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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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Emerging Reports of Damage to US Bases Explain Why Trump Demanded Ceasefire
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Emerging Reports of Damage to US Bases Explain Why Trump Demanded Ceasefire

Monday 18 May 2026
living costs, especially the fuel, rise in the US, one of the constant criticisms of the opponents of the warmongering of the Trump administration is the damage of the war to the US economy. But while over the past months the focus has been on the heavy spending of the Pentagon and Trump's criti ...
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Security Belts from Lebanon to Syria: Objectives and Consequences of New Israeli Strategy
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Security Belts from Lebanon to Syria: Objectives and Consequences of New Israeli Strategy

Thursday 25 June 2026 ،
living in kibbutzim.  This security redesign has also extended into the regime's foreign policy paradigm. The 2002 Arab Peace Plan was built on land for peace, withdrawal from occupied territories in the West Bank and Gaza in exchange for normalization with Arab states. Today, however, the ...
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Trump’s New Sanctions Plan against Iran Futile, Observers Argue
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Trump’s New Sanctions Plan against Iran Futile, Observers Argue

Sunday 23 August 2026 ،
living under restrictions, Tehran has built up sprawling networks to keep oil exports flowing, money moving, and indirect trade humming. A Middle East Institute analysis points out that Iran has grown increasingly sophisticated at deploying shadow banking, trade intermediaries, cargo reflagging, rou ...
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Why’s the New US Economic Campaign against Iran a Failure Story?
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Why’s the New US Economic Campaign against Iran a Failure Story?

Wednesday 26 August 2026 ،
living under sanctions, banking restrictions, and limited access to dollars for years. So, Washington is not dealing with an economy that is new to sanctions, but it is dealing with a country that has spent years learning how to adapt. From that vantage point, new sanctions mostly raise the cost of ...
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Free Fall in Polls: Iran War Consequences Turn Nightmarish to Trump
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Free Fall in Polls: Iran War Consequences Turn Nightmarish to Trump

Tuesday 8 September 2026 ،
living costs and fuel prices cited as the top drivers of discontent. US war for Israel's security Trump has argued over and over that he began Iran war for the US interests and world peace, but his critics have different opinion. They say that this war serves the strategic aims of the Israeli ...
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Atlantic Gap in the Final Stage
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Atlantic Gap in the Final Stage

Sunday 20 September 2026 ،
living. Alwaght- On Friday, NBC News reported, citing seven current and former US officials, that Pentagon was mulling plans to withdraw military wares, including aircraft, ships, and indeed tens of military personnel from Europe. The move would amount to a reduction of roughly one-third of US force ...
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Trump’s War against the World at UNGA
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Trump’s War against the World at UNGA

Wednesday 23 September 2026 ،
living an array of war and security crises, but instead of going diplomatic to de-escalate the tensions, he once again bragged about the US military power as the main instrument of his administration's foreign policy, at a time his war against Iran has gone nowhere. The US war against the world ...
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From Sara to Yair: Will Netanyahu’s Family Become his Election Achilles Heel?
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From Sara to Yair: Will Netanyahu’s Family Become his Election Achilles Heel?

Thursday 15 October 2026 ،
living and the economic fallout of war, such images may prompt a pointed question: do officials and those closest to them abide by the same standards expected of society at large? The spotlight has also fallen on Yair Netanyahu, the prime minister's eldest son, through the lens of security and ...
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Macron and France Bearing the Fallout of Iran War and Consequent Energy Crisis
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Macron and France Bearing the Fallout of Iran War and Consequent Energy Crisis

Tuesday 20 October 2026 ،
living costs and growing social discontent with public services combined have triggered a new wave of protests, putting the government of President Emmanuel Macron in one of the most difficult political conditions in the closing months of presidency. The surging oil prices and higher living expense ...
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France Tightens Curbs and Threatens Large-Scale Police Deployment Ahead of Demonstrations
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France Tightens Curbs and Threatens Large-Scale Police Deployment Ahead of Demonstrations

Wednesday 21 October 2026 ،
living. Clashes between riot police and demonstrators in Paris involved tear gas and stun grenades, while dozens were reportedly detained and several people suffered serious injuries, including the loss of a hand and an eye. Meanwhile, the country’s main student union, UNEF, has called for fu ...

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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.