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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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Security Belts from Lebanon to Syria: Objectives and Consequences of New Israeli Strategy
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Security Belts from Lebanon to Syria: Objectives and Consequences of New Israeli Strategy

Thursday 25 June 2026
cabinet, the interpretation has shifted. To guarantee permanent security for Israeli settlements and towns along Gaza (and even the Rafah border with Egypt), southern Lebanon, and southern Syria, they say, these areas must be fully decoupled through buffer zones, or security belts, carved inside ene ...
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A Ticking Bomb in Beirut: What’s Behind Israeli-Lebanese Deal?
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A Ticking Bomb in Beirut: What’s Behind Israeli-Lebanese Deal?

Sunday 28 June 2026 ،
cabinet teetering on the brink of collapse. In recent hours, Hezbollah officials have issued stark warnings about the ticking time bombs baked into this agreement. Hassan Fadlallah, a lawmaker close to Hezbollah, stressed that Lebanon's current government could only implement the Washington-bro ...
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Iraq Crackdown on Corruption: Ex-officials Detained, Billions in Cash and Gold Recovered
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Iraq Crackdown on Corruption: Ex-officials Detained, Billions in Cash and Gold Recovered

Monday 29 June 2026 ،
cabinet's legitimacy in these tough times, especially with the risk of fresh street protests and an early political crisis looming large, Iraqis are now waiting to see just how far this process will go, and whether these arrests will actually make a dent in corruption. In a statement released b ...
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Armenian Genocide: New Israeli Card in Geopolitical Contest with Turkey
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Armenian Genocide: New Israeli Card in Geopolitical Contest with Turkey

Thursday 2 July 2026 ،
cabinet's recent decision to recognize the Armenian genocide committed by the Ottoman Empire between 1915 and 1923 fits squarely into that playbook. To view this merely as a historical, moral, or human-rights gesture would be naive. The regime's foreign ministry has hailed the move as histo ...
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Iraq at a Critical Juncture in Relations with the US
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Iraq at a Critical Juncture in Relations with the US

Tuesday 14 July 2026 ،
cabinet. During this short time of taking the office, Al-Zaydi was praised several times by Trump's administration. Phone conversations were held with him by Trump and the War Secretary Pete Hegseth. Also, positive the US Envoy to the region Thomas Barrack gave him positive mark, calling al-Zay ...
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Hamas Gaza Govt. Dissolution: Aims and Effects
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Hamas Gaza Govt. Dissolution: Aims and Effects

Thursday 16 July 2026 ،
cabinet stated it not only rejects any return of Hamas to governing Gaza but also opposes handing the strip to the Palestinian Authority under current conditions, and continues to pursue an alternative framework for administering the territory. Israeli media, ever eager to cast doubt, claimed the r ...
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What’s Behind Postponing Netanyahu’s Planned US Visit?
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What’s Behind Postponing Netanyahu’s Planned US Visit?

Tuesday 21 July 2026 ،
cabinet's positions and the statements of its members. Netanyahu, fully aware of these sensitivities, fears that a White House appearance could escalate into a public confrontation with Trump, a scenario that, on the eve of Israel's elections, would deal a serious blow to his political stand ...
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Hezbollah’s New Strategy for Managing Potential Tensions with New Syria
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Hezbollah’s New Strategy for Managing Potential Tensions with New Syria

Thursday 6 August 2026 ،
cabinet formation, and prevented a total collapse of the political order. At that critical juncture, Hezbollah ceded ground on some of its political demands to smooth the way for postwar reconstruction, economic crisis management and the ceasefire file with Israel, all of which needed fewer obstacle ...
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Iraq’s Marathon to Break Out of Cabinet Posts Uncertainty
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Iraq’s Marathon to Break Out of Cabinet Posts Uncertainty

Monday 10 August 2026 ،
cabinet by Prime Minister Ali al-Zaydi, some of the most important ministries and the government's future plans for them remain in uncertainty. This comes as Iraq, impacted by regional tensions, is facing an array of political, security, and economic crises and the ruling majority, Shiite Coord ...
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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 ،
cabinet has also taken multiple steps to legitimize illegal outposts and settler strongholds. Figures like National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and his hardline colleague Smotrich have repeatedly and publicly championed settlement growth and even called for accelerating the annexation of parts ...

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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.