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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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Democrats Label Trump a Fraud
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Democrats Label Trump a Fraud

Wednesday 6 May 2026
lows former Speaker Nancy Pelosi's symbolic 2020 gesture of tearing up Trump's State of the Union speech, citing pervasive falsehoods. Analysts suggest Trump's presidency has been destabilized by contradictory statements on military actions and impulsive decision-making, leading to regio ...
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Iran’s Perplexing and Complex Military Strategy in Strait of Hormuz
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Iran’s Perplexing and Complex Military Strategy in Strait of Hormuz

Wednesday 6 May 2026 ،
lows the country to respond to any foreign threat in a fast and multilayer fashion and minimize the enemy’s possibility to focus on a specific point.  Another key geographic advantage is its possession of numerous islands across this waterway. Strategic islands near the Strait of Hormuz ...
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US Releases 53mn Barrels from Oil Reserve Amid Iran War Fallout
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US Releases 53mn Barrels from Oil Reserve Amid Iran War Fallout

Tuesday 12 May 2026 ،
lowing Iran's effective closure of the strategic Strait of Hormuz since early March. The strait, through which roughly one-fifth of the world's oil and gas shipments pass, remains shut after Iran warned it would target vessels belonging to aggressors or their allies in retaliation for the US ...
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Hezbollah Chief: Resistance Comes at a Lower Cost Than Surrender
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Hezbollah Chief: Resistance Comes at a Lower Cost Than Surrender

Monday 18 May 2026 ،
lower price than surrender. Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem praised the group's drone units for choking the Zionist occupiers, stating that fighters will either remain on the battlefield or achieve martyrdom. He described Hezbollah as confronting a criminal Zionist enemy backed by Ameri ...
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What Are the Consequences of US Kidnapping Iraq’s Resistance Commander?
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What Are the Consequences of US Kidnapping Iraq’s Resistance Commander?

Tuesday 19 May 2026 ،
lows to Iraq's resistance groups, the US has now embarked on its latest and most dangerous gamble yet, one that could push tensions between the two sides to a boiling point. In this latest move, American officials announced they have arrested Mohammad Baqir al-Saedi, a leader of Iraq's Kata ...
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Pipeline VS. Strait: How’s Riyadh Aspiring to Bypass Strait of Hormuz?
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Pipeline VS. Strait: How’s Riyadh Aspiring to Bypass Strait of Hormuz?

Tuesday 19 May 2026 ،
lowing the US-Israeli aggression on Iran has left the fate of one of the most important energy arteries through which 20 percent of the world energy flows in a state of ambiguity for an uncertain time. When Iran announced it took control of the Strait of Hormuz, regardless of how this control is pl ...
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Shadow Fleet: The Story of Iran Beating US Sea Blockade
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Shadow Fleet: The Story of Iran Beating US Sea Blockade

Tuesday 19 May 2026 ،
lowed a vast network of ships to slip past the US blockade in the Strait of Hormuz. Al Jazeera reports that this so-called shadow fleet has successfully evaded some of the pressure from US sanctions and maritime restrictions by concealing ships’ identities and routes. The report outlines sev ...
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Terrifying Hormuz Weapon: The Digital Bomb Lying Beneath the Persian Gulf
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Terrifying Hormuz Weapon: The Digital Bomb Lying Beneath the Persian Gulf

Tuesday 19 May 2026 ،
lower latency than satellite internet. A single cable can transfer hundreds of terabits of data per second. According to the International Cable Protection Committee, one modern fiber in a submarine cable can transmit data equivalent to nearly 150 million simultaneous phone calls at the speed of lig ...
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Potential Agreement with Iran: Washington Frustrated, Tel Aviv Furious
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Potential Agreement with Iran: Washington Frustrated, Tel Aviv Furious

Monday 25 May 2026 ،
low approval ratings at home. As a result, more than six weeks into a ceasefire, some analysts believe Trump faces a difficult choice: accept a potentially flawed deal as a way out, or return to war and risk a longer crisis. It seems, then, that he is looking for an exit from the current impasse in ...
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Shadow of Horror over NATO: Oreshnik Missile Use Sends Message Beyond Ukraine Conflict
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Shadow of Horror over NATO: Oreshnik Missile Use Sends Message Beyond Ukraine Conflict

Thursday 28 May 2026 ،
lower the nuclear threshold. The analytical outcome of such developments is Europe's broader distancing from peace. Ukraine has now proven it can strike deep into Russia and Moscow has given responses beyond conventions. So, not only is ceasefire unlikely, but also risk of war broadening to a d ...

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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.