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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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Will Hezbollah Alter Dahieh-Haifa Equation?
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Will Hezbollah Alter Dahieh-Haifa Equation?

Saturday 9 May 2026
leaders, including the martyred secretary-general Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, repeatedly made this point in their speeches: in an all-out war with the Israeli enemy, hundreds of thousands of settlers would be displaced. Today, the northern regions are showing early signs of that scenario slowly becomin ...
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US Intel Agencies Affirm Iran Is Not Pursuing Atomic Bombs
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US Intel Agencies Affirm Iran Is Not Pursuing Atomic Bombs

Saturday 9 May 2026 ،
leadership would strengthen hardliners and that Iran would target US bases and shut the Strait of Hormuz if attacked. However, Kent asserted that the narrative and agenda pushed by Israel overruled these professional assessments and forced us into this war. Kent resigned from his post in March to p ...
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US Confiscates Enriched Uranium from Venezuela
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US Confiscates Enriched Uranium from Venezuela

Sunday 10 May 2026 ،
leadership. The removal was coordinated with Venezuela's Ministry of Science and Technology, following the reboot of US-Venezuela relations after Washington detained President Nicolas Maduro in January on narcoterrorism allegations. The uranium originated from a Cold War-era civilian reactor est ...
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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 ،
leaders on Sunday rank among the most significant political moves. In Erbil, al-Zaydi met with Masrour Barzani, head of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), Nechirvan Barzani, president of the region, and Masoud Barzani, leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), aiming to lay the groundwo ...
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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 ،
leadership. This situation shows that the Lebanese government, particularly President Joseph Aoun and Nawaf Salam, is influenced by pressure from factions aligned with the United States, the Israeli regime, and certain Arab countries, and is attempting to pursue a new direction in Lebanon's fore ...
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Just Weeks of Commercial Oil Left, IEA Head Cautions
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Just Weeks of Commercial Oil Left, IEA Head Cautions

Tuesday 19 May 2026 ،
leaders' meeting in Paris that strategic oil reserves are not endless. He warned that commercial oil inventories are declining rapidly and will only last several weeks, especially as spring planting and summer travel in the northern hemisphere increase demand for diesel, fertilizer, jet fuel, an ...
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“We Will Never Surrender to Any Power,” President Declares
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“We Will Never Surrender to Any Power,” President Declares

Tuesday 19 May 2026 ،
leaders. He condemned the assassination of Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei as unjust and lacking any scientific, legal, or humanitarian justification, and accused Iran's enemies of targeting commanders, ministers, scientists, and students while self-proclaimed defenders of human rights remained si ...
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Why’s Trump Called Off Another Planned Iran Attack?
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Why’s Trump Called Off Another Planned Iran Attack?

Wednesday 20 May 2026 ،
leaders called on him to avoid new escalation, but many say his weak war position cannot be disregarded in his decision. Alwaght- In the last hours of Monday, a message published by the US President Donald Trump surprised all. He in a TruthSocial post said that he had a plan to resume Iran war, but ...
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Moscow: UN Shows Double Standards on Iran; US, Israel Behind UAE Plant Attack
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Moscow: UN Shows Double Standards on Iran; US, Israel Behind UAE Plant Attack

Wednesday 20 May 2026 ،
leadership for verbal acrobatics and false political correctness, demanding clear assessments and concrete steps to prevent threats to nuclear security.
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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 ،
leaders of five Central Asian countries at the White House, a meeting that was interpreted as a serious push by Washington for deeper security foothold, investment on the rare earths, and circumventing China’s influence. Meanwhile, by announcing its joining to the so-called Abraham Accords, wh ...

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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.