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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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Strategic Mystery: What’s Driving Al-Sharaa to Keep Russian Military Bases in Syria?
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Strategic Mystery: What’s Driving Al-Sharaa to Keep Russian Military Bases in Syria?

Thursday 4 June 2026
deal amid Kurdish growing disrupt in Washington. Russia controlling Syrian skies: Given the severe weakness of the air force of the new government in Syria, the presence of Russian fighter jets in the Khmeimim air base is the only effective deterrent in this military base against possible airstrike ...
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From Persian Gulf to Lebanon: How Will War Stop?
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From Persian Gulf to Lebanon: How Will War Stop?

Friday 5 June 2026 ،
deal with Iran and that the ceasefire still holds? Zarean: The Americans and the Israeli regime hold a major plan for the region according to which the resistance should be essentially obliterated, all regional countries normalize ties with Tel Aviv, and finally the Israeli regime turn into a hegem ...
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A Kiss of Guillotine of Time on Netanyahu’s Neck
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A Kiss of Guillotine of Time on Netanyahu’s Neck

Saturday 6 June 2026 ،
dealing heavy blows and imposing a fresh war of attrition on the Israelis. Meanwhile, though Netanyahu could feign achievement from his military campaign as part of his plans, this could shatter Trump's ceasefire. Actually, this could either push the US president to a new, which is he currently ...
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Beirut of Two Frames: How Can We See the Real Lebanon?
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Beirut of Two Frames: How Can We See the Real Lebanon?

Sunday 7 June 2026 ،
deal is disarming the resistance forces, which means destroying Lebanon’s power and posing an existential threat to its people.  Who is Lebanon’s friend?  Another key issue lies in the dual narrative emerging from Lebanon and crossing its borders: the role of Iran as the main ...
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Operation Nasr: How’s Iran Shattered Trump-Netanyahu Calculations?
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Operation Nasr: How’s Iran Shattered Trump-Netanyahu Calculations?

Tuesday 9 June 2026 ،
dealt a working blow to Trump's plannings. Over the past two months, the strategy of the US government rested on maintaining controlled tension with Iran, meaning that Washington will keep economic and political pressures on Tehran while avoiding a large-scale military clash, to steer clear of ...
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Return of Missiles to Skies of Persian Gulf
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Return of Missiles to Skies of Persian Gulf

Thursday 11 June 2026 ،
deal with Iran, the developments on the ground suggest that there is a considerable distance between these claims and the field realities. The course of developments shows that not only the regional atmosphere is not going to a de-escalation, but also the new American military actions pave the way t ...
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Amid Trump’s Claims, Iran Remains Cautious about Possible Deal
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Amid Trump’s Claims, Iran Remains Cautious about Possible Deal

Saturday 13 June 2026 ،
deal before its finalization. Alwaght- While the dust of war in the region has not settled down yet, massive circulation of news about being close to an Iran-US deal has caught the world by surprise. The source was again the US President Donald Trump who had earlier talked about being close to strik ...
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Liar-in-Chief? Five False War Claims by Trump
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Liar-in-Chief? Five False War Claims by Trump

Sunday 14 June 2026 ،
deal, he’s really talking about how eager he is for a deal.” The US senator said he fears the talks will end with “Trump announcing a deal on some other date to save face”, a move he called a major failure for his own country.  One thing is crystal clear: the damage ha ...
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Baghdad Seeking Ways Out of the Strategic Energy Bind
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Baghdad Seeking Ways Out of the Strategic Energy Bind

Sunday 14 June 2026 ،
deal in mid-March 2026 and reactivated the northern route. The current goal is to boost its capacity to 770,000 barrels per day, roughly triple current levels. Meanwhile, overland truck exports via various routes have at times reached 350,000 barrels per day. The second track is more strategic, but ...
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Yielding to Ceasefire: Why’s Trump Agreed to Iran War End?
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Yielding to Ceasefire: Why’s Trump Agreed to Iran War End?

Tuesday 16 June 2026 ،
deal. The smoke appeared after the US President Donald Trump announced reaching a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Iran to end the war he waged since February 28. Simultaneously, the deal was confirmed reached by Tehran, and Qatari and Pakistani officials as mediators, too, announced the agree ...

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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.