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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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Can Turkey’s Return to F-35 Program Fill Its Deterrence Void?
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Can Turkey’s Return to F-35 Program Fill Its Deterrence Void?

Monday 8 December 2025
US over sale of F-35 fighter jets to Ankara, it seems that the obstacles ahead of this project are being cleared away. Recently, the American ambassador to Ankara Tom Barrack announced that the Turkish government is due to decommission Russian-supplied S-400, a move paving the way to receive the F- ...
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Gaza ‘Peace Board’: From Removing Blair to Kushner’s Personal Interests
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Gaza ‘Peace Board’: From Removing Blair to Kushner’s Personal Interests

Tuesday 9 December 2025 ،
US administration announced that Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, Trump’s Special Envoy to the region Steve Witkoff, and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair make up the main body of “Peace Board” that is intended to manage Gaza post-war. It is said that this board, cha ...
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Honduran President Alleges Trump Engaged in ‘Election Manipulation’
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Honduran President Alleges Trump Engaged in ‘Election Manipulation’

Wednesday 10 December 2025 ،
US President Donald Trump of direct interference in Honduras’s recent presidential election, denouncing what she termed “election manipulation.” The disputed November 30 election saw vote-counting delays due to computer failures and remains contested. While Trump‑backed candidate N ...
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Trump’s Doctrine: An Analysis of US Hegemonic Decline
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Trump’s Doctrine: An Analysis of US Hegemonic Decline

Wednesday 10 December 2025 ،
US is no longer the sole world power and new world order is shaping with participation of other actors. Alwaght- Publishing the new US national security doctrine under Donald Trump should not be seen as a mere conventional review of the American strategic documents, but a practical and theoretical p ...
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Signs of Israel Losing Its Strategic Equilibrium
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Signs of Israel Losing Its Strategic Equilibrium

Friday 12 December 2025 ،
US as staunch backer of the regime into the humiliating position of seeking an exit strategy to salvage what remains of its ally's credibility. Trump's initiative: Temporary rescue or delaying collapse? When the US President Donald Trump intervened with his the day after Gaza initiative, h ...
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US Tanker Seizure Brings War Clouds Lower on the Caribbean
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US Tanker Seizure Brings War Clouds Lower on the Caribbean

Saturday 13 December 2025 ،
US steps up hostility on Venezuela despite Caracas resolve to defend national sovereignty. Alwaght- After military deployment and closure of Venezuelan airspace, the US has now seized a tanker, taking a new step to direct confrontation with Caracas. The US President Donald Trump on Wednesday announ ...
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What’s Pezeshkian’s Central Asia Visit Yielded?
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What’s Pezeshkian’s Central Asia Visit Yielded?

Saturday 13 December 2025 ،
US and the Israeli regime on Iran. In the meeting, the Iranian president underscored Tehran’s determination to implement the comprehensive strategic cooperation agreement between Iran and Russia, saying: We are determined to put the agreement we have signed into practice and expect the Russian ...
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Tehran and Riyadh Going Beyond De-escalation, Now Seeking Common Cooperation Grounds
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Tehran and Riyadh Going Beyond De-escalation, Now Seeking Common Cooperation Grounds

Monday 15 December 2025 ،
US, which has heightened Beijing’s need for support, both from large and small nations, especially those rich in energy resources. From this vantage point, China’s active role in bringing Iran and Saudi Arabia closer is more than a diplomatic maneuver, it is part of a broader recalibrati ...
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Troubled Louvre Museum Faces Some Grave Scenarios
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Troubled Louvre Museum Faces Some Grave Scenarios

Monday 15 December 2025 ،
USA, under which the Louvre Museum granted permission to display 200 of its works, including historical paintings, in the US. In return, it received $6.4 million to assist in the renovation of art galleries. Foreign Policy reported in its analysis that although the Louvre, like France itself, has a ...
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Tehran Meeting Further Step to Address Afghanistan Challenges
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Tehran Meeting Further Step to Address Afghanistan Challenges

Monday 15 December 2025 ،
US is pushing to return to Central Asian country. Alwaght- Though after four years of the Taliban takeover of power in Afghanistan the world community is yet to recognize the group’s rule and new rulers have not realized the international demands, regional countries are seeking a solution to h ...

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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.