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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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Emerging Reports of Damage to US Bases Explain Why Trump Demanded Ceasefire
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Emerging Reports of Damage to US Bases Explain Why Trump Demanded Ceasefire

Monday 18 May 2026
bases across host countries neighboring Iran. Yet the Pentagon released very little information about the casualties and damage, fueling speculation from the very first days of the war that both the Defense Department and CENTCOM were imposing a news blackout. Now, several weeks after the cessation ...
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From Hegemony to Hormuz: The US Decline and Rise of Multipolar World Order
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From Hegemony to Hormuz: The US Decline and Rise of Multipolar World Order

Monday 18 May 2026 ،
bases in the Arab countries. The transition from unipolarity to multipolarity is no longer a hypothesis; it is a reality confirmed every day by the US strategic retreats across the globe.
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Atwan: Israeli Drones Likely Behind Saudi Airspace Incursions
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Atwan: Israeli Drones Likely Behind Saudi Airspace Incursions

Monday 18 May 2026 ،
bases in Iraq's western desert established with US support. He further compared the incident to drones that bombed the US Embassy in Riyadh at the start of the war against Iran, adding that all possibilities remain open. Turki al-Malki, spokesperson for the Saudi Ministry of Defense, confirmed ...
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Trump Presented with Fresh Chance to End Iran War, Ex-Obama Adviser Says
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Trump Presented with Fresh Chance to End Iran War, Ex-Obama Adviser Says

Tuesday 19 May 2026 ،
bases in the region and specific targets within the occupied territories.
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Just Weeks of Commercial Oil Left, IEA Head Cautions
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Just Weeks of Commercial Oil Left, IEA Head Cautions

Tuesday 19 May 2026 ،
bases, and shut down the Strait of Hormuz to its enemies and their allies. Tehran introduced stricter controls after President Trump announced a blockade targeting Iranian vessels and ports, insisting that the measures violate a Pakistan-brokered ceasefire. Iran has stated it will not reopen the Str ...
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What Are the Consequences of US Kidnapping Iraq’s Resistance Commander?
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What Are the Consequences of US Kidnapping Iraq’s Resistance Commander?

Tuesday 19 May 2026 ،
bases in Iraq, especially military facilities in the Kurdistan Region. The past few months have shown that resistance groups are capable of carrying out low-cost, attritional strikes against American interests. During the recent Iran war, these groups not only launched continuous attacks on US base ...
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Moscow: Ukraine Poised to Strike Russia from NATO Soil
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Moscow: Ukraine Poised to Strike Russia from NATO Soil

Tuesday 19 May 2026 ،
bases, and that Kiev persuaded Riga to agree by falsely claiming the drones' launch sites would be impossible to identify. The SVR warned that Latvia's NATO membership will not protect accomplices of terrorists from retribution, as the coordinates of decision-making centers on Latvian territ ...
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Fact-check: Have China and Russia Left Iran Alone in Confrontation of the US?
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Fact-check: Have China and Russia Left Iran Alone in Confrontation of the US?

Saturday 23 May 2026 ،
bases in the region or monitoring Washington’s naval movements would be severely limited. It was in this context that China’s role in the war came to the fore. Although Beijing continues to avoid open military confrontation, US intelligence reports indicate that China’s cooperatio ...
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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 ،
bases in Persian Gulf countries used to launch 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— ...
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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 ،
bases, and defense industry facilities. The Russian Defense Ministry stated that all objectives were achieved and all designated targets hit. The Ukrainian drone attack on Friday struck the Starobelsk College dormitory while students were sleeping, an act Putin labeled a deliberate terrorist act, p ...

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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.