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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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Terrorist Team Dismantled by Intelligence Forces in Eastern Iran
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Terrorist Team Dismantled by Intelligence Forces in Eastern Iran

Saturday 23 August 2025
training, including exercises on a mock-up of the intended target, consistent with methods seen in earlier Israel-linked operations. The confrontation left six militants dead and two captured, while three Iranian security personnel were injured during the firefight. Authorities confirmed the wounde ...
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Kabul Tripartite Meeting: Taliban’s Decisive Test for Regional Trade Participation
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Kabul Tripartite Meeting: Taliban’s Decisive Test for Regional Trade Participation

Monday 25 August 2025 ،
transit, regional development, health, education, culture and combating drug trafficking, as well as expanding the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) to Afghanistan. Also on the sidelines of this event, Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar met with Afghan counterpart Amir Khan Muttaqi to break ...
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IRGC Detains Terrorists with Mossad Ties in Iran Amid Israel’s 12-Day War
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IRGC Detains Terrorists with Mossad Ties in Iran Amid Israel’s 12-Day War

Saturday 30 August 2025 ،
training and were reportedly sending information on sensitive facilities and high-ranking military figures to Mossad. Security forces seized materials for explosives, bombs, and launchers, preventing planned attacks on national and military officials as well as key sites in Mashhad. The IRGC emphas ...
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Iran’s Missile Drills in the Indian Ocean: Strategic Goals and Messages
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Iran’s Missile Drills in the Indian Ocean: Strategic Goals and Messages

Saturday 30 August 2025 ،
transit routes and enhancing its oceanic ports. Key initiatives such as the International North–South Transport Corridor and the Chabahar Port project are central to this agenda. This drive for secure sea lanes is deemed essential for energy exports and trade, a need that would become particul ...
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Turkey’s Dual Game: Doing Business with Israel While Claiming Boycott
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Turkey’s Dual Game: Doing Business with Israel While Claiming Boycott

Monday 1 September 2025 ،
transited through third-party ports before continuing their journeys. However, following escalating protests in Turkey against trade with Israel, Turkish authorities issued a decision several days ago to ban vessels flying the Turkish flag from navigation to Israel. Foreign ships passing through Tur ...
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Moscow, Beijing Sign Deal for Siberian Gas Pipeline
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Moscow, Beijing Sign Deal for Siberian Gas Pipeline

Tuesday 2 September 2025 ،
transit country. The deal, announced by Gazprom head Alexei Miller, is framed as a legally binding memorandum and was discussed during trilateral talks involving Presidents Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, and Mongolian leader Khurelsukh Ukhnaa. The pipeline is expected to transport 50 billion cubic mete ...
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US Redefining its Iraq Military Presence, Full Withdrawal Uncertain: Expert
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US Redefining its Iraq Military Presence, Full Withdrawal Uncertain: Expert

Saturday 6 September 2025 ،
transition to bilateral security partnerships.' This phrasing signifies the American effort to redefine its presence under a different guise—replacing overt occupation with advisory, training, and intelligence roles, among others. Past experiences show that such models have consistently se ...
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Can ’Peninsula Force’ Shield Persian Gulf Arab Monarchies against Israel?
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Can ’Peninsula Force’ Shield Persian Gulf Arab Monarchies against Israel?

Monday 15 September 2025 ،
training levels and military capabilities among member states, coupled with a lack of sufficient joint exercises, make coordinating a unified military operation extremely difficult. As a result, the PSF has so far functioned more as a symbol of Arab unity than as a practical, integrated fighting for ...
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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 ،
transit insurance costs. The attack on Qatar now doubles down on this pressure, pushing up global shipping costs even further as vessels are forced onto longer routes that come with steeper insurance premiums. Financial markets tumble: In the wake of the attack on Doha,major Gulf financial markets ...
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Doha Meeting between Words and Actions
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Doha Meeting between Words and Actions

Tuesday 16 September 2025 ،
transit corridors from the Persian Gulf to the occupied territories, they have blocked serious economic pressure on the regime mainly put on Tel Aviv by a Red Sea blockade imposed by Yemen.  Another key recommendation from the resistance groups is that Arab nations should provide immediate hum ...

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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.