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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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Economic Tsunami of Israeli Attack on Qatar: Three Possible Scenarios
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Economic Tsunami of Israeli Attack on Qatar: Three Possible Scenarios

Monday 15 September 2025
stability in West Asia region. With 12-15 percent of global trade moving through the Red Sea, Yemeni attacks on commercial vessels had already pushed up transit insurance costs. The attack on Qatar now doubles down on this pressure, pushing up global shipping costs even further as vessels are forced ...
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Doha Meeting between Words and Actions
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Doha Meeting between Words and Actions

Tuesday 16 September 2025 ،
stability in West Asia is Tel Aviv itself. This is a regime that recognizes no geographical boundaries in advancing its expansionist agenda and, if conditions allow, would not hesitate to attack even the compromising Arab governments. Therefore, the ongoing crimes of the Israeli regime have called ...
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Tehran Accuses US, Israel of Fueling Unending Regional Conflicts
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Tehran Accuses US, Israel of Fueling Unending Regional Conflicts

Wednesday 17 September 2025 ،
stability ALWAGHT- According to Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei, Israel and the US have shown no intention of fostering peace or stability, but rather seek to entangle the region in ongoing wars. Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei condemned Israel’s missile str ...
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Larijani’s Riyadh Visit: Laying the Groundwork for New Regional Security Order
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Larijani’s Riyadh Visit: Laying the Groundwork for New Regional Security Order

Friday 19 September 2025 ،
stability. He also held that defense cooperation between Iran and Saudi Arabia was reviewed, stating, It was agreed that these efforts would be pursued through working groups, which will hopefully take on a more organized structure in the future. Commenting on the shift in strategy among Arab coun ...
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Saudi Arabia under Pakistani Nuclear Umbrella Amid Transforming Security Equations
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Saudi Arabia under Pakistani Nuclear Umbrella Amid Transforming Security Equations

Sunday 21 September 2025 ،
stability against foreign threats. Though in their recent meeting in Doha the Islamic countries have failed to take an effective measure to counter the Israeli aggression, the proposals made by some leaders for collective action have motivated a movement to boosting security partnership. This means ...
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A Step to Break Last Palestinian Statehood Barrier as More Recognitions Coming
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A Step to Break Last Palestinian Statehood Barrier as More Recognitions Coming

Monday 22 September 2025 ،
stability. The latest US veto against a Gaza ceasefire resolution was cast this past Friday, merely days after Israel's aggressive attack on Doha, Qatar's capital, which was met with widespread international condemnation. That resolution, which had the support of the 14 other Security Coun ...
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Three Years of Fighting: Why’s Sudan not Settling?
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Three Years of Fighting: Why’s Sudan not Settling?

Monday 22 September 2025 ،
stability of neighboring nations such as Ethiopia, Chad, and Egypt, and even extending to Arab states in West Asia. Widespread internal displacement across Sudan's 18 states, particularly in South Darfur, is intensifying a regional humanitarian crisis, threatening North Africa with a wave of hun ...
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Short and Long-term Implications of Israeli-Iranian War: What Do Western Think Tanks Say?
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Short and Long-term Implications of Israeli-Iranian War: What Do Western Think Tanks Say?

Sunday 28 September 2025 ،
stability and energy security. Similarly, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace focused on the diplomatic dimension of the war. The institute believes that the mediation efforts by the US, Europe, and some regional nations were critical in containing the conflict's scope. However, Carn ...
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Is Iraq Next Israeli Target?
Analysis

Is Iraq Next Israeli Target?

Tuesday 30 September 2025 ،
stability within Iran. Given that approximately one-third of Iraq's electricity is generated using Iran-supplied natural gas, any disruption to this supply risks triggering widespread blackouts and social unrest, further undermining the Baghdad government's position. So, Iraq is also deeply ...
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Much Ado about Nothing: Dissecting Trump’s Gaza Plan
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Much Ado about Nothing: Dissecting Trump’s Gaza Plan

Tuesday 30 September 2025 ،
The US president ignores the will of the Palestinians in his Gaza war plan and only considers the Israeli interests. Alwaght- 48 hours before details of the Trump's so-called plan for end of Gaza war were published, the US media outlets unleashed a noisy propaganda wave saying that soon a big de ...

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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.