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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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Syria’s Post-Assad Economy: Dim Prospects Despite Alluring Promises
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Syria’s Post-Assad Economy: Dim Prospects Despite Alluring Promises

Sunday 7 September 2025
Washington-based Al-Tahrir Institute suggests that reconstruction alone costs between $250 billion to $400 billion. This is while the country's economy volume dropped to $17.5 billion in 2023 from the $60 billion before the civil war that started in 2011. About 16.7 million of Syrians are in nee ...
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Lebanese President Urges US to Push Israel Out of Southern Lebanon
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Lebanese President Urges US to Push Israel Out of Southern Lebanon

Sunday 7 September 2025 ،
Washington to pressure Israel to implement the November 2024 ceasefire, end its military operations, withdraw from five occupied outposts, and release Lebanese abductees. Aoun emphasized that ongoing Israeli attacks hinder the Lebanese army’s full deployment along the southern border, where it ...
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Israeli War on Gaza Towers: Display of Destruction, Cover for Losses
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Israeli War on Gaza Towers: Display of Destruction, Cover for Losses

Sunday 7 September 2025 ،
Washington could use the pretext of rebuilding the strip to push Palestinians out, while placing extensive obstacles to their return. This would make a practical return to their homeland nearly impossible—a scenario previously suggested by former US President Donald Trump. Creating an apocaly ...
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From Defense to War: Why’s Trump Renamed Pentagon?
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From Defense to War: Why’s Trump Renamed Pentagon?

Monday 8 September 2025 ،
Washington’s power and hegemony. Alwaght- Donald Trump is making headlines again, not to end a war but to revive a belligerent name. A president who labels himself the biggest pro-peace figure in today's world and claims he deserves the Noble Peace Prize more than anybody else now is giving a su ...
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Unlike Govt., People Think Hezbollah Weapons Source of Security
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Unlike Govt., People Think Hezbollah Weapons Source of Security

Monday 8 September 2025 ،
Washington. Such a scenario, critics warn, could severely undermine Lebanese national security and sovereignty rather than strengthening it. Israel's aggressive performance The Lebanese people's emphasis on security guarantees is an outcome of a number of factors and historical experiences ...
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Click, Boom: US Tech Giants’ Hands Stained with Palestinian Blood
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Click, Boom: US Tech Giants’ Hands Stained with Palestinian Blood

Tuesday 9 September 2025 ،
Washington Post reported that Google's cloud business has provided the Israeli military with access to its AI-based services. In January 2024, the AI company OpenAI also removed its restrictions on the ban of using its services for military and war activities for the military of the Israeli regi ...
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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 ،
Washington’s deployment of warships, submarines, aircraft, and thousands of troops near Venezuela, Maduro maintained that his country remains at peace but prepared for any challenge. The Venezuelan leader also rejected US allegations of narco-trafficking and criticized the recent military str ...
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Gaza or Normalization? What’s the Current Arab Issue?
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Gaza or Normalization? What’s the Current Arab Issue?

Thursday 11 September 2025 ،
Washington and Beijing may force Washington to reassess its regional commitments and reallocate resources away from West Asia to other regions, such as East Asia. In such a scenario, Arab states that entered normalization agreements lured by promises of American security guarantees could find themse ...
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Israeli Assassination Attempt on Hamas Delegation in Qatar Fails
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Israeli Assassination Attempt on Hamas Delegation in Qatar Fails

Tuesday 9 September 2025 ،
Washington’s control over Qatari airspace. Qatar’s Foreign Ministry condemned the attack as a “cowardly” assault on its sovereignty and warned it would not tolerate threats to its security. Meanwhile, the US Embassy in Doha advised American citizens to remain indoors. Despit ...
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US-backed Hezbollah Disarming Plan: Outlook and Challenges
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US-backed Hezbollah Disarming Plan: Outlook and Challenges

Wednesday 10 September 2025 ،
Washington favors a Lebanon defenselesss to the Israeli aggression, but Hezbollah is not yielding to pressures. Alwaght- As the US and other Western countries step up pressure on the Lebanese government to disarm Hezbollah, Andisheh Sazan-e-Nour Institute for Strategic Studies has held a meeting to ...

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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.