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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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What’s Behind US-Saudi Attack on Iraq?
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What’s Behind US-Saudi Attack on Iraq?

Thursday 30 July 2026
clashes between American forces and Iraqi militant groups have repeatedly triggered tit-for-tat attacks and ratcheted up tensions across the country. The airstrikes came just hours after Washington claimed to have intercepted a ballistic missile attack, attributed to Iran’s IRGC, targeting Am ...
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Badakhshan Turmoil an Opportunity for Hezb-e-Islami
Analysis

Badakhshan Turmoil an Opportunity for Hezb-e-Islami

Saturday 1 August 2026 ،
clashes there, are no fleeting local skirmishes. They point to something far bigger, especially now that Hezb-e-Islami’s active involvement, under Gulbuddin Hekmatyar’s banner, has injected a new, more dangerous dimension into the conflict. The blunt statements from Habib-ur-Rahman Hekma ...
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Do Iran’s Ties with the Taliban Mean Approving of Sectarian Monopoly in Afghanistan?
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Do Iran’s Ties with the Taliban Mean Approving of Sectarian Monopoly in Afghanistan?

Monday 3 August 2026 ،
clashes. Indeed, non-Pashtuns are not contented with the Taliban's performance, but they have no confidence in opposition groups.  6. US and West help Pakistan fot destabilizing Afghanistan  Afghanistan has once again become an setting for rivalry of great powers. According to strate ...
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Iraq Disarming Project: End of a Security Order or Start of Home Confrontation?
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Iraq Disarming Project: End of a Security Order or Start of Home Confrontation?

Tuesday 11 August 2026 ،
clashes, and the emergence of underground militant networks. From this vantage point, a scenario of 70 percent disarmament by the end of 2027, with roughly 30 percent of decentralized networks remaining, is analytically plausible. But the government's true success will be measured not by the pe ...
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Iraq’s Weapons Restriction: A Project with Aspects beyond Simply Disarming Resistance Groups
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Iraq’s Weapons Restriction: A Project with Aspects beyond Simply Disarming Resistance Groups

Saturday 15 August 2026 ،
clashes, and then emergence of foreign-backed ISIS terrorist organization all helped weapons proliferation in the Iraqi society.  After fall of Ba'athist rule, a considerable part of weapons of the army in stockpiles were sold out to the groups and ordinary citizens. The security vacuum ca ...
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West Bank Raids by Israeli Forces Leave Child Injured
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West Bank Raids by Israeli Forces Leave Child Injured

Saturday 15 August 2026 ،
clashes erupted in Idhna near Hebron as Israeli forces fired live ammunition and sound grenades. The raids come amid continued Israeli military operations and repeated incursions across Palestinian communities. In Qalqilya, Israeli forces raided homes in the city and nearby Fara'ata, shooting a ...
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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 ،
clashes erupt after residents confronted yet another settler assault. But what is unfolding in the West Bank today is no longer a series of sporadic flare-ups. With settler violence intensifying, it amounts to a grinding, silent war against Palestinians. Many are no longer facing an adversary on a ...
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Iranian Army Announces Cash Reward for Killing US Troops
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Iranian Army Announces Cash Reward for Killing US Troops

Sunday 16 August 2026 ،
clashes with US forces in the Strait of Hormuz as evidence of these capabilities. He warned that Iran’s adversaries have underestimated its military strength and stressed that Tehran faces no restrictions in defending its sovereignty. He also pointed to a new military and security reorganizat ...
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Yemen War’s New Rules: Saudi Sticks to Old Playbook
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Yemen War’s New Rules: Saudi Sticks to Old Playbook

Monday 17 August 2026 ،
clashes in southern Hudaydah should be analyzed within this framework. For Ansarullah, the issue is not just saving a geographically significant region, but saving marine depth and the power to pressure the connection routes when the need arises.  On the other side, any push by Ansarullah' ...
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Three Missing Iranian Pilots: Is the US Involved?
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Three Missing Iranian Pilots: Is the US Involved?

Tuesday 18 August 2026 ،
clashes erupt again between Iran and the US, and should American service members end up in Iranian captivity, Washington could wield the Iranian pilots as bargaining chips, or even for a prisoner exchange. For that reason, Tehran is pressing Doha for full cooperation to resolve the pilots' fate ...

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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.