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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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Arbaeen Under the Shadow of US Hostilities: What’s Going on in Iraq?
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Arbaeen Under the Shadow of US Hostilities: What’s Going on in Iraq?

Saturday 1 August 2026
fire, or sabotage operations. According to the Al-Malouma news, air defense systems and electronic warfare gear have been deployed around key facilities, and unauthorized drone flights have been banned near shrine cities. Security forces have also tightened monitoring of explosive depots and drone w ...
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Badakhshan Turmoil an Opportunity for Hezb-e-Islami
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Badakhshan Turmoil an Opportunity for Hezb-e-Islami

Saturday 1 August 2026 ،
fired off a sharp, immediate response Monday on X, posing a fundamental question and throwing his weight behind the Taliban’s armed opponents.  If the Taliban claim the right to seize power through war, he argued, then others have every right to fight for their say in this country's ...
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Iran: States Shielding America Could Face the ‘Fire of War’
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Iran: States Shielding America Could Face the ‘Fire of War’

Saturday 1 August 2026 ،
fire of war. General Ali Abdollahi, commander of Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, warned regional countries against cooperating with the United States, accusing Washington of pursuing a strategy of regional escalation and domination. He urged Muslim states to reconsider their ali ...
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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 ،
firepower, could not find an effective way to contain Ansarullah, he said, then countries like Egypt, Sudan, Djibouti, and Somaliland, whose military capabilities don't come close to those of major powers, are hardly going to shift the equation. Ghanad-Bashi also pointed to Saudi Arabia's o ...
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Mecca Agreement: Seeking Security in Mirage of a Sunni Bloc
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Mecca Agreement: Seeking Security in Mirage of a Sunni Bloc

Saturday 8 August 2026 ،
firepower. Second, the cost of such a commitment for Ankara would be prohibitively high. Direct confrontation with the Houthis, or an openly aligned posture against Iran, could expand the threat landscape against Turkish interests across the Red Sea, Iraq, Syria, and even the Caucasus. On top of th ...
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Big Absentee of Mecca Agreement: Why Did Egypt not Join Saudi Defense Pact?
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Big Absentee of Mecca Agreement: Why Did Egypt not Join Saudi Defense Pact?

Saturday 8 August 2026 ،
fire, it launched direct flights between Cairo and Sana'a at the request of the Yemeni government and the UN to alleviate humanitarian suffering. The move made clear that Egypt, for all its ties to Saudi Arabia, has preserved its own line to Sanaa as well. Indeed, this does not mean Cairo is An ...
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Countdown to US-Iran Deal Deadline: Returning to War or Continuing Diplomacy?
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Countdown to US-Iran Deal Deadline: Returning to War or Continuing Diplomacy?

Friday 14 August 2026 ،
fire. And Iran's defense industry is entirely indigenous. Emphasizing that Iran's defensive weapons are 100 percent homegrown, Naghdi added: They are built inside the country and developed according to the needs of the battlefield. There is direct communication between the front lines and o ...
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Iraq’s Weapons Restriction: A Project with Aspects beyond Simply Disarming Resistance Groups
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Iraq’s Weapons Restriction: A Project with Aspects beyond Simply Disarming Resistance Groups

Saturday 15 August 2026 ،
firearms across Iraq. In July 2024, the interior ministry put the number at roughly 15 million weapons in the hands of citizens. To get a grip on the situation, the ministry has started registering illegal arms while simultaneously clamping down on gun sales. On December 24, 2024, Miqdad Miri, the ...
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Trump Turkey Escape Scandal: New Life under Shadow of Vengeance
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Trump Turkey Escape Scandal: New Life under Shadow of Vengeance

Saturday 15 August 2026 ،
firestorm was not the operation itself. It was the political fallout and the psychological whiplash that came with it. Trump has spent years casting himself as the embodiment of American might, the muscle flexing commander-in-chief who projects strength and deterrence. He has repeatedly touted US m ...
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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 ،
fired live ammunition and sound grenades. The raids come amid continued Israeli military operations and repeated incursions across Palestinian communities. In Qalqilya, Israeli forces raided homes in the city and nearby Fara'ata, shooting a Palestinian child in the foot and detaining a Palestin ...

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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.