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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 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
transit trade, and free-zone operations with Israel remain halted, with bilateral direct trade now at zero. That makes trade and economic channels one of the tools Ankara already wields as a lever against Israel.  And should tensions rise further, Turkey can escalate its economic and diplomat ...
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Final Tehran-Muscat Mechanism for Strait of Hormuz: US not in Agreement
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Final Tehran-Muscat Mechanism for Strait of Hormuz: US not in Agreement

Wednesday 26 August 2026 ،
transits has placed significant strain on both energy markets and regional economies. In effect, the Iran-Oman agreement can be read as an effort to transform the Hormuz crisis into a manageable regional issue. By engaging directly in technical negotiations with Muscat, Tehran has signaled its inte ...
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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 ،
transition is already underway, a phase in which Muslims are evolving from a demographic to be courted into a political force that demands a seat at the decision-making table, with its own policy agenda to advance. Current estimates put the American Muslim population at roughly 4.5 million, includi ...
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Six Months of Iran War: The Costs for the US
Report

Six Months of Iran War: The Costs for the US

Saturday 29 August 2026 ،
transited the waterway daily. But after Iran announced the strait's closure on March 2, that number plummeted to about five vessels a day. A temporary truce in June briefly lifted traffic to roughly 20 ships per day, but when the US reinstated its naval blockade on July 14, daily transits crater ...
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Iran and Pakistan at Cooperation Crossroads: Opportunities, Barriers, and Proposals to $10-Billion Trade Volume
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Iran and Pakistan at Cooperation Crossroads: Opportunities, Barriers, and Proposals to $10-Billion Trade Volume

Monday 31 August 2026 ،
transit times from 21 days to just 11, are urgent necessities. Fourth, the two economies are structurally out of sync. Pakistan's exports are largely confined to agricultural products and textiles, offering little in the way of the advanced industrial goods Iran needs. This mismatch sharply con ...
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Is Beijing Unseating Washington in West Asia?
Analysis

Is Beijing Unseating Washington in West Asia?

Monday 31 August 2026 ،
training. Reuters has previously reported that China and the UAE have declared themselves ready to exchange defense and security expertise and to enhance the capabilities of their military forces and security institutions. China is not just an arms seller What makes Beijing's ties with Arab s ...
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US Forces Withdrawal from Iraq: Why Are Kurds Worried?
Analysis

US Forces Withdrawal from Iraq: Why Are Kurds Worried?

Tuesday 1 September 2026 ،
training and supporting Iraqi security forces and Peshmerga fighters. Reaction of Kurdish leaders The sudden exit of the American forces has drawn worry and a sort of shock amkg the leaders of Iraqi Kurdistan, so much so that they initially rejected such an American intent. Kifah Mahmoud, the pre ...
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Renewed US-Iran Confrontation: Is the White House Prepared for War?
Analysis

Renewed US-Iran Confrontation: Is the White House Prepared for War?

Wednesday 2 September 2026 ،
transit chokepoints. In recent months, Iran has expanded its operational reach well beyond the Persian Gulf, turning U.S. positions in Jordan into targets for its missile strikes, a development that has deepened Washington’s concerns about Tehran’s military power and missile capabilitie ...
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Iran at Eurasia’s Heart: How’s SCO Helping Tehran Cushion American Sanctions?
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Iran at Eurasia’s Heart: How’s SCO Helping Tehran Cushion American Sanctions?

Wednesday 2 September 2026 ،
transit projects. Pakistan and the Central Asian republics offer further regional trade openings. In short, SCO membership dovetails neatly with Tehran's Look East policy. Geography is another major advantage. Iran sits at the crossroads of the Persian Gulf, Central Asia, Russia, the Caucasus, ...
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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 ،
training programs. The result is a gradually emerging security triangle in the eastern Mediterranean, one that binds Israel, Greece, and Cyprus ever closer together in a strategic alignment Ankara is tracking with acute sensitivity. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan earlier warned about the tril ...

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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.