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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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Hormuz and Bab-el-Mandeb: Two Chokepoints, One Equation
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Hormuz and Bab-el-Mandeb: Two Chokepoints, One Equation

Saturday 12 September 2026
dangerous arenas of direct confrontation. What began largely as an air campaign has gradually widened into a broader maritime conflict, with ships and oil tankers now drawn into the cycle of attacks. In recent days, American forces have targeted tankers linked to the Iranian government, and the IRG ...
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Saudi Arabia Vs. Yemen: End of No-peace, No-war Game
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Saudi Arabia Vs. Yemen: End of No-peace, No-war Game

Monday 14 September 2026 ،
dangerously close to a sensitive geographic position at Bab-el-Mandeb. So the question for Riyadh is not simply whether it can intercept a missile or shoot down a drone. The real question is whether Saudi Arabia can absorb the costs of a new war of attrition, one that piles on simultaneous ground, ...
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Lamerd Attack: An Atrocity that Adds to the US Crimes Case
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Lamerd Attack: An Atrocity that Adds to the US Crimes Case

Monday 14 September 2026 ،
dangerous message that major powers can continue their actions without fear of legal or international consequences, a situation that ultimately casts ever more doubt on the credibility of global human rights mechanisms. What is unfolding today in Gaza, after three years of atrocity and destruction ...
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Araghchi Calls on World to Hold US Accountable for ‘War Crimes’ at UNGA
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Araghchi Calls on World to Hold US Accountable for ‘War Crimes’ at UNGA

Wednesday 23 September 2026 ،
dangerous and tantamount to complicity. He also denounced European double standards on human rights, saying countries silent on Israeli violations and indifferent to attacks on Iranians have no standing to lecture others. Speaking with EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, he accused the bloc of appe ...
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Fate of Washington-Erbil Security Pact: The Trump-Kurds Equation
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Fate of Washington-Erbil Security Pact: The Trump-Kurds Equation

Saturday 26 September 2026 ،
dangerous than threat posed by the US military presence. Add to this the fact that NATO forces will remain in Iraq and it its crystal clear to all what NATO means. 
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US Military Withdrawal not End of US Iraq Presence, Iran Needs Long-term Iraq Strategy: Expert
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US Military Withdrawal not End of US Iraq Presence, Iran Needs Long-term Iraq Strategy: Expert

Saturday 3 October 2026 ،
dangerous choice. Iraqi political officials need to find a way to secure the country's oil and foreign-currency revenue, strike trade and financial deals with non-Americans, and expand Iraq's ties with China, Russia and India so that Iraq can break free of American domination. Iraq, Iran ...
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Iran’s IRGC Navy Reports Another Tanker Incident in Hormuz, Warns US Cooperators
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Iran’s IRGC Navy Reports Another Tanker Incident in Hormuz, Warns US Cooperators

Monday 12 October 2026 ،
dangerous route. On October 9, Iranian naval forces also struck a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carrier allegedly attempting to use an illegal passage south of the waterway. Iran has restricted maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz since the US-Israeli war began on February 28, with a cease ...
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Confiscating Hezbollah’s Explosives Shipment by Govt. a Dangerous Game
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Confiscating Hezbollah’s Explosives Shipment by Govt. a Dangerous Game

Saturday 17 October 2026 ،
Lebanon’s government is playing a risky game cracking down on a force that is fighting the Israeli occupation. Alwaght- While the Israeli regime army with occupying south of Litani River region has put strains on the movement of Hezbollah forces and on the network of tunnels for transfer of forces a ...
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Netanyahu’s Dangerous Gamble in Iraqi Skies
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Netanyahu’s Dangerous Gamble in Iraqi Skies

Tuesday 27 October 2026 ،
dangerous scenario. In his assessment, launching a regional war, with or without US, could become a tool for delaying the transfer of power. He warned that the emergence of a state of emergency and mounting security pressures could push Netanyahu's rivals, including Naftali Bennett and Gadi Eise ...
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"Iron Gate": The US Failure Story from Hormuz to Caspian
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"Iron Gate": The US Failure Story from Hormuz to Caspian

Monday 9 November 2026 ،
dangerous game at the expense of their own economic interests, since doing so would also sever interactions across the two shores of the Caspian Sea. Reliance on military power Given the refusal of Caspian Sea littoral states to align with the blockade policy, Washington has only two options befor ...

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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.