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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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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
defense relationship with Baghdad. The US may resort to delaying tactics regarding its planned full withdrawal by the end of September, tactics that do not necessarily mean keeping American troops on Iraqi soil after Sept. 30. Washington could declare the end of the international coalition’s m ...
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UAE-Algeria Rift Is Beyond a Diplomatic Gap
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UAE-Algeria Rift Is Beyond a Diplomatic Gap

Saturday 12 September 2026 ،
defense ministry said a ban on the use of Algerian airspace by Emirati aircraft would take effect Friday, with the exception of commercial flights to and from Algiers airport, which will continue operating through the end of 2026. Algeria had already been steadily downgrading its ties with the UAE, ...
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Possible Syria Membership to Mecca Pact: What Are Its Geopolitical Challenges and Motivations?
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Possible Syria Membership to Mecca Pact: What Are Its Geopolitical Challenges and Motivations?

Sunday 13 September 2026 ،
defense pact, officially known Mecca Pact and signed between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey on August 7, though he added a final decision is yet to be made. Mecca Pact is a joint defense agreement whose some of articles bear resemblance to NATO's, like Article 5 which says attack on one mem ...
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Qatar Red Crescent Vows Cooperation on Captive Iranian Pilots
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Qatar Red Crescent Vows Cooperation on Captive Iranian Pilots

Monday 14 September 2026 ،
defenses while returning from a mission. One of four pilots was killed, while the other three were reportedly captured by Qatari forces; the body of the martyred pilot was returned to Iran in July.
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Iran Confronted US, Israel in a Way No Other Country Dared
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Iran Confronted US, Israel in a Way No Other Country Dared

Tuesday 15 September 2026 ،
cooperation and highlighting coordination between the two military branches. Mohebbi praised the Army as a powerful and popular institution, comparing the current confrontation with the United States and Israel to Iran’s 1980–1988 war with Iraq, which Tehran calls the First Sacred Defen ...
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BRICS and Test of War: Iran, Energy, and New World Order Equation
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BRICS and Test of War: Iran, Energy, and New World Order Equation

Thursday 17 September 2026 ،
defense and strategic ties with Tehran. With Russia's military capacity strained by the war in Ukraine, its most consequential contribution to Iran in a crisis now lies less in hard power than in diplomacy: helping break the sanctions siege through trade and the north-south corridor, and coopera ...
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Mecca Attack amid War of Narratives: Three Clues to Settle the Riddle
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Mecca Attack amid War of Narratives: Three Clues to Settle the Riddle

Saturday 19 September 2026 ،
defense downed a Yemeni drone before it could penetrate the Mecca airspace. Yemen's Ansarullah movement strongly rejected the Saudi allegation of its link to the drone. Ansarullah's Political Office member Hizam al-Assad said that the claims about attacking Mecca is a repeated lie already m ...
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Africa: Iran’s Strategic Opportunity to Break the Barriers
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Africa: Iran’s Strategic Opportunity to Break the Barriers

Monday 21 September 2026 ،
defense and technology cooperation, represented by its exports of drones and other military wares. Reports have surfaced that several African countries are using Iranian drones, including the Mohajer-6. Such cooperation, while not in itself amounting to a strategic alliance, shows that Iran's d ...
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Peshmerga Unification Project: End of a Partisan Military or Start of Redefining Kurdistan Region’s Power?
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Peshmerga Unification Project: End of a Partisan Military or Start of Redefining Kurdistan Region’s Power?

Tuesday 22 September 2026 ،
defense, and rapid action.  The funding issue could turn into the project’s single biggest vulnerability. Building a unified military requires regular salaries, equipment, ammunition, training and infrastructure. A structure that has until now covered part of its costs through foreign ai ...
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Pezeshkian at UNGA: Iran Will Not Give in to US Pressure
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Pezeshkian at UNGA: Iran Will Not Give in to US Pressure

Thursday 24 September 2026 ،
defense. He accused the US and Israel of targeting Iranian civilians and infrastructure and also highlighted the humanitarian situation in Gaza, where he said tens of thousands had been killed and displaced. On Iran’s nuclear program, Pezeshkian reaffirmed Tehran’s stated right to peace ...

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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.