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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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Kim Jong Un Presses for Nuclear Acceleration as US–South Korea Conduct War Games
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Kim Jong Un Presses for Nuclear Acceleration as US–South Korea Conduct War Games

Tuesday 19 August 2025
US–South Korea drills. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called for a rapid expansion of his country’s nuclear arsenal, condemning ongoing joint US–South Korea military exercises as “obvious” provocations of war. Speaking aboard a navy destroyer, he argued that the d ...
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Unity Key to Overcoming Foreign Threats, Say Iran and Venezuela Presidents
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Unity Key to Overcoming Foreign Threats, Say Iran and Venezuela Presidents

Tuesday 9 September 2025 ،
US pressure on Caracas. In a phone call on Monday, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro discussed regional and international issues, including recent US provocations against Caracas. Both leaders stressed the importance of “national unity” a ...
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Velayati Addresses Snapback Mechanism and Israeli Aggression
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Velayati Addresses Snapback Mechanism and Israeli Aggression

Wednesday 24 September 2025 ،
US President Donald Trump and Adolf Hitler, criticizing Western duplicity in supporting Israeli aggression while later attempting to distance themselves. He condemned Israel’s attacks on Qatar as part of a broader campaign against Muslims, linking modern Zionism to extremist movements behind p ...
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Gaza Ceasefire a Tactical Move in Netanyahu’s Crisis-making Strategy: Expert
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Gaza Ceasefire a Tactical Move in Netanyahu’s Crisis-making Strategy: Expert

Sunday 12 October 2025 ،
US President Donald Trump's 20-point plan on Thursday. Alwaght has discussed the deal with senior analyst of West Asia affairs Javad Masoumi, asking him about the aspects of the deal and also the US role in it. Alwaght: What factors have eventually pushed Israeli regime and Netanyahu to yield t ...
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Aleppo again a Hot Spot as SDF and Damascus Wrestle for Ground
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Aleppo again a Hot Spot as SDF and Damascus Wrestle for Ground

Friday 26 December 2025 ،
US supervision, suggesting that Turkey is seeking to insert itself into the negotiating process. When Kurdish neighborhoods in Aleppo come under attack, the apparent aim is to pressure the SDF. These two districts lie outside SDF control and are considered easy targets, whether struck by Turkish-ba ...
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Hormuz Closure in Place as long the US Blockade in Place, Talks Depend on Accepting Iran’s Conditions: Expert
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Hormuz Closure in Place as long the US Blockade in Place, Talks Depend on Accepting Iran’s Conditions: Expert

Thursday 23 April 2026 ،
US cannot dictate its conditions on Tehran and must face the fact, according to the political expert. Alwaght- As the US announces the ceasefire extension unilaterally, the world community has its questions about if a comprehensive deal will be reached and tensions give place to stability, or the un ...
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Iran Slams US Over Tanker Strikes Near Strait of Hormuz
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Iran Slams US Over Tanker Strikes Near Strait of Hormuz

Saturday 9 May 2026 ،
US military activities in the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz risk triggering catastrophic consequences ALWAGHT- In a formal address to the Security Council, Iran's UN Ambassador cautioned that continued US military activities in the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz risk triggering catastroph ...
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Iran Must Keep the Blade of Hormuz Strait on Trump’s Head
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Iran Must Keep the Blade of Hormuz Strait on Trump’s Head

Thursday 28 May 2026 ،
US and Western countries, Trump tore it up with a single stroke upon taking office in his first term in 2018. The other signatories also failed to fulfill their obligations toward Iran as outlined in the deal, leaving Iran stripped of all its rights and suffering heavy losses. In the middle of the ...
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As Netanyahu Escalates Lebanon Aggression, He Faces Three Risks
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As Netanyahu Escalates Lebanon Aggression, He Faces Three Risks

Saturday 30 May 2026 ،
US agreement On top of these issues, regional developments are also playing a major role in driving Tel Aviv’s escalatory behavior. Reports about progress in Iran-US talks and the two sides reaching preliminary understandings on certain points of contention have caused clear anxiety in Tel Av ...
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Return of Missiles to Skies of Persian Gulf
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Return of Missiles to Skies of Persian Gulf

Thursday 11 June 2026 ،
US escalation came in response to Apache helicopter crash. Alwaght- While the US President Donald Trump everyday talks about being close to a deal with Iran, the developments on the ground suggest that there is a considerable distance between these claims and the field realities. The course of devel ...

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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.