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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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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
economic and political pressures on Tehran while avoiding a large-scale military clash, to steer clear of higher oil prices, turbulent financial and energy markets, and also discontentment of the Arab countries. Meanwhile, Trump wants to run the FIFA World Cup games smoothly with least challenges. ...
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Re-Shuffling the Cards: How’s Iran Established its Rules after Recent Clashes?
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Re-Shuffling the Cards: How’s Iran Established its Rules after Recent Clashes?

Wednesday 10 June 2026 ،
economic pressures, sanctions, and home reservations have limited Tehran's power to make decisions to directly engage in regional crises. They thought that Tehran preferred to respond to the developments through its allies and avoid direct confrontation with the Israeli regime. Lebanese Al-Akhb ...
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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 ،
economic toll of the war. After more than three months of conflict, global energy prices surged, inflation fears rose in the US, and markets faced widespread uncertainty. Reuters reported that the deal with Iran immediately drove down oil prices and boosted financial markets, a clear sign that the e ...
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12-Day War Anniversary: Precious Lessons Used in 40-Day War
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12-Day War Anniversary: Precious Lessons Used in 40-Day War

Wednesday 17 June 2026 ،
economic and military infrastructures, pushing to destroy the integrated air defense network, striking the entries and support centers of the missile forces, attacking nuclear and uranium enrichment centers, assassinating senior military commanders and political officials, launching cyber attacks on ...
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New Syria: Israel’s New Proxy in Lebanon or Tool for Engineering Regional Order?
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New Syria: Israel’s New Proxy in Lebanon or Tool for Engineering Regional Order?

Thursday 18 June 2026 ،
economic support, and may prove more vulnerable to foreign pressure. The project to revive Syrian role in Lebanon At a deeper level, Trump's comments are reminiscent of the long years of Syrian sway over Lebanon. From 1976 to 2005, Syria was the key player of many security and political develo ...
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American Diplomatic Coup in Baghdad: What’s Driving US Special Envoy’s Visit to Iraq?
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American Diplomatic Coup in Baghdad: What’s Driving US Special Envoy’s Visit to Iraq?

Friday 19 June 2026 ،
economic dependencies on neighboring Islamic Republic. Fully aware of this, Washington has designed a portfolio of economic projects to complete the chain of pressure on Tehran. Negotiations with major oil companies Chevron and Excelergy, to develop the strategic West Qurna 2 and Nasiriyah fields, a ...
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Security Belts from Lebanon to Syria: Objectives and Consequences of New Israeli Strategy
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Security Belts from Lebanon to Syria: Objectives and Consequences of New Israeli Strategy

Thursday 25 June 2026 ،
economic and agricultural infrastructure point to a far larger scenario: long-term occupation of these areas, coupled with a deliberate effort to block displaced residents from ever returning, all in service of the regime's broader strategy of carving out permanent security belts. Jordan Valley ...
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World Militaries Copying Iran Model for Drone Power
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World Militaries Copying Iran Model for Drone Power

Saturday 27 June 2026 ،
economics. Producing and fielding a drone costs a fraction of what a fighter jet, helicopter, or even certain missiles demand. Yet intercepting those same drones typically requires air-defense missiles that can cost tens of times more. That imbalance has pushed many militaries to a stark conclusion: ...
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Armenian Genocide: New Israeli Card in Geopolitical Contest with Turkey
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Armenian Genocide: New Israeli Card in Geopolitical Contest with Turkey

Thursday 2 July 2026 ،
economic and trade ties with the Israeli regime and closed its airspace to Israeli aircraft. In recent months, the Turkish leader and his AK Party officials have repeatedly framed Zionist ideology as a threat to Turkey's national security. Erdoğan even declared that the fight against Zionism is ...
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New Arab View of Post-war and Post-agreement Iran
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New Arab View of Post-war and Post-agreement Iran

Friday 3 July 2026 ،
economic, and geopolitical lessons. Those lessons have made one thing abundantly clear: the notion of a removable Iran was never realistic. Over the past several years, the dominant strategy among Persian Gulf Arab states, especially Saudi Arabia and the UAE, rested on containing Iran through coali ...

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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.