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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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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
influence inside the Kurdistan Region’s own structures, including the local parliament. The PUK is now working to lock in more political coordination with the SCF in Baghdad, aiming for a bigger role in the next government. By securing several ministries in the cabinet, it hopes both to boost ...
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Lebanese PM’s Damascus Visit: Is a Plot against Lebanon Brewing from Syria?
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Lebanese PM’s Damascus Visit: Is a Plot against Lebanon Brewing from Syria?

Sunday 10 May 2026 ،
influence of fast-moving regional developments more than any other time, and the scope of clashes between Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Israeli regime is broadening on a daily basis, the critics of the Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam argue that the government, instead of focusing all of its capa ...
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Red Sea to Strait of Hormuz: The Unraveling of American Hegemony
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Red Sea to Strait of Hormuz: The Unraveling of American Hegemony

Monday 11 May 2026 ،
influence. Following comprehensive deterrent operations, Iran has emerged as a power capable of reshaping security and economic dynamics in the world's most vital energy arteries, undermining the Western hegemonic system and redefining maritime navigation and naval control. Yemeni military expe ...
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What’s Behind Tel Aviv’s Push to Abolish the Oslo Accord?
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What’s Behind Tel Aviv’s Push to Abolish the Oslo Accord?

Monday 11 May 2026 ،
influenced by the United States, particularly Trump's America First policy of violating treaties and disregarding international norms—a dangerous precedent that has given the regime false confidence. Western silence on International Court of Justice rulings, along with inaction on reports ...
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Strait of Hormuz, the Field Determining the War of Wills
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Strait of Hormuz, the Field Determining the War of Wills

Tuesday 12 May 2026 ،
influence the Strait of Hormuz, this standoff will persist in various forms. What has taken place is a reaffirmation of a basic truth and it is that in the security equations of this key waterway, Iran is not a marginal actor but the main and decisive one. 
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Pipeline VS. Strait: How’s Riyadh Aspiring to Bypass Strait of Hormuz?
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Pipeline VS. Strait: How’s Riyadh Aspiring to Bypass Strait of Hormuz?

Tuesday 19 May 2026 ،
influence over the Persian Gulf, these new routes could just as easily become targets themselves. Persistent pressure on Persian Gulf energy infrastructure could force regional countries to step up partnership in pursuit of broader diversification. This is the point where the need for larger player ...
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Carlson: Trump Surrenders His Position to Netanyahu
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Carlson: Trump Surrenders His Position to Netanyahu

Wednesday 20 May 2026 ،
influence — and that Israel, through its genocidal actions, has lost all moral legitimacy and cannot be called a democracy. American conservative commentator Tucker Carlson has sharply criticized US military aid to Israel, arguing that the Israeli regime has lost its moral ground due to high ...
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Fact-check: Have China and Russia Left Iran Alone in Confrontation of the US?
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Fact-check: Have China and Russia Left Iran Alone in Confrontation of the US?

Saturday 23 May 2026 ،
influence in the region. These collaborations make it clear that Washington’s repeated threats have so far failed to block Iran’s strategic proximity to Russia and China. On the contrary, mounting US pressure seems to have pushed this Eastern triangle toward deeper, behind‑the‑scenes ye ...
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Eurasia Amid Iran War: Economy, Security and Rivalry of Corridors
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Eurasia Amid Iran War: Economy, Security and Rivalry of Corridors

Sunday 24 May 2026 ،
influenced by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz are Eurasia and Central Asia. Countries of these regions, though may be far away from the battleground, but due to their geopolitical, economic, and transit relations with Iran naturally are exposed to the outcomes of the tension. Unlike its turbule ...
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Potential Agreement with Iran: Washington Frustrated, Tel Aviv Furious
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Potential Agreement with Iran: Washington Frustrated, Tel Aviv Furious

Monday 25 May 2026 ،
influence, and make regime change easier. But there is no evidence that any of these objectives have been achieved, and many analysts say they are unlikely to be realized. Even Trump’s stated primary goal, to block Iran’s building of nuclear weapons, remains unfulfilled. Anger in Israe ...

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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.