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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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Iran Dismisses Claims Over Persian Gulf Islands, Warns Against EU Interference
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Iran Dismisses Claims Over Persian Gulf Islands, Warns Against EU Interference

Tuesday 7 October 2025
control of the islands in 1971 after British withdrawal, despite repeated UAE claims. Baghaei urged neighboring Persian Gulf countries to focus on building regional trust and confronting the real threat to stability, Israel, rather than challenging Iran’s territorial integrity. He criticized ...
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Fatah Between Demise and Strategic Review of Approaches
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Fatah Between Demise and Strategic Review of Approaches

Saturday 11 October 2025 ،
control of a post-Hamas Gaza through largely symbolic Arab summits and hoped international pressures, mainly by Arab countries and Europe, would force a two-state solution. Instead, the proposed Trump plan not only sidelines Hamas but also explicitly wants the PA out of future administration of Gaza ...
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Gaza: End of War and Start of a New Birth
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Gaza: End of War and Start of a New Birth

Saturday 11 October 2025 ،
control over the territory's borders. Still, one thing is crystal clear: Each stone and every inch of this land relates a story of resistance. Gaza, the Phoenix of West Asia, has once again risen out of the ashes of war and with bare hands but with an ironclad resolution it has started a new bi ...
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Hamas’s Post-war Political and Military Future
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Hamas’s Post-war Political and Military Future

Saturday 11 October 2025 ،
controlling strategic areas along the Philadelphi Corridor and setting up a buffer zone in northern Gaza. Furthermore, Netanyahu's cabinet could exploit the ambiguity of these terms to its advantage, using the argument that Hamas has failed to meet specific conditions to justify a fresh war. T ...
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Gaza Ceasefire a Tactical Move in Netanyahu’s Crisis-making Strategy: Expert
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Gaza Ceasefire a Tactical Move in Netanyahu’s Crisis-making Strategy: Expert

Sunday 12 October 2025 ،
control over the decision-making environment. Concurrently, a crisis of confidence intensified between the regime's security and political institutions, turning the continuation of the war from a policy option into an internal threat. On the international level, the United States, as the primar ...
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Iran Condemns Israeli Strikes on Lebanon as UN Charter Breach
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Iran Condemns Israeli Strikes on Lebanon as UN Charter Breach

Sunday 12 October 2025 ،
control over five key areas in southern Lebanon. Lebanon has condemned this ongoing presence as a violation of the ceasefire and the agreed-upon withdrawal schedule.
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Israel in Grief, Gaza Celebrating: How’s First Day of Ceasefire Gone?
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Israel in Grief, Gaza Celebrating: How’s First Day of Ceasefire Gone?

Monday 13 October 2025 ،
control over Gaza after two years of war.  In other words, it seems that if the Palestinian cause is not settled generically and the Palestinians are not given their free will to form an independent state, the Israelis will still have difficult days confronting the Palestinian resistance force ...
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Bloody Divorce: How’s Pakistan-Taliban Historical Alliance Collapsed Overnight?
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Bloody Divorce: How’s Pakistan-Taliban Historical Alliance Collapsed Overnight?

Tuesday 14 October 2025 ،
control, to rein in anti-Pakistan militant groups like the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), an implicit bargain between the two. Pakistan initially celebrated the Taliban takeover as a victory, positioning itself as the winner of a long-term regional and international struggle for influence. But t ...
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Secret Base ‘Site 81’ Exposed After Iranian Strike on Tel Aviv Tower
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Secret Base ‘Site 81’ Exposed After Iranian Strike on Tel Aviv Tower

Tuesday 14 October 2025 ،
control center. Its existence had not been publicly acknowledged prior to the strike, and Israeli authorities quickly blocked off the area, preventing journalists from documenting the damage. Analysis shows that Site 81 lies directly beneath the Da Vinci Towers, adjacent to a children’s playg ...
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What’s behind Al-Sharaa’s Moscow Visit?
Analysis

What’s behind Al-Sharaa’s Moscow Visit?

Thursday 16 October 2025 ،
control over all territories captured in the preceding ten months. So, even if Russia reasserts its presence in Syria, Israel is unlikely to retreat from its current positions. The recent tensions between Russia and Israel over the Ukraine crisis have further complicated the issue, proving that ali ...

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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.