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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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Israeli Airstrikes Sweep Across Southern Lebanon
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Israeli Airstrikes Sweep Across Southern Lebanon

Wednesday 24 December 2025
lowed heightened Israeli aerial activity earlier in the day, including low-altitude reconnaissance flights over Houmine al-Tahta and circular drone patterns over Zahrani. This escalation is part of a broader pattern of Israeli violations over the past week, including deadly strikes on vehicles in Si ...
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FM Fidan, the Mysterious Man of Turkish Foreign Policy
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FM Fidan, the Mysterious Man of Turkish Foreign Policy

Saturday 27 December 2025 ،
low as possible. Third, there is the ideological-identity layer, expressed in his discourse through a language of humanitarianism and liberation, as seen regarding Syria’s Bashard al-Assad and Israeli regime. This language serves two primary functions: it provides an ethical cover for interve ...
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A Review of Newly Published US National Security Document
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A Review of Newly Published US National Security Document

Monday 29 December 2025 ،
lowing American and Israeli strikes. However, the image of West Asia portrayed in this US national security document does not reflect the region’s reality. The US has outlined four primary objectives in the region: managing energy flows, ensuring the security of the Israeli regime, keeping se ...
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How’s Southern Libya Become a Focal Point in New Russian Strategy?
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How’s Southern Libya Become a Focal Point in New Russian Strategy?

Monday 29 December 2025 ،
low cost. Alwaght- The geopolitical developments of West Asia and North Africa in recent years and especially after fall of Bashar al-Assad of Syria later in 2024 have once again brought to focus on the Russian strategic realignment in these regions. While many Western analysts have expected Moscow ...
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US Invasion of Venezuela: Test of Latin America’s Bolivarin Resistance and Geopolitical Realignment
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US Invasion of Venezuela: Test of Latin America’s Bolivarin Resistance and Geopolitical Realignment

Saturday 3 January 2026 ،
low-flying aircraft over the capital. Video footage showed attacks targeting an airport and an airbase. Explosions and smoke have been reported across the capital, with power outages affecting parts of the city. The Financial Times reports that at least five large Chinook helicopters took part in ...
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White House: US Assessing Military and Non-military Options Concerning Greenland
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White House: US Assessing Military and Non-military Options Concerning Greenland

Wednesday 7 January 2026 ،
low. Behind the scenes, US officials reportedly suggested a preference for purchasing Greenland rather than seizing it by force, though Denmark rejected US claims about foreign threats on the island. Trump has argued that control of Greenland is necessary to counter Russia and China in the Arctic a ...
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What Would Be Iranian Scenarios for a US Military Intervention?
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What Would Be Iranian Scenarios for a US Military Intervention?

Tuesday 13 January 2026 ،
low. In this phase of economic warfare by the West, the focus was on destabilization of the forex market in Iran to cause public discontentment and subsequently develop into riots while people were rightfully protesting the worsening economic conditions. Next stages of the plan were killing people ...
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What’s behind US Military Relocation from Ain Al-Assad to Al-Harir?
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What’s behind US Military Relocation from Ain Al-Assad to Al-Harir?

Tuesday 20 January 2026 ،
lowing the 2003 US invasion, the base rapidly expanded into one of the largest US facilities in the region. Australian forces initially secured the base during the “Operation Iraqi Freedom,” before it was taken over by American troops, becoming the second-largest base in the operation. ...
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Will Board of Peace Initiative Lead to Reopening Rafah Border Crossing?
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Will Board of Peace Initiative Lead to Reopening Rafah Border Crossing?

Sunday 25 January 2026 ،
low of vital supplies, including fuel, food, medicine, and equipment, has been limited to a trickle, far below what is needed in the months following the Sharm El Sheikh agreement. Israeli policy, from opposition to opportunism Despite positive stances and optimism about reopening the Rafah crossi ...
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Taliban’s New Penal Code Cements Pashtun Rule over Afghanistan
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Taliban’s New Penal Code Cements Pashtun Rule over Afghanistan

Tuesday 27 January 2026 ،
lowers of the Hanafi faith as the true Muslims and the followers of other faiths in Afghanistan as heretics. In Islamic fiqh( jurisprudence), the term mubtadi, or innovator, refers to individuals who introduce new doctrines or practices into religion without grounding them in the Qur’an, the ...

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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.