence and logistics. He emphasized that all the weapons and equipment used were domestically produced, with Iranian missiles striking their intended targets and inflicting significant damage despite Israeli censorship of the results. He noted that Israel employed its most advanced air def ...
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Fatal Zeitoun Ambush: How Does Hamas Hold the Initiative in Gaza after Two Years of War?
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Fatal Zeitoun Ambush: How Does Hamas Hold the Initiative in Gaza after Two Years of War?

Monday 1 September 2025 ،
US used in the Vietnam War. A Middle East Online report indicates that the Washington dropped about 15 tons of explosives per square kilometer in Vietnam, while Israel has dropped 275 tons of bombs per square kilometer in Gaza since October 7, 2023. This means that 18 times more bombs have been drop ...
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Turkey’s Dual Game: Doing Business with Israel While Claiming Boycott
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Turkey’s Dual Game: Doing Business with Israel While Claiming Boycott

Monday 1 September 2025 ،
US and its Western allies, is seeking to impose a new Sykes-Picot in West Asia, a plan ultimately aimed at undermining national sovereignty and fragmenting regional states, including Syria, Iraq, and Jordan, and prospectively even Turkey and Iran. At the end, one should know that amid repeated anno ...
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Lebanon’s Army between US Pressure and Hezbollah’s Insistence on Keeping Arms
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Lebanon’s Army between US Pressure and Hezbollah’s Insistence on Keeping Arms

Wednesday 3 September 2025 ،
US-backed plan. The movement's Secretary-General Naim Qassem put out a series of statements, warning: Anyone who calls for handing over the weapons, whether domestic or foreign, Arab or international, regardless of their name or position, is serving Israel’s project... The Lebanese governm ...
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Israeli War on Gaza Towers: Display of Destruction, Cover for Losses
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Israeli War on Gaza Towers: Display of Destruction, Cover for Losses

Sunday 7 September 2025 ،
US President Donald Trump. Creating an apocalyptic picture of Gaza to declare victory Tel Aviv has consistently used its propaganda apparatus in its wars against Palestinian groups to project an image of its military's invincibility to both its domestic audience and international backers. Howe ...
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Click, Boom: US Tech Giants’ Hands Stained with Palestinian Blood
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Click, Boom: US Tech Giants’ Hands Stained with Palestinian Blood

Tuesday 9 September 2025 ،
US technology companies provide AI and other services helping Israel kill more Palestinians for lower costs in Gaza war. Alwaght- Though war on Gaza is waged using modern military equipment and weapons, behind this large-scale barbarous war stand tens of American tech and computer giants that provid ...
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Iraq’s Election Atmosphere Overshadowed by Massive Candidate Disqualifications
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Iraq’s Election Atmosphere Overshadowed by Massive Candidate Disqualifications

Wednesday 10 September 2025 ،
US invasion of the country in 2003. In many instances, even open investigations or unproven allegations have been deemed sufficient for exclusion. The current number of disqualifications has surpassed the record set in the 2010 election, where nearly 499 candidates were barred over alleged Ba'a ...
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Can ’Peninsula Force’ Shield Persian Gulf Arab Monarchies against Israel?
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Can ’Peninsula Force’ Shield Persian Gulf Arab Monarchies against Israel?

Monday 15 September 2025 ،
US military and intelligence backing. Most of their advanced weapons and defense systems are built in the West, and using them effectively without Washington's support would be virtually impossible. This creates a fundamental conflict, as the US is a staunch strategic partner of the Israeli regi ...

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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.