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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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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
freedom, and abduction. Based on a report by Modern Diplomacy, the move is unlikely to lead to Netanyahu's actual detention, as the execution of an Interpol Red Notice is not automatic, and the organization's regulations impose restrictions on cases that are predominantly political in nature ...
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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 ،
freedom of action in the eastern Mediterranean. Furthermore, Turkish-Israeli competition over energy and maritime borders has doubled the significance of the region. Eastern Mediterranean in recent years has become a hot spot for a rivalry over gas resources, energy transfer lines, and determining ...
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Duel over Sea Blockade: What’s Iran’s New Tactic in Economic War?
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Duel over Sea Blockade: What’s Iran’s New Tactic in Economic War?

Sunday 6 September 2026 ،
freedom of maneuver. This is where the logic of graduated pressure comes into its own. A single strike may not yield a decisive result. But if repeated attacks consistently force US commanders to readjust their defensive posture, pushing warships farther out, stretching supply lines longer, the cum ...
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Fifth Fleet: From Safe Base to Story of Loss
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Fifth Fleet: From Safe Base to Story of Loss

Tuesday 15 September 2026 ،
freedom of action and forced Washington to rethink how it postures its naval forces in the region. With Bahrain base out of service, what does it mean for future American-Iranian confrontation?  With Bahrain base slipping out of the fleet’s operational rotation, the fallout for future U ...
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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 ،
freedom of action strategy, saying: The Zionists have a strategy called freedom of action, under which they claim the right to strike targets they deem threatening at any time and in any place. On that basis, hundreds of attacks against Lebanon continued after the ceasefire.  Hezbollah’s ...
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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 ،
freedom of navigation, tying the war to the defense of the security of the Two Holy Mosques and Hajj pilgrims. This scenario matters in particular for shaping and laying groundwork within segments of Muslim public opinion, namely Pakistan and Egypt. Pakistan and Egypt are the two military powers o ...
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44 Years After Sabra and Shatila, Activists Vow to Continue Resistance
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44 Years After Sabra and Shatila, Activists Vow to Continue Resistance

Sunday 20 September 2026 ،
Under a somber sky, survivors, relatives of those killed, and activists from around the world came together at Sabra and Shatila ALWAGHT- Under a somber sky, survivors, relatives of those killed, and activists from around the world came together at Sabra and Shatila to commemorate the victims and re ...
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Exit from Iraq: US Superpower Image Shattered with a Strategic Defeat
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Exit from Iraq: US Superpower Image Shattered with a Strategic Defeat

Friday 2 October 2026 ،
The US may made tactical gains in early years of war, but it ended up losing strategically as it failed to maintain its hegemonic power. Alwaght- With the announcement that the last American troops have left Iraqi soil on September 30, the case closes on more than two decades of military occupation. ...
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US Ouster from Iraq Prelude to Its Expulsion from the Region: Former Iranian Amb. to Iraq
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US Ouster from Iraq Prelude to Its Expulsion from the Region: Former Iranian Amb. to Iraq

Monday 5 October 2026 ،
freedom from economic dependence on the US Finally, Kazemi Qomi said, the reality is that the US has economic levers and uses them against the Iraqi government, something the people of Iraq and officials do not tolerate. For the Iraqi government to get rid of the dependence in favor of its interes ...
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Israeli Navy: From Protecting Coasts to Addressing Threats in Distant Waters
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Israeli Navy: From Protecting Coasts to Addressing Threats in Distant Waters

Saturday 10 October 2026 ،
freedom of its air and ground forces. This was evident from the very first of the regime's wars. In 1948, its navy still lacked meaningful capacity, and no decisive naval battle ever took shape. Yet maritime control by outside powers made it possible to transfer weapons and forces to occupied P ...

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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.