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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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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
foreign partners to help build a more robust air-defense capability, warning that Iran-linked drone attacks continue to rise. The second worry is the lack of an immediate replacement for US intelligence, surveillance, and early-warning capabilities. The dismantling of the surveillance balloons and ...
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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 ،
Iran has been swift to respond to the American forces which, reports say, are largely exhausted after six months of war. Alwaght- Following US strike on positions in Iran’s Larak Island, Iran’s armed forces fired back with a missile attack on US targets in Jordan. At the same time, Tehra ...
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US Attack on Sirik Wedding Marks “Moral Decline,” Iran Says
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US Attack on Sirik Wedding Marks “Moral Decline,” Iran Says

Wednesday 2 September 2026 ،
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said the US attack on a wedding ceremony in the Kouhestak area of Sirik Island constitutes a war crime ALWAGHT- Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said the US attack on a wedding ceremony in the Kouhestak area of Sirik Island constitutes a war crime and reflects wh ...
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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 ،
ministry, is meant for countering a wide range of threats including ballistic missiles and drones. Also a supplementary deal, worth $26 million, for selling Drone Dome air defense produced by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems was signed between the two. The cooperation will also include technology tr ...
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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 ،
foreign threat. Seoul's dilemma  South Korea is walking a diplomatic tightrope, caught between Washington’s heavy-handed demands and its own security anxieties. On Saturday, the presidential office pushed back against President Trump’s pressure to join the anti-Iran campaign, ...
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UAE-Algeria Rift Is Beyond a Diplomatic Gap
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UAE-Algeria Rift Is Beyond a Diplomatic Gap

Saturday 12 September 2026 ،
foreign players in the country's military and political calculus, a posture that collides directly with Algeria's push for a political settlement and its opposition to outside intervention. In Sudan, Abu Dhabi is backing the Rapid Support Forces in their war against the national army. Unite ...
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Oman Meeting of Regional Foreign Ministers Canceled at Saudi Arabia’s Request
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Oman Meeting of Regional Foreign Ministers Canceled at Saudi Arabia’s Request

Monday 14 September 2026 ،
foreign ministers in Oman to address measures for ensuring secure commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz had been called off ALWAGHT- Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said a planned gathering of regional foreign ministers in Oman to address measures for ensuring secure co ...
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Lamerd Attack: An Atrocity that Adds to the US Crimes Case
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Lamerd Attack: An Atrocity that Adds to the US Crimes Case

Monday 14 September 2026 ،
foreign ministry spokesman, citing statements by American officials about the attack, stressed: America has openly accepted responsibility for this action and has even declared that it used this type of missile for the first time to assess the extent of destruction. In similar cases, too, efforts ha ...
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Mecca Attack amid War of Narratives: Three Clues to Settle the Riddle
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Mecca Attack amid War of Narratives: Three Clues to Settle the Riddle

Saturday 19 September 2026 ،
foreign ministry statement, Saudi Arabia even spoke of repeated patterns of targeting holy sites and inflaming the feelings of Muslims everywhere. In the statement, the kingdom calls on the international community to take a firm stance against Sanaa's attacks on holy sites, civilian and economi ...
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Peshmerga Unification Project: End of a Partisan Military or Start of Redefining Kurdistan Region’s Power?
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Peshmerga Unification Project: End of a Partisan Military or Start of Redefining Kurdistan Region’s Power?

Tuesday 22 September 2026 ،
foreign factors. Alwaght- The unification of the Peshmerga forces in Iraq's Kurdistan region these days presents itself as one of the salient security developments of the autonomous Kurdish region. O the surface, it may look like a military and organizational project to create a unified structur ...

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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.