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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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Will Hariri Come Back to Lebanon’s Politics?
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Will Hariri Come Back to Lebanon’s Politics?

Wednesday 18 February 2026
US pressures on President Michael Aoun for Hezbollah disarming, beside current daily Israeli attacks on southern Lebanon in stark violation to the last year truce deal.  In such a chaotic climate, Hariri's comeback can transform Lebanon's political future. Commenting on Lebanese relati ...
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Shedding Light on 14 Claims Trump Made during His State of the Union Speech
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Shedding Light on 14 Claims Trump Made during His State of the Union Speech

Wednesday 25 February 2026 ،
US president made claims are questionable as they are distant from the reality. Alwaght- In his State of the Union Speech at the Congress, the US President Donald Trump made claims many of which are unfounded and false. His annual address comes at a time when Americans are divided over whether his ...
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Barrack’s Three Missions in Baghdad: Iraqis Rigid, Americans Frustrated
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Barrack’s Three Missions in Baghdad: Iraqis Rigid, Americans Frustrated

Friday 27 February 2026 ،
US has once again intervened in Iraq's political dynamics to make sure its interests are secured in any political move.  In this relation, the US President Donald Trump has recently sent his special envoy to Iraq Tom Barrack to discuss with Iraqi officials the political and security matter ...
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Why Did Trump Use Vulgar Language in Call for Strait of Hormuz Reopening?
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Why Did Trump Use Vulgar Language in Call for Strait of Hormuz Reopening?

Tuesday 7 April 2026 ،
US President Donald Trump has just reached this stage as he used a vulgar language in asking Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz that has been closed since war started on February 28. In unusual words and far from politeness, Trump insulted Iran in his call for Tehran officials to reopen the key wat ...
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Election of Amidi As Iraq’s President: PUK Restores Power, Political Dynamics Shift
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Election of Amidi As Iraq’s President: PUK Restores Power, Political Dynamics Shift

Monday 13 April 2026 ،
US and the White House policies. In recent months, the US openly pushed to sway the Iraqi government formation process to a departure from the resistance coalition and under the direct influence of the US and and its interests. Washington threatening to impose strict sanctions in case of not forming ...
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Can Trump Really Blockade Iran?
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Can Trump Really Blockade Iran?

Tuesday 14 April 2026 ،
US blockade seems to backfire at the end of the road. Alwaght- The dead end the US and Israel are facing because of their defeat in the 38-day aggression on Iran has pushed the White House leaders to a new idea to press Tehran. This idea is a blockade of all of the Iranian ports in the Persian Gulf, ...
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Gaps Deepen as Trump and MAGA Ties Are at Fresh Juncture
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Gaps Deepen as Trump and MAGA Ties Are at Fresh Juncture

Sunday 19 April 2026 ،
US as a world power has declined for some reasons, most important of them foreign issues. For example, its voices believe that one of the reasons of the US power decline is the waves of migrants having come to the country, especially the Muslims. Additionally, the movement argues that aimless wars a ...
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Netanyahu Stuck in a Home Swamp as Israelis Fume Over Military Defeat
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Netanyahu Stuck in a Home Swamp as Israelis Fume Over Military Defeat

Monday 20 April 2026 ،
US leadership and Iran’s initiative is a political victory for the Lebanese state and a defeat for us. We are nobody’s pawns.” Meanwhile, nearly a third of the population of Kiryat Shmona in the northern occupied territories, close to the Lebanese border, roughly 26,000 people, ha ...
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Alarms Sound about Israel’s Malign Influence in Africa
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Alarms Sound about Israel’s Malign Influence in Africa

Tuesday 21 April 2026 ،
elections, when dozens of Israeli consultants with ties to Mossad set up a war room for the ruling party. In 2020, Ghana's The Herald newspaper further exposed the machinations of Israeli intelligence figures who sought to sway the outcome of the country's impending presidential race. Ther ...
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Trump’s "Project Freedom" a Failure Story
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Trump’s "Project Freedom" a Failure Story

Tuesday 5 May 2026 ،
US is already combustible due to Washington’s blockade on Iran and the continued Israeli attacks on Lebanon, a new provocative move by Trump in the Strait of Hormuz risks sinking the region in a fresh conflict. On Monday, the US President Donald Trump announced what he called Project Freedom ...

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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.