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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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Sixth Retreat: Why’s Trump Called Off latest Iran Bombing?
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Sixth Retreat: Why’s Trump Called Off latest Iran Bombing?

Sunday 2 August 2026
deadline for Iranian compliance, warning of massive strikes if Washington's terms were rejected. In the final hours, he extended the deadline. PBS called it the third instance of his now-familiar deadline-and-delay pattern. April 8, 2026: With less than two hours left on that deadline, Trump de ...
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Countdown to US-Iran Deal Deadline: Returning to War or Continuing Diplomacy?
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Countdown to US-Iran Deal Deadline: Returning to War or Continuing Diplomacy?

Friday 14 August 2026 ،
deadline, what will come next? While the US President Donald Trump has repeatedly talked about final chance for Iran to reach a deal with the US, the record of several months of war shows that return to the military options will be costlier than strong-toned remarks of Trump are aimed to suggest. T ...
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IRGC Warns Enemies of Decisive Response to Future Aggression
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IRGC Warns Enemies of Decisive Response to Future Aggression

Monday 17 August 2026 ،
deadline for negotiations on a lasting agreement. It also referenced the recent conflict, ceasefire, and subsequent disputes over alleged US violations of an earlier memorandum of understanding.
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Aoun’s Political Suicide with Silence to Israeli Aggression
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Aoun’s Political Suicide with Silence to Israeli Aggression

Monday 17 August 2026 ،
deadlocked the agreement. Meanwhile, Washington has stayed silent in the face of the Israeli assaults, taking no tangible steps to rein them in. Official condemnation without deterrence tools The Lebanese government's response to the latest Israeli strikes has been strikingly tepid. Prime Mini ...
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60-day Ceasefire Ends: What Do Western and World Media Say about Trump’s Dilemma?
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60-day Ceasefire Ends: What Do Western and World Media Say about Trump’s Dilemma?

Friday 21 August 2026 ،
deadline passed, Iran is sticking to its strategy of patience and resistance against Washington's pressure, meaning Trump's threats have so far failed to bring Tehran to its knees.  The New York Times focused on the sobering reality that the 60-day deadline has come and gone without a ...
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Ankara and Tel Aviv: Is Syria a Potential Ankara-Tel Aviv Clash Ground?
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Ankara and Tel Aviv: Is Syria a Potential Ankara-Tel Aviv Clash Ground?

Saturday 22 August 2026 ،
dead seriousness. And Turkey, by condemning the attack and vowing to keep backing Damascus, signaled it has no intention of backing down. If this trend continues with boosted Turkish-Syrian military cooperation, cementing the rule of the new Syrian government, and rise of a new security bloc in the ...
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Final Tehran-Muscat Mechanism for Strait of Hormuz: US not in Agreement
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Final Tehran-Muscat Mechanism for Strait of Hormuz: US not in Agreement

Wednesday 26 August 2026 ،
deadlock in Washington-Tehran negotiations. Yet rather than waiting for a decision from Washington, Iran and Oman have pursued a path of direct, regionally based talks. This carries major geopolitical weight. Actually it demonstrates that while the U.S. can impose sanctions, it cannot rewrite the r ...
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Six Months of Iran War: The Costs for the US
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Six Months of Iran War: The Costs for the US

Saturday 29 August 2026 ،
dead, 757 injured: Human toll for the US military Direct entry of the American military to a war against Iran has not been without human costs for the US forces. According to figures, 18 service members have so far been killed and 757 have been injured. These casualties come as the US enjoys the ...
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Bombing of Weddings, the US’s Fixed Pattern of Crimes in the Region
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Bombing of Weddings, the US’s Fixed Pattern of Crimes in the Region

Saturday 5 September 2026 ،
dead was a six-year-old boy, according to an Iranian aid group. An investigation by The New York Times, which verified footage and analyzed weapons remnants with a former US Army explosives expert, found that the bomb was a US-made glide bomb, a weapon used by the Pentagon and not by the Iranian mil ...
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US Play with Withdrawal Card: Retreat from Iraq under Banner of Strategy Shift
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US Play with Withdrawal Card: Retreat from Iraq under Banner of Strategy Shift

Sunday 6 September 2026 ،
deadline. Yet ambiguous clauses in the bilateral deal have fueled fresh doubts about a full withdrawal. Under the agreement struck two years ago, even after the coalition’s counter-ISIS mission wraps up, Baghdad and Washington will keep cooperating on training, military advising, arms sales, a ...

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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.