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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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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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Atlantic Gap in the Final Stage
Analysis

Atlantic Gap in the Final Stage

Sunday 20 September 2026 ،
defense. Colby calls this vision NATO 3.0, an alliance in which Europe supplies the bulk of conventional firepower while the US retreats to a purely nuclear guarantor and strategic backstop role. Germany, Italy and Spain are slated to absorb the deepest cuts, according to reports, with some troops ...
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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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12 American Bases and Facilities Iranian Missiles Damaged
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12 American Bases and Facilities Iranian Missiles Damaged

Monday 21 September 2026 ،
defense radar. 3. Camp Arifjan, Kuwait The Washington Post reported on March 4 that communications equipment at Camp Arifjan had been damaged or destroyed in a drone attack from Iran. Citing satellite imagery, the paper said the facility's communications equipment had been wrecked. In the Pos ...
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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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Ghalibaf Cautions US, Affirms Iran’s Enduring Deterrence
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Ghalibaf Cautions US, Affirms Iran’s Enduring Deterrence

Wednesday 23 September 2026 ،
power as Iran has done before. Ghalibaf directed remarks at US President Donald Trump, saying he faces a historic civilization and a national and religious resistance and cannot impose his power on the Iranian nation or its Armed Forces. He also framed negotiations as an arena of struggle, saying d ...
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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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From Chips to Iran War: Xi-Trump’s Hard Discussions
Analysis

From Chips to Iran War: Xi-Trump’s Hard Discussions

Friday 25 September 2026 ،
defense industries and a host of strategic technologies. That is why Washington has spent recent years tightening export restrictions on advanced chips and the equipment used to make them, seeking to curb China's access to cutting-edge semiconductor technology. Those very restrictions, however, ...
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US Has no Choice but to Accept Iranian Conditions: Iran’s MP
Analysis

US Has no Choice but to Accept Iranian Conditions: Iran’s MP

Saturday 26 September 2026 ،
defense not violence Under these circumstances, Iran has sought to offer global publics a logic they can grasp, one that signals both a readiness to safeguard its own security and that of others, and a readiness to confront those who have made destabilization the core of their conduct. That logic ...
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Iran Flights Embargo and Test of Iraq’s Sovereignty
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Iran Flights Embargo and Test of Iraq’s Sovereignty

Monday 28 September 2026 ،
defense support, and that the proper response to such solidarity is not to join the embargo but to show gratitude and preserve the strategic relationship with the Islamic Republic.  Additionally, threats to stage sit-ins at airports and warnings about the decision’s economic and social f ...

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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.