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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
future, military influence in the region, Eastern Mediterranean, and region's security formation. However, some analysts suggest that in the current conditions, Ankara does not seek to engage directly in war, rather, it seeks to activate a combination of legal, diplomatic, economic, abs military ...
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Regional-Palestinian Backing Prevent Hamas Elimination from Gaza Dynamics
Analysis

Regional-Palestinian Backing Prevent Hamas Elimination from Gaza Dynamics

Tuesday 25 August 2026 ،
future. Alwaght- Three years after the bloody Gaza war and the substantial crime the Israeli regime committed with the Western support against people of this Palestinian enclave, signs of failure of the plot they hatched against Hamas in Gaza are emerging day by day. The latest sign of this reality ...
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Final Tehran-Muscat Mechanism for Strait of Hormuz: US not in Agreement
Report

Final Tehran-Muscat Mechanism for Strait of Hormuz: US not in Agreement

Wednesday 26 August 2026 ،
future of administration of the strait, establishing a data sharing mechanism, traffic management, and providing maritime and security services will continue. Rise of regional mechanism Official reports in Tehran confirm that both sides underscored the importance of joint talks with regional count ...
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Amid Transforming Muslim Political Power in the US, AIPAC is Declining
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Amid Transforming Muslim Political Power in the US, AIPAC is Declining

Thursday 27 August 2026 ،
future direction. Third: Resistance of the weak to the strong The new current criticizing Israeli, which has slose bonds to the student and political movements supporting Palestinian rights, has never gained a place as strong as now in the past elections. But the push to quell student protests and ...
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Syrian Kurds after SDF Dissolution: Between Integration and Maintaining Influence
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Syrian Kurds after SDF Dissolution: Between Integration and Maintaining Influence

Friday 28 August 2026 ،
future remains a question. Alwaght- After months of clashes, talks, and inconclusive agreements between Syrian government led by Ahmad al-Sharaa and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the two sides finally struck a deal on the country's most controversial issue, namely the fate of Kurdish milit ...
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UN to Choose New Chief: Why’s Tel Aviv Worried?
Report

UN to Choose New Chief: Why’s Tel Aviv Worried?

Sunday 30 August 2026 ،
future of aid to Palestinians. Given that backdrop, it is hardly surprising that Tel Aviv is keen on a successor who would strike a different tone, someone, from Israel's perspective, less inclined to criticize its actions. After the Security Council's first informal straw poll, Israel' ...
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US-Venezuela Oil Deal: Trump Feigning Achievement to Cover up Losses
Paper

US-Venezuela Oil Deal: Trump Feigning Achievement to Cover up Losses

Sunday 30 August 2026 ،
future deals will be structured and monitored. When all is said and done, the likeliest winners here are private companies and Trump's business allies. For the American consumer, the takeaway appears to be the same as ever: hunker down, absorb the economic pain, and wait, perhaps for years, unt ...
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Big Blow to the Heart of US Spying System in West Asia
Report

Big Blow to the Heart of US Spying System in West Asia

Tuesday 1 September 2026 ،
future combined-arms attacks, and Washington faces a grueling strategic and financial slog to fully restore its operational and intelligence footprint in West Asia.
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Radical Settlers: Netanyahu’s Yesterday Allies, Today’s Headache
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Radical Settlers: Netanyahu’s Yesterday Allies, Today’s Headache

Thursday 3 September 2026 ،
future. Seen through that lens, Ben-Gvir and the settler movement are not just an ideological constituency for Netanyahu, they are gears in his electoral machine and pillars of his coalition architecture. That is precisely why his response to settler violence has been, at least in most cases, far ...
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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 ،
future of the region's security order have all placed the two sides in increasingly adversarial positions. In this climate, Tel Aviv no longer views Turkey as merely a political critic but as a long-term strategic competitor, just as Ankara sees Israeli growing footprint on its periphery as part ...

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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.