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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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Iran Prepared to Target US and Israeli Infrastructure
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Iran Prepared to Target US and Israeli Infrastructure

Saturday 1 August 2026
escalating tensions between Iran and the United States, including strikes, counterstrikes, and disruption to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
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Saudi Arabia’s Vicious Circle of Coalition-Making: What Does Past Experience Tell Riyadh?
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Saudi Arabia’s Vicious Circle of Coalition-Making: What Does Past Experience Tell Riyadh?

Sunday 2 August 2026 ،
escalating tensions and preventing a wider conflagration in one of the world's most vital waterways. 
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Iraq’s Marathon to Break Out of Cabinet Posts Uncertainty
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Iraq’s Marathon to Break Out of Cabinet Posts Uncertainty

Monday 10 August 2026 ،
escalating regional tensions, back-channel talks among Shiite leaders have intensified in search of a consensus solution. On Saturday, the Al-Hadath news network reported that a delegation from the SCF had traveled to Tehran for consultations with Iranian officials over centralizing military author ...
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Iraq Disarming Project: End of a Security Order or Start of Home Confrontation?
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Iraq Disarming Project: End of a Security Order or Start of Home Confrontation?

Tuesday 11 August 2026 ،
escalating methodically rather than all at once. The first phase will be resorting to political and legal pressure. The government will try to put the opposed groups in a situation where continuing armed activities will mean violation of law and the formal government decision. In this phase, the ta ...
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Hormuz not to Reopen until Assassination, Blockade, and War End
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Hormuz not to Reopen until Assassination, Blockade, and War End

Tuesday 11 August 2026 ،
escalating pressure on us is that, alongside economic pressure, they can also agitate Iranian society and create grounds for internal instability, and we must remain vigilant in this regard. Alwaght: Along with Hormuz crisis, Bab-el-Mandeb closure is causing some developments, including trilateral ...
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West Bank Raids by Israeli Forces Leave Child Injured
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West Bank Raids by Israeli Forces Leave Child Injured

Saturday 15 August 2026 ،
escalating tensions. Israeli occupation forces carried out widespread raids across the West Bank on Saturday, targeting towns, cities, and refugee camps. Troops reportedly detained Palestinians, assaulted residents, and used live ammunition, tear gas, and sound grenades during the incursions. In B ...
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Yemeni Official Cautions Saudi Arabia Against Escalating the War
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Yemeni Official Cautions Saudi Arabia Against Escalating the War

Sunday 16 August 2026 ،
escalating tensions it has fueled in Yemen by backing its mercenaries ALWAGHT- A senior Yemeni official has warned that Saudi Arabia will not remain immune from the escalating tensions it has fueled in Yemen by backing its mercenaries. Senior Yemeni official Abdulaziz bin Habtor warned Saudi Arabia ...
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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 ،
tensions. And Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion, offered a political warning: This war has eroded voter trust in Trump and could carry significant consequences in the midterm elections. European concerns Beyond US media, other Western outlets broadly concu ...
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US Forces Withdrawal from Iraq: Why Are Kurds Worried?
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US Forces Withdrawal from Iraq: Why Are Kurds Worried?

Tuesday 1 September 2026 ،
escalating Iranian strikes and attacks by Iraq's Islamic Resistance groups on US interests in the region, alongside renewed tensions between Washington and Tehran. The speed and secrecy of the Western withdrawal have resurrected painful memories for some Kurds of the US exit from northern and e ...
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Turkey-Israel Face-off in Eastern Mediterranean
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Turkey-Israel Face-off in Eastern Mediterranean

Friday 4 September 2026 ،
escalating tensions lies in the shifting and deepening nature of cooperation among Greece, Cyprus, and Israeli regime. What began largely as energy and economic collaboration has, with Washington's backing, steadily morphed into security and military coordination, and now shows clear signs of cr ...

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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.