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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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Three Cases That Brought Pakistan’s Munir to Tehran
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Three Cases That Brought Pakistan’s Munir to Tehran

Wednesday 21 October 2026
ground. Mediation amid collapse of Islamabad agreement As said before, behind the renewed diplomatic push by Pakistan rests the concern over energy crisis, which has become the top priority of the US or better to say Trump. The US president has repeatedly said he has close and even friendly relati ...
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Iraq’s Cabinet Completion: From Winners and Losers to Quota System
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Iraq’s Cabinet Completion: From Winners and Losers to Quota System

Sunday 25 October 2026 ،
grounded in expertise and driven by citizens' needs. He also pledged to cut the number of government advisers, an attempt to answer criticism over rising administrative costs. Whether that commitment holds will depend on how it is implemented and on the powers delegated to the deputies. Two iss ...
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Saudi Arabia vs. Ansarullah: The Neutralized Saudi Conventional Power
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Saudi Arabia vs. Ansarullah: The Neutralized Saudi Conventional Power

Sunday 25 October 2026 ،
ground strikes. The Typhoon is an advanced multirole fighter engineered for both air and strike missions. Beyond fighters, Riyadh fields combat and transport helicopters, reconnaissance aircraft and aerial support systems. Advanced radars, guided munitions and foreign technical support further shar ...
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Istanbul Meeting, A Frustration to Delusion of anti-Iranian Coalition
Analysis

Istanbul Meeting, A Frustration to Delusion of anti-Iranian Coalition

Monday 26 October 2026 ،
grounded in UN resolutions. The statement affirmed the Palestinian people's right to self-determination and to an independent, sovereign, viable and contiguous state along the June 4, 1967 borders. The ministers also condemned settler violence, settlement activity in the West Bank and Al-Quds ( ...
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Netanyahu’s Dangerous Gamble in Iraqi Skies
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Netanyahu’s Dangerous Gamble in Iraqi Skies

Tuesday 27 October 2026 ،
groundwork for a potential strike. Iraq, by virtue of its geographic position between the occupied territories and Iran, could figure in the operational calculus of any long-range air campaign. The repeated military flights along this route, particularly fighter jets accompanied by aerial tankers, ...
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Tehran Summit Changes Regional View of American Role: Expert
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Tehran Summit Changes Regional View of American Role: Expert

Thursday 29 October 2026 ،
ground. If this trend continues, the US may depart from its current position of dominance and step back to a more limited place in regional and international equations, a situation in which Washington will no longer enjoy its past influence and determining level. 
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Oil and Security, Two Drivers of Iraqi PM’s Damascus Visit
Analysis

Oil and Security, Two Drivers of Iraqi PM’s Damascus Visit

Saturday 31 October 2026 ،
ground route of oil transit from Kirkuk to Turkey's Ceyhan port has its own challenges. Over the past years, Iraq and Turkey had major disputes over arbitrary oil transit from Iraq's Kurdistan to Ceyhan and the international court last year voted in favor of Baghdad's case, leading to ha ...
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US Sea Blockade Rendered Ineffective as Iran Runs labyrinthine Circumvention Network
Analysis

US Sea Blockade Rendered Ineffective as Iran Runs labyrinthine Circumvention Network

Saturday 31 October 2026 ،
ground show that reality is a far cry from what the White House claims. Trump recently asserted that under US military control, more oil is now being exported through the Strait of Hormuz than before the war, but the upward trajectory of oil prices shows that global oil supply has shrunk, because i ...
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Political and Social Stalemate Key Feature of Post-election Israel: Expert
Interview

Political and Social Stalemate Key Feature of Post-election Israel: Expert

Monday 2 November 2026 ،
ground politically but also make formation of a new cabinet a difficult job. Addressing this crisis, Andisheh Sazan-e-Nour Institute for Strategic Studies in Tehran hosted ananalytical meeting with the presence of West Asia affairs expert Ahmad Zarean and others to discuss the outcome of election, ...
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Trump and Peospects of Democratic Win in Midterms
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Trump and Peospects of Democratic Win in Midterms

Tuesday 3 November 2026 ،
grounded in acts of Congress. Democrats can scrutinize the legality of those actions, their practical consequences, and how far they square with the president's legal authority. Actually, even if Democrats cannot change administration policy through legislation, Congress's oversight tools c ...

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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.