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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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Europe’s Diplomatic Hostility to Iran Following Riots Discloses Hidden Intentions
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Europe’s Diplomatic Hostility to Iran Following Riots Discloses Hidden Intentions

Wednesday 14 January 2026
ground for some Western governments’ interventions that ride on waves of violence caused by some vandals and rioters under the name of support to human rights and democracy to intensify their hostile policies against the Islamic Republic of Iran. Though terrorists in many cities ran a campaig ...
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Taliban’s Terrorism Playbook Making Afghanistan an ISIS Breeding Ground
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Taliban’s Terrorism Playbook Making Afghanistan an ISIS Breeding Ground

Tuesday 20 January 2026 ،
ground contributing to realization of the terrorists’ agenda. ISIS and Taliban: What’s behind the scenes? One of the reasons ISIS has bolstered its presence in Afghanistan is the support offered to the terror group by some factions within the Taliban rule. Reports have recently begun ...
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Accountability Demanded for US Actions Against Iran by Foreign Minister Araghchi
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Accountability Demanded for US Actions Against Iran by Foreign Minister Araghchi

Wednesday 21 January 2026 ،
grounds to file cases with competent domestic and international bodies, with Araghchi stressing that The Islamic Republic of Iran will not relinquish the rights of each and every Iranian. The US must be held accountable for its actions.
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With ISIS Inmates Breaking Free, Security Threats Are Back to Iraq
Analysis

With ISIS Inmates Breaking Free, Security Threats Are Back to Iraq

Thursday 22 January 2026 ،
groundwork for achieving sustainable stability and widespread tranquility in Iraq. In such a scenario, terrorist groups will not be able to easily entertain thoughts of destabilizing Iraq in the future, as they will recognize that they are up against a strong security structure that considers itself ...
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Canada’s Pivot to East a Prelue to Collapse of Trans-Atlantic Alliance?
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Canada’s Pivot to East a Prelue to Collapse of Trans-Atlantic Alliance?

Saturday 24 January 2026 ،
ground and tip the scales in favor of the Eastern powers. As a result, with allies of Washington separating ways from it, the US loses its influence on the world stage.
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Will Board of Peace Initiative Lead to Reopening Rafah Border Crossing?
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Will Board of Peace Initiative Lead to Reopening Rafah Border Crossing?

Sunday 25 January 2026 ،
groundwork for repeating the settlement scenario in the West Bank in Gaza, a goal that is entirely contradictory to the reopening of Rafah and the reconstruction of Gaza based on Trump's plan. Israel is also seeking a fundamental change to the historic treaty with Egypt regarding the Philadelph ...
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Tehran Shows No Anxiety as Commanders Are Ready for War
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Tehran Shows No Anxiety as Commanders Are Ready for War

Sunday 25 January 2026 ،
ground and must take a look at history before making a move. They also warned that any attack will be treated as an all-out war. Iran is reportedly ready for the worst-case scenario, with options including targeting American soldiers and narrowing the flow of energy through the Strait of Hormuz to c ...
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Syria’s North Undergoes New Developments as US Stabs Kurds in the Back
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Syria’s North Undergoes New Developments as US Stabs Kurds in the Back

Monday 26 January 2026 ،
ground movement in Jazira and Kobani, two Kurdish cantons in the north. The statement added that monitoring the deployment of forces and military vehicles shows a clear determination for escalation and sinking the region into a new confrontation.  The head of foreign relations for the SDF-affi ...
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Riyadh Meeting and Re-engineering Southern Yemen Dynamics
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Riyadh Meeting and Re-engineering Southern Yemen Dynamics

Tuesday 27 January 2026 ،
ground before talks The Riyadh summit is following an important military development. Over the past few weeks, the Saudi-backed forces launched heavy attacks on the positions of the STC forces and the Hadhrami Elite Forces, who are supported militarily and logistically by the UAE, in Hadhramaut, Sh ...
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Taliban’s New Penal Code Cements Pashtun Rule over Afghanistan
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Taliban’s New Penal Code Cements Pashtun Rule over Afghanistan

Tuesday 27 January 2026 ،
grounding them in the Qur’an, the Sunnah, scholarly consensus, or other authoritative religious sources. Such an approach can, in practice, expose followers of other schools of thought to discrimination and may lead to negative consequences or legal and social restrictions against them. Under ...

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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.