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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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Agreement with Oman Does Not Entail Reopening Hormuz
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Agreement with Oman Does Not Entail Reopening Hormuz

Saturday 8 August 2026
transit through the Strait of Hormuz do not amount to a full reopening of the strategic waterway ALWAGHT- Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi clarified that ongoing talks in Oman concerning transit through the Strait of Hormuz do not amount to a full reopening of the strategic waterway. ...
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Iran’s Army on Full Alert Against Potential Ground Threats
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Iran’s Army on Full Alert Against Potential Ground Threats

Sunday 9 August 2026 ،
training to confront a range of ground threats. During a visit to units in southeastern Iran, he warned that any hostile action would face a “decisive and deterrent response,” including any attempt by US military personnel to enter Iranian territory. Jahanshahi said the determination o ...
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Strait of Hormuz Stalemate: Geography Logic Beats Military Power
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Strait of Hormuz Stalemate: Geography Logic Beats Military Power

Monday 10 August 2026 ،
transit mechanism in the Strait of Hormuz, ongoing US blockade over Iran, tangible drop in the ship transit, and oil prices rise all show that the two sides have reached a point where there is neither a possibility of outright military win nor a return to the past status of thr strait. Recent repor ...
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Iran FM Spox: Israel Is Region’s ‘Greatest Security Threat’
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Iran FM Spox: Israel Is Region’s ‘Greatest Security Threat’

Monday 10 August 2026 ،
transit fees for vessels.
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Hormuz Uncertainty Pushes Oil Prices Higher
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Hormuz Uncertainty Pushes Oil Prices Higher

Monday 10 August 2026 ،
transited. Tehran says talks with Oman are nearing completion but maintains that Washington must meet several conditions before the strait can reopen.
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Iraq Disarming Project: End of a Security Order or Start of Home Confrontation?
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Iraq Disarming Project: End of a Security Order or Start of Home Confrontation?

Tuesday 11 August 2026 ،
transition of power. But if that message fails to land, the very same process could spiral into political fractures, protests, sporadic clashes, and the emergence of underground militant networks. From this vantage point, a scenario of 70 percent disarmament by the end of 2027, with roughly 30 perc ...
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Hormuz not to Reopen until Assassination, Blockade, and War End
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Hormuz not to Reopen until Assassination, Blockade, and War End

Tuesday 11 August 2026 ،
transit status in the Strait of Hormuz to the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait developments to the rise of new defense coalitions all bear witness to a transformation in the security balance post-war. In this regard, Alwaght has talked to Ahmad Zarean, an Iranian political analyst and chief of Tehran-based Andi ...
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Khatam Headquarters Merged with Armed Forces General Staff in Major Iranian Military Reform
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Khatam Headquarters Merged with Armed Forces General Staff in Major Iranian Military Reform

Tuesday 11 August 2026 ،
training, logistics and defense planning. The restructuring follows major military developments in 2025 and 2026 and the deaths of several senior commanders. On August 11, 2026, Iran’s Supreme Leader appointed Major General Ali Abdollahi as chief of the General Staff, formally completing the ...
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Iraq’s Weapons Restriction: A Project with Aspects beyond Simply Disarming Resistance Groups
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Iraq’s Weapons Restriction: A Project with Aspects beyond Simply Disarming Resistance Groups

Saturday 15 August 2026 ،
training, and funding them. The complication lies in history. The Peshmerga structure has long been closely tied to the two main Kurdish political parties: the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK).  In recent years, the Kurdistan Regional Government has ...
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Iran Maintains Control of Hormuz Amid US Claims
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Iran Maintains Control of Hormuz Amid US Claims

Saturday 15 August 2026 ،
transit without Iranian oversight. Shipping data, however, presents a more complicated picture. Only a small number of vessels have crossed the strait in recent days compared with pre-war levels, with many using routes administered or approved by Iran. Washington disputes some tracking data, saying ...

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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.