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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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Restructuring Iran’s Military Command: Show of Stability amid War
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Restructuring Iran’s Military Command: Show of Stability amid War

Tuesday 11 August 2026
not as routine administrative shuffles, but as part of a broader overhaul and consolidation of Iran’s armed forces command structure in the wake of the recent war, an effort unfolding alongside ongoing deliberations over the conflict’s future and negotiations to reopen the Strait of Horm ...
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Iraq Disarming Project: End of a Security Order or Start of Home Confrontation?
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Iraq Disarming Project: End of a Security Order or Start of Home Confrontation?

Tuesday 11 August 2026 ،
not be seen as a security decision or implementation of an article of the national constitution. If the government of Prime Minister Ali al-Zaydi truly starts the scheduled disarming plan, Iraq will jump in one of its most important periods of redefining political-security structure, a period about ...
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Hormuz not to Reopen until Assassination, Blockade, and War End
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Hormuz not to Reopen until Assassination, Blockade, and War End

Tuesday 11 August 2026 ،
not on the agenda of the Islamic Republic of Iran, unless the Americans fulfill their obligations toward Iran. Traffic in the Strait of Hormuz will return to pre-war conditions only when the shadow of threats, assassination, and naval blockade is effectively lifted, and when Iran can achieve some of ...
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Austrian Journalist Highlights Freedom Flotilla’s Bid to Break Gaza Blockade
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Austrian Journalist Highlights Freedom Flotilla’s Bid to Break Gaza Blockade

Tuesday 11 August 2026 ،
not limited to delivering humanitarian aid but is primarily political, aiming to draw international attention to the situation in Gaza and the impact of the blockade on Palestinians. He emphasized the crew’s determination to continue sailing toward Gaza despite potential interception or confro ...
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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 ،
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 seriously challenge the US and Israeli regime's interests and lofty ambitions.  Signed last week by leaders of the three countries in Mecca, the pact r ...
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Countdown to US-Iran Deal Deadline: Returning to War or Continuing Diplomacy?
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Countdown to US-Iran Deal Deadline: Returning to War or Continuing Diplomacy?

Friday 14 August 2026 ،
not a choice. Alwaght- As we draw closer to expiry of the 60-day agreement between the US and Iran, one question presents itself again: If Washington and Tehran fail to strike a final deal before end of the deadline, what will come next? While the US President Donald Trump has repeatedly talked abou ...
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Iraq’s Weapons Restriction: A Project with Aspects beyond Simply Disarming Resistance Groups
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Iraq’s Weapons Restriction: A Project with Aspects beyond Simply Disarming Resistance Groups

Saturday 15 August 2026 ،
not be reduced to handover of arms or integration of armed groups into the army. Iraq today is one of the most armed societies in the region and arms are distributed in various levels; from the regular army and federal forces to the PMF to the Kurdistan region's Peshmerga paramilitary forces, to ...
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Trump Turkey Escape Scandal: New Life under Shadow of Vengeance
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Trump Turkey Escape Scandal: New Life under Shadow of Vengeance

Saturday 15 August 2026 ،
not only raised sharp questions about just how alarmed American security agencies really were about threats to Trump, it has quickly become a political lightning rod, fueling chatter across media, intelligence circles, and among his detractors. Trump's security scandal for the White House At f ...
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Iran Maintains Control of Hormuz Amid US Claims
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Iran Maintains Control of Hormuz Amid US Claims

Saturday 15 August 2026 ،
not be fully reflected. Western analysts have also questioned Trump’s characterization of “total control,” noting that military presence alone does not guarantee predictable and secure commercial passage. They argue that sustained de-escalation would be needed to restore normal sh ...
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Hezbollah Vows Retaliation for Israeli Attacks
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Hezbollah Vows Retaliation for Israeli Attacks

Saturday 15 August 2026 ،
not leave continued Israeli attacks on Lebanon unanswered, holding Israel and the United States responsible for what it described as violations of Lebanon’s sovereignty. The movement urged the Lebanese government to end what it called humiliating negotiations with Israel and instead focus on ...

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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.