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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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Hamas Gaza Govt. Dissolution: Aims and Effects
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Hamas Gaza Govt. Dissolution: Aims and Effects

Thursday 16 July 2026
Hamas is handing over government in favor of national unity and to take away one of Israeli excuses. Alwaght- Months after the ostensible end of the war in Gaza, the coastal enclave's reality keeps to be a far cry from the post-war revival promised under the Sharm el-Sheikh agreement and reconst ...
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Araghchi Extends Congratulations to Hamas’ Khalil al-Haya
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Araghchi Extends Congratulations to Hamas’ Khalil al-Haya

Tuesday 21 July 2026 ،
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi congratulated Khalil al-Hayya on becoming the new head of Hamas’ political bureau ALWAGHT- In a message on Monday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi congratulated Khalil al-Hayya on becoming the new head of Hamas' political bureau. Hamas announced o ...
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Al-Hayya Elected Leader of Hamas: Continuing Sinwar’s Path or Starting a New Chapter?
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Al-Hayya Elected Leader of Hamas: Continuing Sinwar’s Path or Starting a New Chapter?

Saturday 25 July 2026 ،
The new leader is believed by Israelis as belonging to a faction of Hamas that insists on resistance to occupation. Alwaght- After a several month temporary administration of Hamas political bureau, the Palestinian movement announced on Monday its new leader, naming a figure familiar to the Israeli ...
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Saudi Arabia’s Vicious Circle of Coalition-Making: What Does Past Experience Tell Riyadh?
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Saudi Arabia’s Vicious Circle of Coalition-Making: What Does Past Experience Tell Riyadh?

Sunday 2 August 2026 ،
Saudi Arabia is repeating a tested and failed experience of announcing a coalition against Yemen’s Ansarullah. It seems it has not learned enough. Alwaght- After two weeks of fruitless airstrikes against Yemen to press Ansarullah resistance movement to withdraw its recently announced sea blockade on ...
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Palestine at the Heart of Islamic World’s Concerns, Says Pezeshkian
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Palestine at the Heart of Islamic World’s Concerns, Says Pezeshkian

Wednesday 5 August 2026 ،
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian stressed that the Palestinian issue, as the primary concern of the Islamic world ALWAGHT- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian stressed that the Palestinian issue, as the primary concern of the Islamic world, has continued to maintain its central position in the fo ...
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Big Absentee of Mecca Agreement: Why Did Egypt not Join Saudi Defense Pact?
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Big Absentee of Mecca Agreement: Why Did Egypt not Join Saudi Defense Pact?

Saturday 8 August 2026 ،
Egypt has structural differences with the new bloc and cannot align itself to structure that harms Muslim unity. Alwaght- The trilateral defense pact among Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan signed recently in Mecca comes as the security crises and war in West Asia have eroded the regional countries ...
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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 ،
Washington may find its power to control regional states fading away. Alwaght- Signing the trilateral defense pact by Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey is not just making a military alliance, rather, it can signal rise of a new security formation in West Asia that at the end of the road would serio ...
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Trump’s Retreat on Gaza: Shifting from Eliminating Hamas to Talking with It
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Trump’s Retreat on Gaza: Shifting from Eliminating Hamas to Talking with It

Tuesday 18 August 2026 ،
Trump seems to be coming to terms with the reality that Hamas is key to any future roadmap for Gaza. Alwaght- Trump's advisor and son-in-law Jared Kushner recently met Hamas in Cairo. This unprecedented meeting of Kushner, as a Trump's envoy to the Middle East, with the leaders of the Palest ...
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Regional-Palestinian Backing Prevent Hamas Elimination from Gaza Dynamics
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Regional-Palestinian Backing Prevent Hamas Elimination from Gaza Dynamics

Tuesday 25 August 2026 ،
Hamas support at all levels is growing further, ensuring it leading role in Gaza 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 hatche ...
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Qalibaf: Resistance Front Stands United Against US Aggression
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Qalibaf: Resistance Front Stands United Against US Aggression

Wednesday 2 September 2026 ،
Iran’s Parliament Speaker said Wednesday that Iran and the Resistance Front remain united in confronting what he called US arrogance ALWAGHT- Iran’s Parliament Speaker said Wednesday that Iran and the Resistance Front remain united in confronting what he called US “arrogance,” warn ...

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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.