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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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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
lower than the likelihood of Tehran escalating its response. International Crisis Group: Pressure without seeking an exit is futile Ali Vaez, the Iran project director at the International Crisis Group, has offered a stark assessment of Trump's new policy, warning that Washington is effectivel ...
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Twilight of US Hegemony: Decline Felt at Home
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Twilight of US Hegemony: Decline Felt at Home

Monday 24 August 2026 ،
lowest troop levels since 2003, and shell out $5 billion in reconstruction costs. But more troubling for Washington is the collapse of the 45-year-old Carter Doctrine, a seismic warning shot. Trump, who never wanted to be Carter, now finds himself trapped in Carter’s fate. The Financial Times ...
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Six Months of Iran War: The Costs for the US
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Six Months of Iran War: The Costs for the US

Saturday 29 August 2026 ،
low.  7,900 martyred in war According to the latest official figures cited by Al Jazeera, at least 7,900 people have been killed in Iran, Lebanon, and the Persian Gulf states since the American-Israeli war began on February 28 on Iran.  Of that total, 4,350 have died in Lebanon, 3,527 i ...
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US Claims Control of Majority of Venezuela’s 65 Billion Barrels of Oil
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US Claims Control of Majority of Venezuela’s 65 Billion Barrels of Oil

Saturday 29 August 2026 ،
lows weeks of negotiations over long-term US access to Venezuelan oil. Caracas is expected to approve agreements covering 17 major oilfields in the Orinoco Belt and Lake Maracaibo, though the proposed arrangements could face constitutional and legal obstacles. Washington says increased Venezuelan c ...
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UN to Choose New Chief: Why’s Tel Aviv Worried?
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UN to Choose New Chief: Why’s Tel Aviv Worried?

Sunday 30 August 2026 ،
lowed by Guyana’s Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett and Rafael Grossi, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency. For Israeli officials, the outcome of this selection process appears to carry especially high stakes. Why does UN chief election matter for the Israeli regime? Whil ...
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US-Venezuela Oil Deal: Trump Feigning Achievement to Cover up Losses
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US-Venezuela Oil Deal: Trump Feigning Achievement to Cover up Losses

Sunday 30 August 2026 ،
lown political headache for Trump. The failure to force Iran into military submission, combined with the administration's inability to tame energy markets, has only tightened the squeeze. Trump fears that by November's midterms, this toxic mix could cost Republicans dearly. The polling bear ...
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Iran and Pakistan at Cooperation Crossroads: Opportunities, Barriers, and Proposals to $10-Billion Trade Volume
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Iran and Pakistan at Cooperation Crossroads: Opportunities, Barriers, and Proposals to $10-Billion Trade Volume

Monday 31 August 2026 ،
lowed by upgrades to border and transport infrastructure. Without that, grand agreements will remain little more than paper exercises. On the military front, relations between the two countries are shaped by two major, and somewhat contradictory, challenges. The first is the fragile security along ...
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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 ،
low-cost and controlled and to insunate that Washington has the upper hand against Tehran. But behind the gesture of calmness, there is an anxious president that is greatly worried about the results of the upcoming midterm elections. He wants to suggest that just contrary to his predecessors, the c ...
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Strait of Hormuz and Iran’s Mode Shift from Reaction to Action
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Strait of Hormuz and Iran’s Mode Shift from Reaction to Action

Tuesday 8 September 2026 ،
low But Tehran's ambition extends far beyond American warships. At the heart of this strategy lies the oil war, and Iran's determination to prevent any end-run around its own restrictions.  In recent months, the US blockade and economic pressure on Iranian oil exports have become cent ...
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Failed Witkoff-Kushner Mission: Ukraine War in Diplomatic Standoff
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Failed Witkoff-Kushner Mission: Ukraine War in Diplomatic Standoff

Wednesday 9 September 2026 ،
low. The talks that started with the US mediation between the two warring sides have stalled after a couple of fruitless rounds and the two sides are still at loggerheads over some issues like territories and the future security arrangements. Even the Washington-backed 20-point peace proposal prese ...

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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.