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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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Tehran Summit Changes Regional View of American Role: Expert
Interview

Tehran Summit Changes Regional View of American Role: Expert

Thursday 29 October 2026
challenged. The decline in some regional countries' confidence in Washington's support and doubts about the credibility of its promises could pave the way for these countries to move closer to Iran and expand regional cooperation. Such a trend would help reduce past divisions and weaken prev ...
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Oil and Security, Two Drivers of Iraqi PM’s Damascus Visit
Analysis

Oil and Security, Two Drivers of Iraqi PM’s Damascus Visit

Saturday 31 October 2026 ،
challenges. Over the past years, Iraq and Turkey had major disputes over arbitrary oil transit from Iraq's Kurdistan to Ceyhan and the international court last year voted in favor of Baghdad's case, leading to halt of Kurdistan oil exports. Kirkuk exports, for their part, have always been h ...
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US Sea Blockade Rendered Ineffective as Iran Runs labyrinthine Circumvention Network
Analysis

US Sea Blockade Rendered Ineffective as Iran Runs labyrinthine Circumvention Network

Saturday 31 October 2026 ،
challenge in reining in Iran's financial flows. The US Treasury secretary claims that Iran's economy is just two weeks from collapse, but more than two months after the imposition of Economic D-Day sanctions, the consequences of this policy appear to be more visible inside the US than in Ir ...
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Yemen Tragedy Again: Why’s Saudi Arabia Re-embraced Blind Bombing Formula?
Report

Yemen Tragedy Again: Why’s Saudi Arabia Re-embraced Blind Bombing Formula?

Saturday 31 October 2026 ،
challenges to Riyadh in the future, especially that strikes at airports and halt of flights can cost the Saudi economy billions of dollars while the kingdom holds lofty ambitions to transform into the region's economic and tourist hub under Vision 2030.
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Trump and Peospects of Democratic Win in Midterms
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Trump and Peospects of Democratic Win in Midterms

Tuesday 3 November 2026 ،
challenge some of the president's executive changes, and even push for regulations in areas such as artificial intelligence, limits Trump has opposed. While House Democrats would likely pass a slate of partisan bills to spotlight their policy priorities, turning those initiatives into enforceab ...
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Israel Vote Shattered Netanyahu’s Victory Discourse, Transformed Political Polarity: Expert
Interview

Israel Vote Shattered Netanyahu’s Victory Discourse, Transformed Political Polarity: Expert

Tuesday 3 November 2026 ،
challenge made especially serious by Netanyahu's track record of reneging, as in the episode with Benny Gantz. The expert identified a second scenario as a coalition with Arab parties, saying both main camps declared in their campaigns that they opposed allying with Arabs, which complicates thi ...
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GOP Defeat: Iran War Takes Its Toll on the Republicans and Trump
Analysis

GOP Defeat: Iran War Takes Its Toll on the Republicans and Trump

Wednesday 4 November 2026 ،
challenge for Trump; it became an economic and electoral liability that cast doubt on his promises to improve Americans' lives, and as US media wryly put it: Trump wanted regime change in Iran, but Iran made regime change happen in America.
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Amid Burgeoning Crisis, Iraq’s Kurdistan is Haunted by Two-administration System
Analysis

Amid Burgeoning Crisis, Iraq’s Kurdistan is Haunted by Two-administration System

Saturday 7 November 2026 ،
challenges. Safeguarding political stability and protecting the region's institutions is a responsibility we all share. I call on all political forces to take an active part in this process and, in a spirit of national responsibility, resolve their differences within the framework of parliament. ...
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Pakistan, Syria, Saudi Arabia: A New Camp Meant for Yemen War?
Analysis

Pakistan, Syria, Saudi Arabia: A New Camp Meant for Yemen War?

Sunday 8 November 2026 ،
challenges in integrating armed groups, rebuilding the army and consolidating control over the entire country. The second obstacle is regional actors' sensitivity to any shift in Syria's military balance. The Israeli regime is watching Syria's military developments closely, and any stre ...
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"Iron Gate": The US Failure Story from Hormuz to Caspian
Analysis

"Iron Gate": The US Failure Story from Hormuz to Caspian

Monday 9 November 2026 ،
challenges and constraints. To enforce its new sanctions, the US government needs cooperation from a number of countries and is counting on Russia's backing as well. Yet Moscow, given its close ties to Tehran, has refused to go along with the US on either the naval blockade of southern Iran or ...

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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.