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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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Iranian President Meets Leader to Discuss Major National Issues
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Iranian President Meets Leader to Discuss Major National Issues

Sunday 9 August 2026
future measures, particularly in the defense sector. The two also discussed strategies for securing resources, managing monetary and energy expenditures, and expanding economic engagement with foreign partners. Pezeshkian began his presidency on July 28, 2024, with his first two years marked by dom ...
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Iraq’s Marathon to Break Out of Cabinet Posts Uncertainty
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Iraq’s Marathon to Break Out of Cabinet Posts Uncertainty

Monday 10 August 2026 ،
future plans for them remain in uncertainty. This comes as Iraq, impacted by regional tensions, is facing an array of political, security, and economic crises and the ruling majority, Shiite Coordination Framework (SCF), is seeking a way to manage these challenges and prevent escalation of crises t ...
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Political Storm Heading to Tel Aviv: From Likud Fracture to Election Scenarios
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Political Storm Heading to Tel Aviv: From Likud Fracture to Election Scenarios

Monday 10 August 2026 ،
future coalition, the most significant being a full military conscription law that would compel ultra-Orthodox Haredi men to serve in the army. This demand, as everyone knows, is a ticking time bomb in any future coalition, it touches one of the most sensitive red lines in Israeli domestic politics. ...
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Strait of Hormuz Stalemate: Geography Logic Beats Military Power
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Strait of Hormuz Stalemate: Geography Logic Beats Military Power

Monday 10 August 2026 ،
future of the international order. Meanwhile, Oman has become as a crucial player. Muscat has carefully maintained ties with both sides over the years, and is now leveraging that position to try to restore a non-belligerent status in the region. The fact that both Tehran and Washington trust Oman h ...
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Restructuring Iran’s Military Command: Show of Stability amid War
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Restructuring Iran’s Military Command: Show of Stability amid War

Tuesday 11 August 2026 ،
future and negotiations to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. In their coverage, multiple media outlets underscored that several of the commanders officially named today had effectively been serving in their posts for months, yet their formal appointment orders had remained pending until now. Media focu ...
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Iraq Disarming Project: End of a Security Order or Start of Home Confrontation?
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Iraq Disarming Project: End of a Security Order or Start of Home Confrontation?

Tuesday 11 August 2026 ،
future remain uncertain, somd of them can be recruited by underground networks, criminal groups, or smaller armed groups. So, economic integration is as important as security integration. In this context, the cost the government bears for absorbing, retraining, and employing former fighters is real ...
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Hormuz not to Reopen until Assassination, Blockade, and War End
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Hormuz not to Reopen until Assassination, Blockade, and War End

Tuesday 11 August 2026 ،
future of the Strait of Hormuz and the mediators are pushing to defuse tensions between the US and Iran, regional security equations enter a new stage. From Tehran's conditions to normalize the transit status in the Strait of Hormuz to the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait developments to the rise of new def ...
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Mecca Agreement Could Suggest US-designed Regional Order a Failure Story
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Mecca Agreement Could Suggest US-designed Regional Order a Failure Story

Wednesday 12 August 2026 ،
future, its capacity to upend the region's security equations and constrain Israeli influence would only grow, a trajectory running directly counter to US objectives in the region. For the Trump administration, one of the foremost goals has been to expand the Abraham Accords and bring Saudi Ara ...
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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 ،
future conflicts. The air-defense picture is equally grim. According to Reuters, between February and July, the US consumed about 65 percent of its Patriot interceptor inventory, leaving fewer than 850 missiles on hand. And this is not just an Iran-war problem. Washington must simultaneously keep e ...
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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 ،
future travel. The secret exit from Turkey made one thing clear: Iranian threats against Trump are no longer rhetorical. They have become hard data, real variables in the threat matrices that shape presidential movement. And that shadow, by all indications, is now cast permanently over every foreig ...

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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.