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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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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
2025, and a significant share of those transactions was settled in Chinese yuan through mid-tier Chinese banks rather than in dollars. That mechanism matters enormously. In this model, Iran does not necessarily need to receive its oil revenue as direct dollar transfers into domestic bank accounts. ...
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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 ،
2026 midterms all the more historic. Should he win, he would become the first Muslim senator since the nation’s founding 250 years ago. And that, observers say, is only the tip of the iceberg. First: Size of political power of Muslims The significance of transformation of the US Muslims' ...
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Six Months of Iran War: The Costs for the US
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Six Months of Iran War: The Costs for the US

Saturday 29 August 2026 ،
War has not only imposed human and financial costs on the US. The US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced that the cost of war until last month was $37.5 billion. By later in April it was around $25 billion and in July around $30 billion. The bill includes payrolls to forces, costs of opera ...
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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 ،
2026, and his successor takes over on January 1, 2027. Several leading candidates have already emerged, and the Security Council has held its first informal straw poll. In that vote, Rebeca Grynspan, a former Costa Rican vice president who now heads the UN Conference on Trade and Development, came i ...
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US-Venezuela Oil Deal: Trump Feigning Achievement to Cover up Losses
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US-Venezuela Oil Deal: Trump Feigning Achievement to Cover up Losses

Sunday 30 August 2026 ،
War Pete Hegseth, working closely with Delcy Rodríguez, Venezuela’s interim president, and in partnership with the private sector, have guaranteed this landmark agreement,” he said. The deal, he claimed, would more than double US oil reserves, dramatically boost domestic supply, ...
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SCO Leaders Condemn US-Israeli Aggression Against Iran
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SCO Leaders Condemn US-Israeli Aggression Against Iran

Tuesday 1 September 2026 ،
World War II. The summit marked the SCO’s 25th anniversary and brought together leaders including Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, and Masoud Pezeshkian. Alongside the Bishkek Declaration, members signed 27 strategic documents covering security cooperation and the development of ports and logistic ...
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Renewed US-Iran Confrontation: Is the White House Prepared for War?
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Renewed US-Iran Confrontation: Is the White House Prepared for War?

Wednesday 2 September 2026 ،
22 US military bases across the region have been taken out of service over the past six months due to Iranian missile strikes, held Hanizadeh. The longer this conflict drags on, the more CENTCOM footprint in the region will erode, and that serves no American interests. Actually, protracted, attritio ...
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Free Fall in Polls: Iran War Consequences Turn Nightmarish to Trump
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Free Fall in Polls: Iran War Consequences Turn Nightmarish to Trump

Tuesday 8 September 2026 ،
War Secretary Pete Hegseth argue that the US weapons arsenal has not been depleted during Iran war, reports suggest considerable drop in the weapons and ammunition stockpiles, something that can curtail the US capability to fight a prolonged war. Media outlets have recently reported that nearly 80 ...
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UAE-Algeria Rift Is Beyond a Diplomatic Gap
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UAE-Algeria Rift Is Beyond a Diplomatic Gap

Saturday 12 September 2026 ،
2026. Algeria had already been steadily downgrading its ties with the UAE, scaling back its diplomatic presence in January and launching moves in February to cancel an air services agreement signed in Abu Dhabi in May 2013. In Abu Dhabi's first official response to the rupture, Anwar Gargash, ...

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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.