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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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Israel’s Quietly Making West Bank Another Gaza Using Army of Settlers
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Israel’s Quietly Making West Bank Another Gaza Using Army of Settlers

Sunday 16 August 2026
firm stance against settler actions, wary of alienating right-wing constituencies and pro-settlement voters. The result is a near-total failure of accountability, allowing the attacks to continue. International community turning a blind eye  Alongside the political cover within Israel, the in ...
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Transit and Energy Cooperation with Neighbors: Iran’s Alternative Way to Circumvent Blockade
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Transit and Energy Cooperation with Neighbors: Iran’s Alternative Way to Circumvent Blockade

Monday 17 August 2026 ،
firm resolve to deepen cooperation further, including in the energy and transport sectors. They also voiced hope that the establishment of a joint working group and agreed mechanisms would translate the memorandums of understanding into action, especially in energy and transportation. Over recent y ...
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Trump’s Retreat on Gaza: Shifting from Eliminating Hamas to Talking with It
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Trump’s Retreat on Gaza: Shifting from Eliminating Hamas to Talking with It

Tuesday 18 August 2026 ،
firm stance: no reopening the debate on the 15-point plan put forward by UN peace coordinator Nickolay Mladenov. That framework had been thrashed out for months, and Hamas had already signed off on it. The time for negotiation, they insisted, was over. What was needed now was not backtracking, but c ...
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Strait of Hormuz to Remain Closed Until Oil Sanctions Are Lifted
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Strait of Hormuz to Remain Closed Until Oil Sanctions Are Lifted

Tuesday 18 August 2026 ،
firmly stating that the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until all conditions outlined in the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding are fully met. These conditions include the lifting of oil sanctions, the release of Iran's frozen assets, the end of the US naval blockade, and the cessation of ...
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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 ،
firmly in place, with no visible path toward resolution. Al-Araby Al-Jadeed described the post-deadline landscape as murky, posing the open question: after the failure of the agreement process, does the future hold war or negotiation? The report noted that Trump's ultimatum has failed to resolv ...
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Iran’s Ghalibaf in Baghdad: Common Cases on the Table
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Iran’s Ghalibaf in Baghdad: Common Cases on the Table

Friday 21 August 2026 ،
firm guarantees for its tankers' safe transit. The talks in Baghdad could thus steer toward concrete arrangements for Iraqi vessel passage, maritime coordination, and intelligence-sharing on security threats. Trade boost, a case beyond politics During Ghalibaf's Baghdad visit, trade and ec ...
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Economic to Military Pressure: Six Options Turkey Wields against Israel
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Economic to Military Pressure: Six Options Turkey Wields against Israel

Tuesday 25 August 2026 ،
firm in Syria. Turkish officials have made clear that cooperation with the Syrian government will continue across security, reconstruction, and military training. In its official statement following the recent Israeli strikes, Ankara reaffirmed that it would keep working with Damascus to establish s ...
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Renewed US-Iran Confrontation: Is the White House Prepared for War?
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Renewed US-Iran Confrontation: Is the White House Prepared for War?

Wednesday 2 September 2026 ،
firmly against American hegemony and its aggressive policies toward Iranian nation. That is why Iran will deploy a new generation of ballistic missiles in the coming period, weapons designed to reshape the battlefield calculus far more decisively than before. The balance of power on the ground is a ...
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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 ،
firmly against a naval deployment, the path forward for Seoul’s leaders is anything but easy. Why South Korea? Trump's pressure on South Korea to join the operations in the Strait of Hormuz cannot be regarded as a purely pro-security call, with the Americans seem to be following several ...
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Ali Al-Taher Capture Toll a Hyperbole, Hezbollah in Proper Conditions: Analyst
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Ali Al-Taher Capture Toll a Hyperbole, Hezbollah in Proper Conditions: Analyst

Wednesday 16 September 2026 ،
firm and resisting. Despite the assassination of its top leadership and first- and second-tier commanders, as well as the pressures brought to bear on Hezbollah's social base, the movement has managed to redesign its structure, repair it in line with current conditions, and preserve its operatio ...

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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.