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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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Ghalibaf in Baghdad: Iran-Iraq Ties Strengthened Against Foreign Interference
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Ghalibaf in Baghdad: Iran-Iraq Ties Strengthened Against Foreign Interference

Wednesday 19 August 2026
history, brotherhood, and a common destiny. During the visit, Ghalibaf is expected to meet senior Iraqi officials and politicians and participate in commemorations. He said Tehran and Baghdad would pursue practical steps toward strengthening self-reliant and shared security. The visit comes amid c ...
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Trump’s New Sanctions Plan against Iran Futile, Observers Argue
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Trump’s New Sanctions Plan against Iran Futile, Observers Argue

Sunday 23 August 2026 ،
history. Yet even inside the US, serious doubts are mounting over whether the strategy will actually work. Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent contend that the latest financial crackdown on Tehran will force it to back down. But a growing number of American officials and analysts counter that ...
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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 ،
history of student activism and its outsize academic and political footprint, became ground zero for the upheaval. In April 2024, the university saw the establishment of a solidarity encampment that turned it into one of the movement's nerve centers. The arrest of students and the deployment of ...
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UN to Choose New Chief: Why’s Tel Aviv Worried?
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UN to Choose New Chief: Why’s Tel Aviv Worried?

Sunday 30 August 2026 ،
history with Guterres. Relations between the two sides soured sharply after the Gaza war began in October 2023. Guterres infuriated Israeli officials when he said the October 7 attacks did not happen in a vacuum. The tensions only escalated from there, over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, the fate ...
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US-Venezuela Oil Deal: Trump Feigning Achievement to Cover up Losses
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US-Venezuela Oil Deal: Trump Feigning Achievement to Cover up Losses

Sunday 30 August 2026 ،
history with Venezuela, asserting that his administration had secured majority American ownership of more than 65 billion barrels of proven reserves, at no cost to US taxpayers. “On my orders, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, working closely with Delcy Rodr&ia ...
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Big Blow to the Heart of US Spying System in West Asia
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Big Blow to the Heart of US Spying System in West Asia

Tuesday 1 September 2026 ،
history, and it has left officials scrambling over a stark question: just how ready is US air defense, and at what cost can Washington rebuild its intelligence footprint across the region? Size and unprecedentedness of damages According to the NBC report, Iran's missile and drone strikes over ...
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Bombing of Weddings, the US’s Fixed Pattern of Crimes in the Region
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Bombing of Weddings, the US’s Fixed Pattern of Crimes in the Region

Saturday 5 September 2026 ،
history of such incidents underscores the lethal toll of US military operations on civilian life. 2002, Afghanistan wedding hit by us bombs One of the earliest instances dates back to July 1, 2002, in the Deh Rawod district of Afghanistan, when a US airstrike hit a wedding celebration . A subseque ...
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US Play with Withdrawal Card: Retreat from Iraq under Banner of Strategy Shift
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US Play with Withdrawal Card: Retreat from Iraq under Banner of Strategy Shift

Sunday 6 September 2026 ،
history. Washington previously withdrew its forces in 2011 after eight years of occupation, only to return three years later, in June 2014, with thousands of troops under the pretext of fighting ISIS terrorist organization. Since then, despite repeated Iraqi demands to end the US military presence a ...
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Netanyahu Escapes Foward in Lebanon, Time and Equations in Favor of Axis of Resistance: Expert
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Netanyahu Escapes Foward in Lebanon, Time and Equations in Favor of Axis of Resistance: Expert

Monday 7 September 2026 ،
history of negotiations between the Palestinians and the Israeli regime in agreements such as Oslo, agreements which critics believe were, on multiple occasions, undermined or violated by the unilateral actions of Tel Aviv after they were concluded. Israel's power projection limit Despite nois ...
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Free Fall in Polls: Iran War Consequences Turn Nightmarish to Trump
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Free Fall in Polls: Iran War Consequences Turn Nightmarish to Trump

Tuesday 8 September 2026 ،
history. In its analysis, the AP noted that rising diesel costs could compound electoral troubles for Republicans heading into November. Because diesel is the lifeblood of the freight and delivery network that moves goods across the country, its surge is pushing up transportation costs for a broad s ...

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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.