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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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Iran Says Oil Smuggling and Maritime Operations Will Not Avert US Defeat
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Iran Says Oil Smuggling and Maritime Operations Will Not Avert US Defeat

Monday 12 October 2026
Iranian Armed Forces spokesperson Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi has dismissed US claims of control over the Strait of Hormuz ALWAGHT- Iranian Armed Forces spokesperson Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi has dismissed US claims of control over the Strait of Hormuz, describing them as psychol ...
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Iran: Deployment of 39,000 Troops Thwarted Planned Ground Invasion
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Iran: Deployment of 39,000 Troops Thwarted Planned Ground Invasion

Monday 12 October 2026 ،
operational strategies, reorganized combat formations and reinforced defensive positions. Readiness exercises at military bases and the strengthening of border deployments were also introduced to address potential threats. Jahanshahi said the Ground Forces remained prepared to respond to any aggres ...
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White House War Cover-up Suggests Trump is Empty-handed
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White House War Cover-up Suggests Trump is Empty-handed

Monday 12 October 2026 ،
operations against Iran at 21 and said 865 US service members have been wounded since the war began. Even so, doubts remain widespread in the media and among American politicians about how the Defense Department is reporting those numbers. The Washington Post previously reported, citing six US offi ...
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Pakistan, Turkey Unreluctant to Directly Join Yemen War, Syria’s Al-Jolani Risks Sending Forces to Death in Yemen: Expert
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Pakistan, Turkey Unreluctant to Directly Join Yemen War, Syria’s Al-Jolani Risks Sending Forces to Death in Yemen: Expert

Tuesday 13 October 2026 ،
operations? Do you think the Bab-el-Mandeb battle can be separated fron the broader regional equation? Zarean: Yemenis entered this battle with two aims. Their first goal was to save Yemen from foreign interventions, especially the interventions of Saudi Arabia and the UAE, to cut off the presence ...
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IRGC Frees Kidnapped Engineer, Kills Six Terrorists in Southeastern Iran
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IRGC Frees Kidnapped Engineer, Kills Six Terrorists in Southeastern Iran

Tuesday 13 October 2026 ،
operation in southeastern Iran, according to a statement from the force’s Quds Base. The operation took place in the Kourin area of Zahedan, in Sistan and Baluchestan Province. The statement said members of the Jaish al-Adl terrorist group abducted the engineer in western Zahedan on Monday an ...
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Yemen Warns Civilians to Leave Saudi Aramco Sites, Threatens Retaliation for Attacks on Sana’a
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Yemen Warns Civilians to Leave Saudi Aramco Sites, Threatens Retaliation for Attacks on Sana’a

Tuesday 13 October 2026 ،
operations. Yemeni military spokesperson Brigadier General Yahya Saree warned on Tuesday that Yemen would retaliate against Saudi Arabia for its attacks on the country. He urged civilians and employees to immediately leave areas near Saudi Aramco facilities, declaring the kingdom’s oil infras ...
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Another Oil Tanker Catches Fire in the Strait of Hormuz
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Another Oil Tanker Catches Fire in the Strait of Hormuz

Tuesday 13 October 2026 ،
operational units had been deployed across the eastern strait, the Arabian Sea and the Sea of Oman to monitor maritime traffic and maintain surveillance of vessel movements. The Navy urged all ships to comply with international law, keep their electronic navigation systems switched on and coordinat ...
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Bessent’s Prediction Gone Wrong: Economic Resilience in Iran, Collapse Delusion in the US
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Bessent’s Prediction Gone Wrong: Economic Resilience in Iran, Collapse Delusion in the US

Wednesday 14 October 2026 ،
The US seems far from knowing Iran and the experience of resilience and resistance it has developed in over 47 years. Alwaght- Two weeks ago, the US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent claimed that Iran would have nothing left to bargain with in another two weeks and was shipping its last oil cargoes t ...
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YAF Targets Riyadh Airport and Saudi Military Positions
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YAF Targets Riyadh Airport and Saudi Military Positions

Thursday 15 October 2026 ،
operation launched on Tuesday evening targeted Aramco facilities in Dhahran, King Khalid International Airport and an Aramco refinery in Riyadh. According to the spokesperson, the operation involved multiple ballistic and cruise missiles as well as drones, and further attacks on Saudi airports and o ...
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From Sara to Yair: Will Netanyahu’s Family Become his Election Achilles Heel?
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From Sara to Yair: Will Netanyahu’s Family Become his Election Achilles Heel?

Thursday 15 October 2026 ،
operation by Hamas and failed to take that security threat seriously. What these cases share is their capacity to shape a political narrative about the gulf between those in power and the public. Netanyahu's opponents can package these issues into a single message: that the government expects c ...

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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.