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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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Africa: Iran’s Strategic Opportunity to Break the Barriers
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Africa: Iran’s Strategic Opportunity to Break the Barriers

Monday 21 September 2026
interests. Africa, the emerging ground of competition  In recent years, competition for presence and influence in Africa has intensified among the world's major powers and regional players, a clear sign of the continent's outsize importance to the future international order. China ha ...
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Araghchi: Israeli Lobby Seeks to Tie US Interests to Israel’s Fate
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Araghchi: Israeli Lobby Seeks to Tie US Interests to Israel’s Fate

Tuesday 22 September 2026 ،
interests more closely with Israel ALWAGHT- Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi accused the Israeli lobby of pushing Washington to align its interests more closely with Israel, following a proposal by a prominent pro-Israel figure to make US financial pressure on Israel carry consequences for th ...
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Elections in Land of Crisis: Netanyahu, Opposition, and Architecture of Israeli Future
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Elections in Land of Crisis: Netanyahu, Opposition, and Architecture of Israeli Future

Thursday 24 September 2026 ،
interests and security by stressing military power, settlement expansion and the growth of territory under Israeli control. From this angle, some of Netanyahu's moves on security and regional policy can be read as an effort to retain right-wing support and shore up his political position in the ...
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From Chips to Iran War: Xi-Trump’s Hard Discussions
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From Chips to Iran War: Xi-Trump’s Hard Discussions

Friday 25 September 2026 ،
interests, and a prolonged war directly undercuts them. The Iran war may therefore figure as a secondary but important item on Xi's trip to the US, alongside the core cases between the two sides.
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Fate of Washington-Erbil Security Pact: The Trump-Kurds Equation
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Fate of Washington-Erbil Security Pact: The Trump-Kurds Equation

Saturday 26 September 2026 ،
interests rather than long-term strategy. What stands out is that Washington's distrust of Kurdish groups is long-standing. During Turkey's military operation in northern Syria, namely Operation Peace Spring, in October 2019, Trump stated flatly that US forces would not be drawn into the fi ...
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Israel’s Opposition Coalition: A Final Nail in the Netanyahu’s Coffin?
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Israel’s Opposition Coalition: A Final Nail in the Netanyahu’s Coffin?

Sunday 27 September 2026 ،
interests for personal gain to cling to power and dodge his domestic woes, a course they say has imposed heavy costs on society and sharpened a sense of insecurity. Corruption charges against Netanyahu also continue to cast a long shadow over his political future, with opponents insisting the prime ...
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Araghchi: Iran ‘Fully Prepared’ for Renewed War with US While Pursuing Diplomacy
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Araghchi: Iran ‘Fully Prepared’ for Renewed War with US While Pursuing Diplomacy

Monday 28 September 2026 ،
interests. He maintained that a negotiated settlement based on dignity, justice, and Iran’s rights remained the only path forward, while warning that Tehran was prepared for further confrontation if hostilities resumed.
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Iran Flights Embargo and Test of Iraq’s Sovereignty
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Iran Flights Embargo and Test of Iraq’s Sovereignty

Monday 28 September 2026 ،
interests in its relationship with Iran, but also can can bear witness to the submission to the American pressures, which signals weakness of of national sovereignty of Iraq.  In this context, Iraqi political figures and groups, including former Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi, Faleh al-Khazal ...
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Syriafication of Sahel Region: Powers Wrestling to Redefine Strategic Foothold
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Syriafication of Sahel Region: Powers Wrestling to Redefine Strategic Foothold

Tuesday 29 September 2026 ،
interests, and signs suggest a king of complementariness between the two approaches is in the making. Sahel, power vacuum and Russian opportunity The developments of 2023 in the Sahel, above all the coup in Niger, laid bare a deep crisis in the region's established security order. The military ...
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Power of Resistance Forced the US Out of Iraq: Expert
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Power of Resistance Forced the US Out of Iraq: Expert

Friday 2 October 2026 ،
interests, and whenever they see conditions as favorable, they completely cross red lines and trample all their commitments. Therefore, even now we see that from a military standpoint, Iraq's territorial space is still at US disposal, and the Americans and their allies easily exploit this count ...

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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.