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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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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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Syria-Israel Normalization Pending between Al-Sharaa’s Willingness and Netanyahu’s Worry
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Syria-Israel Normalization Pending between Al-Sharaa’s Willingness and Netanyahu’s Worry

Thursday 3 July 2025 ،
US special envoy for Syria, has also recently announced negotiations between the new Syrian government and Tel Aviv, but many issues remain dim.  American brokerage  It seems that the Trump administration has a key role in preparing the ground for an agreement between Damascus and Tel Av ...
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Why’s Trump Insisting on Gaza Ceasefire Plan?
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Why’s Trump Insisting on Gaza Ceasefire Plan?

Monday 7 July 2025 ،
US President Donald Trump has claimed that Tel Aviv has agreed to a 60-day ceasefire and accordingly a delegation of Israeli military political and security officials have visited Qatar to discuss terms of the truce. Some American and Israeli media outlets revealed some details of the new truce pro ...
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Tehran Denies Outreach for Negotiations, Labels Trump’s Comments as Groundless
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Tehran Denies Outreach for Negotiations, Labels Trump’s Comments as Groundless

Tuesday 8 July 2025 ،
US President Donald Trump’s claims that Iran is seeking talks ALWAGHT- Tehran has denied US President Donald Trump’s claims that Iran is seeking talks, with the Foreign Ministry accusing Washington of using misinformation to cover up its policy failures. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esm ...
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Israel Deadlock in Yemen: Why’s Sana’a Unbeatable?
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Israel Deadlock in Yemen: Why’s Sana’a Unbeatable?

Saturday 12 July 2025 ،
US raised white flag to Sana'a On May 2, the US President Donald Trump announced halt of the attacks on Yemen. The US had started its air campaign against Yemen on March 15, but all of a sudden, Oman as the eastern neighbor of Yemen announced that it mediated to end the conflict between the US ...
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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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Trump and Netanyahu: Divided on the Surface, Coordinated Deep Down
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Trump and Netanyahu: Divided on the Surface, Coordinated Deep Down

Saturday 12 July 2025 ،
US president hosted Israel PM. They discussed a variety of issues and played divided. But observers agree their difference is hard to believe. Alwaght- Over the past week, the controversial Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was the guest of Washington. The visit, which lasted almost a week, ...
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Talks For Gaza Ceasefire Collapse as Israel Declines Troop Withdrawal
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Talks For Gaza Ceasefire Collapse as Israel Declines Troop Withdrawal

Saturday 12 July 2025 ،
US envoy Steve Witkoff to help facilitate the talks. Despite some progress on prisoner releases and aid delivery, Palestinian sources accuse the Israeli delegation of lacking authority and deliberately obstructing an agreement to prolong the conflict. Meanwhile, Gaza’s Health Ministry reports ...
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Haraki Tribe Rebellion: A Socio-Political Quake for Barazanis
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Haraki Tribe Rebellion: A Socio-Political Quake for Barazanis

Saturday 12 July 2025 ،
The recent clashes in Kurdistan region of Iraq matk a warning to the Barzani rulers that current ruling method cannot continue. Alwaght- In the past weeks, Iraqi Kurdistan region has witnessed one of the most unprecedented clashes between the militants of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and loc ...
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Disarming for Diplomacy? Implications of PKK Laying Down Arms
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Disarming for Diplomacy? Implications of PKK Laying Down Arms

Sunday 13 July 2025 ،
US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are a branch of the PKK and pose a direct threat to the Turkish national security and need to be disarmed. On the other side, Syrian Kurds led by the Democratic Union Party (PYD) have rejected this Turkish claim, saying that they are an independent movement ...

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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.