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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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Big Blow to the Heart of US Spying System in West Asia
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Big Blow to the Heart of US Spying System in West Asia

Tuesday 1 September 2026
financial toll, the strikes have raised serious questions about the readiness of the Pentagon and the US intelligence community to counter large-scale, precision-barrage warfare. American military experts, including Seth Jones of the American Enterprise Institute, argue that US defense systems were ...
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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 ،
financial aids, which are around $61 million in the Pentagon's budget this year, to the Kurdish militant forces cut off. The agreement was inked between Erbil and Washington in 2016 to help the Kurds fight ISIS terrorist organization and unify the Peshmerga forces. It was extended for a four-ye ...
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SCO Leaders Condemn US-Israeli Aggression Against Iran
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SCO Leaders Condemn US-Israeli Aggression Against Iran

Tuesday 1 September 2026 ،
financial system, rejecting unilateral sanctions and advocating for a more equitable, multipolar system less dependent on traditional reserve currencies. Leaders further opposed the exploitation of terrorist groups for geopolitical purposes. The declaration stressed that the SCO is neither a milita ...
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Iran at Eurasia’s Heart: How’s SCO Helping Tehran Cushion American Sanctions?
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Iran at Eurasia’s Heart: How’s SCO Helping Tehran Cushion American Sanctions?

Wednesday 2 September 2026 ،
financial networks tied to Iran, and is even targeting banks and financial institutions that do business with the Islamic Republic. In this climate, Iran’s membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has taken on renewed urgency. Pezeshkian arrived in Bishkek on Monday to attend ...
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Ukraine Army Desertions Crisis Squeezes Kiev Further
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Ukraine Army Desertions Crisis Squeezes Kiev Further

Saturday 5 September 2026 ،
financial incentives to boost enlistment. But what we are seeing in the Ukrainian army can no longer be written off as a handful of isolated desertion cases. The compounding toll of attritional warfare, the manpower squeeze, endlessly extended deployments, relentless front-line stress, the absence ...
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Free Fall in Polls: Iran War Consequences Turn Nightmarish to Trump
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Free Fall in Polls: Iran War Consequences Turn Nightmarish to Trump

Tuesday 8 September 2026 ،
financially worse off under Trump, up from 53 percent in August. At the same time, approval of Trump’s economic stewardship has slipped to 33 percent, with rising living costs and fuel prices cited as the top drivers of discontent. US war for Israel's security Trump has argued over and o ...
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Basij Chief: Iranian Resistance Has Brought US, Israel ‘to Their Knees’
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Basij Chief: Iranian Resistance Has Brought US, Israel ‘to Their Knees’

Tuesday 8 September 2026 ،
financial, logistical and military support to Israel but was ultimately forced into a ceasefire. He said the conflict had damaged the image of the US military and argued that Iran’s resistance had challenged Washington and Israel despite their superior resources. Taeb attributed Iran’s ...
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Hormuz Mission, a Two-sided Blade for South Korea
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Hormuz Mission, a Two-sided Blade for South Korea

Wednesday 9 September 2026 ،
financial squeeze. Seoul stuck in cycle of Washington's crisis generation Under the Trump administration, South Korea has found itself ensnared in Washington's crises more than ever, now caught between American pressure and its own national interests. Trump has already linked the scaling b ...
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Failed Witkoff-Kushner Mission: Ukraine War in Diplomatic Standoff
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Failed Witkoff-Kushner Mission: Ukraine War in Diplomatic Standoff

Wednesday 9 September 2026 ،
financial and military backing from the West, saying Ukraine is really counting on the winter package from the US and Europe to survive another winter at war. Talking about LNG, the Ukrainian president said that we specifically raised the issue with Jared and Steve, as well as with our European par ...
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Ansarullah: Saudi Escalation Could Have Been Avoided Through Peaceful Engagement
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Ansarullah: Saudi Escalation Could Have Been Avoided Through Peaceful Engagement

Thursday 10 September 2026 ،
financial interests. The remarks came amid a sharp escalation in fighting, with dozens of Saudi airstrikes reported across Yemen. Yemeni forces responded by targeting Saudi economic and military sites, including Aramco facilities and Abha Airport, while also imposing restrictions on maritime traffi ...

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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.