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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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Unwelcome Guest of White House: How Have Washington-Tel Aviv Ties Taken a Turn for Worse?
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Unwelcome Guest of White House: How Have Washington-Tel Aviv Ties Taken a Turn for Worse?

Wednesday 29 July 2026
aides who tried to arrange a sit-down. In the end, Netanyahu only secured the meeting as a sideline to his trip after announcing he would be in Washington for the funeral of Senator Lindsey Graham. For observers, the whole episode underscores a stark reversal where Netanyahu once secured meetings wi ...
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Austrian Journalist Highlights Freedom Flotilla’s Bid to Break Gaza Blockade
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Austrian Journalist Highlights Freedom Flotilla’s Bid to Break Gaza Blockade

Tuesday 11 August 2026 ،
aid the mission is not limited to delivering humanitarian aid but is primarily political, aiming to draw international attention to the situation in Gaza and the impact of the blockade on Palestinians. He emphasized the crew’s determination to continue sailing toward Gaza despite potential int ...
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Israel’s Quietly Making West Bank Another Gaza Using Army of Settlers
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Israel’s Quietly Making West Bank Another Gaza Using Army of Settlers

Sunday 16 August 2026 ،
aid Friday that two Palestinians were wounded by settler gunfire in an attack on the Al-Adisa area of the Sa'ir town, north of Hebron. In Nablus, settlers redeployed and pitched tents around the homes of Palestinian families who remain besieged for a fifth straight day in the Ras al-Ain area of ...
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Ankara and Tel Aviv: Is Syria a Potential Ankara-Tel Aviv Clash Ground?
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Ankara and Tel Aviv: Is Syria a Potential Ankara-Tel Aviv Clash Ground?

Saturday 22 August 2026 ،
aid, remains under Syrian sovereignty, and there is no plan for a standing Turkish deployment. Syrian officials said a Turkish technical team, there to repair the runway and control tower, was on site when the strikes hit, and that no military personnel were present. Yet, Israeli regime's prim ...
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Regional-Palestinian Backing Prevent Hamas Elimination from Gaza Dynamics
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Regional-Palestinian Backing Prevent Hamas Elimination from Gaza Dynamics

Tuesday 25 August 2026 ،
aid that Palestinian leaders were briefed on the latest field and political developments and also the outcomes of the meetings with Egyptian officials, mediators, and the guarantors of the Sharm el-Sheikh ceasefire. Al-Hayya presented a detailed report on the course of negotiations, postures of vari ...
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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 ،
aid the October 7 attacks did not happen in a vacuum. The tensions only escalated from there, over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, the fate of UNRWA, the military campaign in the strip, and the role of UN peacekeepers in the region. The low point came when Israel declared Guterres persona non grat ...
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US Forces Withdrawal from Iraq: Why Are Kurds Worried?
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US Forces Withdrawal from Iraq: Why Are Kurds Worried?

Tuesday 1 September 2026 ،
aids, which are around $61 million in the Pentagon's budget this year, to the Kurdish militant forces cut off. The agreement was inked between Erbil and Washington in 2016 to help the Kurds fight ISIS terrorist organization and unify the Peshmerga forces. It was extended for a four-year term in ...
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Bombing of Weddings, the US’s Fixed Pattern of Crimes in the Region
Analysis

Bombing of Weddings, the US’s Fixed Pattern of Crimes in the Region

Saturday 5 September 2026 ،
aid group. An investigation by The New York Times, which verified footage and analyzed weapons remnants with a former US Army explosives expert, found that the bomb was a US-made glide bomb, a weapon used by the Pentagon and not by the Iranian military. The attack on the wedding occurred roughly 150 ...
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Failed Witkoff-Kushner Mission: Ukraine War in Diplomatic Standoff
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Failed Witkoff-Kushner Mission: Ukraine War in Diplomatic Standoff

Wednesday 9 September 2026 ،
aid of being victimized in the course of Trump's insistence on making a foreign policy gain a month to the midterm elections in the US. In fact the main issue in the talks now is not the absence of a communication channel. The problem is that there is still a considerable distance between what ...
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Peshmerga Unification Project: End of a Partisan Military or Start of Redefining Kurdistan Region’s Power?
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Peshmerga Unification Project: End of a Partisan Military or Start of Redefining Kurdistan Region’s Power?

Tuesday 22 September 2026 ،
aid should not be read as a full halt to American military cooperation with the Kurdistan Region. Seen in that light, the significance of this shift lies in the fact that Washington has for years been one of the most important backers of Peshmerga professionalization and unification. So an apparent ...

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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.