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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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60-day Ceasefire Ends: What Do Western and World Media Say about Trump’s Dilemma?
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60-day Ceasefire Ends: What Do Western and World Media Say about Trump’s Dilemma?

Friday 21 August 2026
Washington’s terms, with core flashpoints like the Strait of Hormuz remaining unresolved. Against that backdrop, speculation over Trump’s next move toward Iran has become one of the most heated debates in US analytical and media circles. Trump sinking in Iran war swamp International m ...
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Iran’s Ghalibaf in Baghdad: Common Cases on the Table
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Iran’s Ghalibaf in Baghdad: Common Cases on the Table

Friday 21 August 2026 ،
Washington that appear designed to inflame tensions between Iran, Iraq, and the Kurdistan region, a dynamic from which Tel Aviv would undoubtedly benefit. Still, both Tehran and Baghdad are working to fully clarify the circumstances surrounding the attack. Ghalibaf in Baghdad seeking to de-escalate ...
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Twilight of US Hegemony: Decline Felt at Home
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Twilight of US Hegemony: Decline Felt at Home

Monday 24 August 2026 ،
Washington is the collapse of the 45-year-old Carter Doctrine, a seismic warning shot. Trump, who never wanted to be Carter, now finds himself trapped in Carter’s fate. The Financial Times reports that the US must now overhaul Pentagon military strategy. With large, fixed bases in the Persian ...
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Economic to Military Pressure: Six Options Turkey Wields against Israel
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Economic to Military Pressure: Six Options Turkey Wields against Israel

Tuesday 25 August 2026 ،
Washington is afraid that another Syrian war can produce further costs and distract the US from Iran war. So, the White House is working towards this aim and Ankara looks aligned with it. On the other side, Turkey has shown it is not interested into a military clash in Syria, though it does not den ...
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Why’s the New US Economic Campaign against Iran a Failure Story?
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Why’s the New US Economic Campaign against Iran a Failure Story?

Wednesday 26 August 2026 ،
Washington’s sanctions strategy, noted that Iran has repeatedly skirted penalties over the decades by setting up shell companies, creating new entities, and re-registering vessels.  Trita Parsi, executive vice president of the Quincy Institute, said that these measures can put considerab ...
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Amid Transforming Muslim Political Power in the US, AIPAC is Declining
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Amid Transforming Muslim Political Power in the US, AIPAC is Declining

Thursday 27 August 2026 ،
Washington.  That consensus, however, has been gradually cracking. A pivotal moment came in 2015, during the Iran nuclear deal fight, when AIPAC threw its weight behind Benjamin Netanyahu's campaign against the accord, putting it on a collision course with the Obama administration. Then c ...
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Syrian Kurds after SDF Dissolution: Between Integration and Maintaining Influence
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Syrian Kurds after SDF Dissolution: Between Integration and Maintaining Influence

Friday 28 August 2026 ،
Washington's pressures Perhaps the most important development in the SDF's posture was driven by the shift in the American policy. Washington for years called the SDF its main partner in Syria to meet its interests. However, after al-Assad's fall in December 2024, which tipped the scale ...
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UN to Choose New Chief: Why’s Tel Aviv Worried?
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UN to Choose New Chief: Why’s Tel Aviv Worried?

Sunday 30 August 2026 ،
Washington's role looms large here. As one of the five permanent Security Council members, the US can veto any nominee, and this race has already shown that Washington has its own priorities. The US, for instance, has raised objections to the candidacy of Michelle Bachelet, the former Chilean pr ...
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US Attack on Sirik Wedding Marks “Moral Decline,” Iran Says
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US Attack on Sirik Wedding Marks “Moral Decline,” Iran Says

Wednesday 2 September 2026 ،
Washington’s “moral decline.” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei condemned the US strike on a wedding ceremony in southern Iran’s Sirik on Tuesday night, saying the attack killed and wounded around 70 people, including women and children. In a post on X, he a ...
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Turkey-Israel Face-off in Eastern Mediterranean
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Turkey-Israel Face-off in Eastern Mediterranean

Friday 4 September 2026 ،
Washington's backing, steadily morphed into security and military coordination, and now shows clear signs of crystallizing into a coherent military alignment in the eastern Mediterranean. It is little wonder, then, that Ankara views such military convergence as a direct threat to its national s ...

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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.