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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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Barrack’s Three Missions in Baghdad: Iraqis Rigid, Americans Frustrated
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Barrack’s Three Missions in Baghdad: Iraqis Rigid, Americans Frustrated

Friday 27 February 2026
troops and assets in Iraq safe. Finally, Barrack's trip is indicative of Washington’s high sensitivity to Iraq's developments and the role of resistance groups in regional dynamics. Remarks by Baghdad's officials and warnings by resistance groups to the Americans made it clear tha ...
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Resistance Camp’s Showdown War against Israel: Hezbollah at the Forefront
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Resistance Camp’s Showdown War against Israel: Hezbollah at the Forefront

Monday 9 March 2026 ،
troops, border clashes, and drone and rocket strikes. In a statement, Mahmoud Qomati, the deputy head of Hezbollah’s Political Council, asserted that the aim of the operations was to force Tel Aviv into commitment to the truce deal signed last year, reporting heavy casualties and damages on t ...
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Ramadan War, Iraq’s Golden Opportunity to Get Rid of US Occupation
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Ramadan War, Iraq’s Golden Opportunity to Get Rid of US Occupation

Wednesday 25 March 2026 ،
troops has been reported to be intense over the past few days. Although the US evacuated most of its bases in various parts of Iraq ahead of the conflict to safeguard its military personnel, relocating to the Al-Harir base in the Kurdistan region, the Victoria military base near Baghdad Airport and ...
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Three Factors behind Collapse of Israeli Air Defense
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Three Factors behind Collapse of Israeli Air Defense

Friday 27 March 2026 ،
troops in the residential areas. So in the coming days, as Iran keeps firing missiles and drones at these targets, the Israelis will see a meaningful rise in the damages and casualties.     
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Boots on the Ground? Trump and His Last Gamble in Iran War
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Boots on the Ground? Trump and His Last Gamble in Iran War

Tuesday 31 March 2026 ،
troops deployment to Iran, but he has much to dissuade him from this decision. Alwaght- About a month after start of the Israeli-American military aggression against Iran with the aspiration of establishing “Greater Israel” through toppling the Islamic Republic and partitioning Iran to s ...
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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 ،
troops and over 4,000 were injured, finally setting a plan to hand over security to the local forces to schedule a final exit. This loss in Afghanistan marked the first crack in the American hegemony and unipolar world order, showing that the great powers can no longer easily foist their will on the ...
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What Are the Consequences of US Kidnapping Iraq’s Resistance Commander?
Analysis

What Are the Consequences of US Kidnapping Iraq’s Resistance Commander?

Tuesday 19 May 2026 ،
troops and scale back security cooperation with Washington. Regional countries' potential role  Perhaps the most sensitive aspect of this case is the ambiguity surrounding where al-Saedi was actually arrested. While the exact details of how this Iraqi commander was taken into custody rema ...
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Israel Conducts New Illegal Raid on Civilian Aid Ships in International Waters
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Israel Conducts New Illegal Raid on Civilian Aid Ships in International Waters

Tuesday 19 May 2026 ،
Israeli naval forces violently hijacked the Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters Monday—a predictable act of high-seas piracy ALWAGHT- Israeli naval forces violently hijacked the Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters Monday—a predictable act of high-seas piracy. Israeli Shaye ...
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Back to Roots: Why’s Hezbollah Re-embracing Guerrilla Warfare in Fight against Israel?
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Back to Roots: Why’s Hezbollah Re-embracing Guerrilla Warfare in Fight against Israel?

Thursday 21 May 2026 ،
troops fleeing military service, with 80 percent of it driven by psychological health problems. The newspaper warned on April 25 in a report that war has left millions of Israelis struggling with psychological damage, and after the war, extensive psychological disorders in this regime have reached ...
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World Outraged by Israeli Treatment of Sumud Flotilla
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World Outraged by Israeli Treatment of Sumud Flotilla

Monday 25 May 2026 ،
troops boarding the ships as activists in life jackets raise their hands in surrender, before the cameras on deck were removed and confiscated. Organizers further allege that Israeli forces opened fire on five of the vessels, damaging several. The release of violent raid images, followed by footage ...

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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.