Alwaght | News & Analysis Website

Editor's Choice

News

Most Viewed

Day Week Month

In Focus

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
New node

New node

Map of  Latest Battlefield Developments in Syria and Iraq on

alwaght.net
Fate of Washington-Erbil Security Pact: The Trump-Kurds Equation
Paper

Fate of Washington-Erbil Security Pact: The Trump-Kurds Equation

Saturday 26 September 2026
foreign policy. First, there is the America First approach, which conditions any backing for allies on operational alignment and low cost to Washington. Second, there is his structural pessimism toward non-state actors, who he believes operate on the basis of momentary interests rather than long-te ...
alwaght.net
Netanyahu’s Speech: A Slap at the UN, a Pain at Home
Report

Netanyahu’s Speech: A Slap at the UN, a Pain at Home

Saturday 26 September 2026 ،
foreign policy. The Jerusalem Post, reacting to Netanyahu's humiliation on the UN floor, wrote: Israelis need more than the list of achievements Netanyahu offered, and after three years of war, one simple question remains: Where are we going? In addition, Yaakov Katz, a researcher at the Jewis ...
alwaght.net
Iran Flights Embargo and Test of Iraq’s Sovereignty
Analysis

Iran Flights Embargo and Test of Iraq’s Sovereignty

Monday 28 September 2026 ،
foreign companies and airports of cooperating with Tehran by sanctioning Iran’s aviation industry, Iraq’s experience over the past few days has shown that enforcing such a policy in a country like Iraq can carry direct political consequences for the host government. The Americans may ma ...
alwaght.net
Syriafication of Sahel Region: Powers Wrestling to Redefine Strategic Foothold
Paper

Syriafication of Sahel Region: Powers Wrestling to Redefine Strategic Foothold

Tuesday 29 September 2026 ،
foreign-policy documents. Moscow's 2023 foreign-policy doctrine names Africa as a priority region and stresses support for African sovereignty, including through security assistance. Russia had already sought to cast itself as a security provider at its 2019 summit with African nations, an effor ...
alwaght.net
Exit from Iraq: US Superpower Image Shattered with a Strategic Defeat
Analysis

Exit from Iraq: US Superpower Image Shattered with a Strategic Defeat

Friday 2 October 2026 ،
foreign policy studies at the Brookings Institution, likewise argues that the costs of this war were extraordinarily heavy, and part of that price stemmed from poor preparation for war, especially in its earliest stages. Stressing that the enormous costs of America's war in Iraq cannot be justi ...
alwaght.net
US Military Withdrawal not End of US Iraq Presence, Iran Needs Long-term Iraq Strategy: Expert
Interview

US Military Withdrawal not End of US Iraq Presence, Iran Needs Long-term Iraq Strategy: Expert

Saturday 3 October 2026 ،
foreign-currency revenue, strike trade and financial deals with non-Americans, and expand Iraq's ties with China, Russia and India so that Iraq can break free of American domination. Iraq, Iran's strategic depth Concluding the interview, Mr Afghahi held that Iraq has major capacities to ex ...
alwaght.net
Post-Withdrawal US Security Strategy in Iraq: Five Scenarios
Analysis

Post-Withdrawal US Security Strategy in Iraq: Five Scenarios

Monday 5 October 2026 ،
policy of relying on thousands of military forces and dozens of fixed military based as main tools of influence in favor of a model where intelligence, military training, weapons, security cooperation, and the power to act from outside the host country like Iraq come into priority.  Pentagon, ...
alwaght.net
US Ouster from Iraq Prelude to Its Expulsion from the Region: Former Iranian Amb. to Iraq
Interview

US Ouster from Iraq Prelude to Its Expulsion from the Region: Former Iranian Amb. to Iraq

Monday 5 October 2026 ،
foreign policy. US ouster, a result of Iraqi people's resistance The Iraqi affairs expert held that the expulsion of the American military from Iraq was yielded by unified resistance of the Iraqis, adding that resistance groups that were formed to help shape Iraqi political system, counter occ ...
alwaght.net
True Security and Political Independence in Iraq Matters after US Military Pullout: Expert
Interview

True Security and Political Independence in Iraq Matters after US Military Pullout: Expert

Tuesday 6 October 2026 ،
foreign policy. Alwaght- Full US military pullout of Iraq on September 30 marked an end to one of the most important chapters of the direct US presence in West Asia. This withdrawal ignited serious debates about how to assess the results of one of the costliest and deadliest American wars in a cent ...
alwaght.net
Recent Moscow Format Meeting Heavily Overshadowed by Kabul-Islamabad Tensions
Analysis

Recent Moscow Format Meeting Heavily Overshadowed by Kabul-Islamabad Tensions

Wednesday 7 October 2026 ،
foreign minister, along with other officials from the group. Pakistan sent Mohammad Sadiq, its special representative for Afghanistan. Sergei Lavrov, Russia’s foreign minister, chaired the session. Iran dispatched Mohammad Reza Bahrami, director-general for South Asia at the foreign ministry. ...

Gallery

Photo

Film

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.