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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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Back to Roots: Why’s Hezbollah Re-embracing Guerrilla Warfare in Fight against Israel?
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Back to Roots: Why’s Hezbollah Re-embracing Guerrilla Warfare in Fight against Israel?

Thursday 21 May 2026
attack. This permanent sense of insecurity erodes their combat and psychological capabilities and encourages desertions. Channel 13 of Israel reported that Hezbollah’s plan has paid off and the movement’s forces keep chasing the army personnel, exhausting their energy to fight, and deal ...
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Hezbollah Drones Inflict Heavy Damage on IOF in Southern Lebanon
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Hezbollah Drones Inflict Heavy Damage on IOF in Southern Lebanon

Saturday 23 May 2026 ،
attacks, and recent attempted infiltrations near border settlements have further exposed IOF vulnerabilities, leading residents to question how armed fighters can reach the fence while the army is supposedly active inside southern Lebanon.
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US Forces in Region Pose Threat, Not Security, Says Iran
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US Forces in Region Pose Threat, Not Security, Says Iran

Saturday 23 May 2026 ،
attacks on Iran, saying Tehran has shown maximum restraint and does not wish to expand the war. However, he warned that the level of abuse regarding those facilities has reached an extreme point, forcing Iran to react. He cautioned that next time—which he hoped would never come—no one wo ...
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Baghaei Warns: US-Israeli Attack on Iran Is More Than Just an ‘Unnecessary War’
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Baghaei Warns: US-Israeli Attack on Iran Is More Than Just an ‘Unnecessary War’

Saturday 23 May 2026 ،
attack on Iran cannot be downplayed as merely unnecessary—it was a clear violation of Article 2 Paragraph 4 of the UN Charter and a blatant act of aggression against a sovereign state, which all nations that value the rule of law must explicitly condemn.
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Under War’s Shadow: Will Tehran and Washington Reach a Deal or Face New Conflict?
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Under War’s Shadow: Will Tehran and Washington Reach a Deal or Face New Conflict?

Saturday 23 May 2026 ،
attacks on Iran. With conflicting statements from officials and active mediation by Pakistan and Qatar—including visits by Pakistan's Army Chief to Tehran and a Qatari delegation coordinated with Washington—a key question has emerged: Are the two sides moving toward an initial unders ...
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Iran Urges UN Security Council to Punish Persian Gulf States for Backing US-Israeli Attack
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Iran Urges UN Security Council to Punish Persian Gulf States for Backing US-Israeli Attack

Saturday 23 May 2026 ،
attacks through granting military base access, logistical and operational support, intelligence sharing, air defense coordination, and airspace access. The letter stressed that these actions violated international law and constituted participation in acts of aggression under UN General Assembly Reso ...
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Potential US-Iran Pact Threatens Israel’s Goals, Former US Counterterrorism Chief Asserts
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Potential US-Iran Pact Threatens Israel’s Goals, Former US Counterterrorism Chief Asserts

Sunday 24 May 2026 ،
attack on Lebanon would lead to greater consequences. Noting media reports of narrowing differences between Iran and the US and a possible 60-day ceasefire extension, Kent added that the coming two months will test Washington's ability to pressure AIPAC, the largest pro-Israel lobby in America.
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Russia says Oreshnik attack was revenge for Ukrainian ‘terrorist acts’
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Russia says Oreshnik attack was revenge for Ukrainian ‘terrorist acts’

Monday 25 May 2026 ،
attack drones. In response to a deadly Ukrainian drone strike on a college dormitory in the Lugansk People's Republic that killed 21 people, mostly teenage girls, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the Defense Ministry to prepare retaliatory measures. Russian forces subsequently launched ...
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Untold Angles of Minab School Crime: Unending Stories of that Black Day
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Untold Angles of Minab School Crime: Unending Stories of that Black Day

Monday 25 May 2026 ،
attack on February 28, dozens of students and several of their teachers were killed, and the classrooms turned into scenes of blood and rubble. After the ceremony and press conference ended, the families and attendees made their way to the martyrs’ cemetery for the student victims. There, on ...
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Iran’s Frozen Assets in Qatar: Pressure Lever or Key to Agreement?
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Iran’s Frozen Assets in Qatar: Pressure Lever or Key to Agreement?

Tuesday 26 May 2026 ،
attack and the ensuing Gaza war, the political climate shifted. The US announced it would once again restrict Iran’s access to the funds, effectively re-freezing them. Yet in recent days, as White House officials float the possibility of an interim deal taking shape, hawkish warmongers and th ...

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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.