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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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Iran’s Weapons Arsenal Redefining Deterrence Power
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Iran’s Weapons Arsenal Redefining Deterrence Power

Sunday 23 August 2026
arms with greater precision, higher destructive power, and more advanced technology.” “If war breaks out again, our weapons will certainly be different from those of the past, whether in warhead generation, strike accuracy, missile range, or any other area,” Mohebbi said. The spok ...
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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 ،
arms to a technocratic government composed of Palestinian factions. Yet most Palestinian political currents still view Hamas as an influential actor in Gaza's political and security governance, and insist on the movement's role in the region's future. Two decades of experience, along wi ...
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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 ،
arms race. AIPAC's electoral losses in 2026 have forced strategy review. The organization is now weighing plans to ramp up donor engagement, recruit more candidates, and push back against the spread of anti-AIPAC sentiment.  But the data suggests this is more than a temporary setback. AIP ...
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Syrian Kurds after SDF Dissolution: Between Integration and Maintaining Influence
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Syrian Kurds after SDF Dissolution: Between Integration and Maintaining Influence

Friday 28 August 2026 ،
arms, ushering in a new stage in the Syrian developments. Mazloum Abdi, the chief of the Kurdish militia, on Tuesday met al-Sharaa and announced that the SDF have completed the process of integration into the regular Syrian army and will not act as an independent force anymore. Abdi acknowledged t ...
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Is Beijing Unseating Washington in West Asia?
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Is Beijing Unseating Washington in West Asia?

Monday 31 August 2026 ،
arms, technology, and security needs more than other choices is attractive to these countries. The AP in a new report about the consequences of Iran war said that the Iranian attacks on the US-aligned Arab states has eroded their trust in Washington's capability to protect them. The news agency ...
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Big Blow to the Heart of US Spying System in West Asia
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Big Blow to the Heart of US Spying System in West Asia

Tuesday 1 September 2026 ،
arms attacks, and Washington faces a grueling strategic and financial slog to fully restore its operational and intelligence footprint in West Asia.
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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 ،
arms, and as Washington has backed Baghdad's initiative to disarm armed groups. Recently, a security official from Kata'ib Hezbollah resistance group of Iraq even laid out the group's conditions for joining talks on its own weapons, demanding nothing less than a full US withdrawal from ...
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SCO Leaders Condemn US-Israeli Aggression Against Iran
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SCO Leaders Condemn US-Israeli Aggression Against Iran

Tuesday 1 September 2026 ،
arms race in outer space and pledged to preserve the historical record of World War II. The summit marked the SCO’s 25th anniversary and brought together leaders including Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, and Masoud Pezeshkian. Alongside the Bishkek Declaration, members signed 27 strategic documen ...
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Iran Security Forces Intercept Arms Shipment in Northwestern Region
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Iran Security Forces Intercept Arms Shipment in Northwestern Region

Sunday 6 September 2026 ،
The IRGC’s Hamzah Sayyid al-Shuhada Base in northwest Iran announced the seizure of a weapons and ammunition shipment ALWAGHT- The IRGC’s Hamzah Sayyid al-Shuhada Base in northwest Iran announced the seizure of a weapons and ammunition shipment belonging to terrorist separatist groups. The IR ...
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US Play with Withdrawal Card: Retreat from Iraq under Banner of Strategy Shift
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US Play with Withdrawal Card: Retreat from Iraq under Banner of Strategy Shift

Sunday 6 September 2026 ،
arms sales, and defense financing, arrangements that could easily serve as a backdoor for continued US security influence and a de facto on-the-ground presence. Atheer al-Shara weighed in on that dynamic, saying: The US pullout may turn out to be largely symbolic, much like previous American announ ...

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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.