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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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Israel’s Malicious Plots Against Lebanon Will Never Succeed
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Israel’s Malicious Plots Against Lebanon Will Never Succeed

Tuesday 5 May 2026
independence for Lebanon and the region. Sheikh Qassem rejected any notion of a ceasefire in Lebanon, calling it an ongoing US-Israeli aggression, and noted that Israel has violated the truce more than 20,000 times while observing none of its commitments. He insisted that Lebanon will prevail throu ...
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Iraqi Parties Locked in Intense Negotiations for Bigger Cabinet Share as New PM Starts Talks
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Iraqi Parties Locked in Intense Negotiations for Bigger Cabinet Share as New PM Starts Talks

Sunday 10 May 2026 ،
independence from American influence.  These demands come as the resistance groups under Public Mobilization Forces (PMF) now form a critical part of Iraq’s political and security landscape. Many of these factions, formed in 2014 in opposition to the foreign-backed ISIS terrorist group, ...
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From Hegemony to Hormuz: The US Decline and Rise of Multipolar World Order
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From Hegemony to Hormuz: The US Decline and Rise of Multipolar World Order

Monday 18 May 2026 ،
independence, and the Islamic Republic of Iran as a key West Asian player with established control over the Strait of Hormuz and the Axis of Resistance. The day after any future conflict, Iran’s position will not only remain intact, but also it will be cemented as the guarantor of a new regio ...
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Supreme Leader Commemorates Ayatollah Raeisi on Second Martyrdom Anniversary
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Supreme Leader Commemorates Ayatollah Raeisi on Second Martyrdom Anniversary

Wednesday 20 May 2026 ،
independence. The Leader noted that Iran now stands before the historic, unprecedented epic of resistance against two global terrorist armies — an apparent reference to the United States and Israel — placing a heavier burden of responsibility on all Iranian officials. Being thankful for ...
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Is Oman Facing a Repeat of the 2017 Qatar Crisis?
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Is Oman Facing a Repeat of the 2017 Qatar Crisis?

Monday 1 June 2026 ،
independence and chose the path of resistance instead. The outcome was not hard to predict: After a couple of years of tensions and political standoff, the blockaders walked back from a major part of their demands, finally agreeing to a reconciliation in Al-Oula. So, not only Qatar was not weakened ...
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Armenia Parliamentary Election: A Referendum to Choose between East and West
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Armenia Parliamentary Election: A Referendum to Choose between East and West

Thursday 4 June 2026 ،
independence from the Soviet Union in the 1990s. The significance of the election is not limited to determining the composition of the new parliament. It is actually a kind of an indirect referendum about the future path of the Armenian foreign policy and in fact the voters will choose between maint ...
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Strategic Mystery: What’s Driving Al-Sharaa to Keep Russian Military Bases in Syria?
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Strategic Mystery: What’s Driving Al-Sharaa to Keep Russian Military Bases in Syria?

Thursday 4 June 2026 ،
independence, practically avoiding to take part in new constitution and parliamentary election arrangements. The Russians earlier had close ties to the Kurds and can play the role of a guarantor of any deal amid Kurdish growing disrupt in Washington. Russia controlling Syrian skies: Given the sever ...
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Iraq’s Resistance between Maintaining Arms and Handing Them Over: Will the US Project Pan Out?"
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Iraq’s Resistance between Maintaining Arms and Handing Them Over: Will the US Project Pan Out?"

Sunday 7 June 2026 ،
independence of decision-making, and the future of the security structure of the country. As regional tensions and active intervention of foreign actors continue, observers suggest that any decision on the issue should be made within the framework of inclusive dialogue among all political currents a ...
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Four Strategic Messages of Iran’s Missile Strikes at Israel
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Four Strategic Messages of Iran’s Missile Strikes at Israel

Monday 8 June 2026 ،
independence of units. Massive counterattacks to the Israeli airstrikes within an hour signified high speed of decision-to-execution process. Recent wars have shown that one of the enemy’s top priorities in the opening hours of any conflict is disrupting the chain of command and paralyzing de ...
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12-Day War Anniversary: Precious Lessons Used in 40-Day War
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12-Day War Anniversary: Precious Lessons Used in 40-Day War

Wednesday 17 June 2026 ،
independence, and prestige of the Islamic Republic stood more proven than ever before to the nations of the world. Yet amid all this, one of the most critical dimensions and takeaways from the 12-day war, and one well worth revisiting on its first anniversary, lies in the strategic, military, and 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.