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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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Why Hasn’t Oil Friendship with China Worked for Saudis?
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Why Hasn’t Oil Friendship with China Worked for Saudis?

Sunday 2 August 2026
military umbrella. What the current conflict has laid bare, then, is that behind all its tactical political calculations, China is ultimately playing a larger game: one of confrontation and rivalry with the US.
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Iran Warns It Will Use All Means Necessary to Counter US Aggression
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Iran Warns It Will Use All Means Necessary to Counter US Aggression

Sunday 2 August 2026 ،
military actions as unlawful acts contrary to the UN Charter. Iran’s Foreign Ministry accused the United States of violating the UN Charter through what it described as a naval blockade and attacks on military, civilian and infrastructure targets. It said the UN Security Council has failed to ...
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From Oil to Development Road: Obstacles Ahead of Major Iraq-Turkey Agreements
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From Oil to Development Road: Obstacles Ahead of Major Iraq-Turkey Agreements

Tuesday 4 August 2026 ،
military and security dialogue aimed at combating terrorist threats and achieving a region entirely free of terrorism. The Turkish leader stressed that the signing of a number of agreements with Iraq marks a historic step in the bilateral partnership, particularly in the energy sector. He noted tha ...
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Bombing in Lebanon, Talking in Italy: Why Does Negotiating with Tel Aviv not Work?
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Bombing in Lebanon, Talking in Italy: Why Does Negotiating with Tel Aviv not Work?

Wednesday 5 August 2026 ،
military presence in several strategic areas and hilltops, conditioning any pullback on new security terms and on the disarmament of Hezbollah resistance movement.  For its part, the Lebanese army has said that Israel’s continued operations and strikes are directly hindering the full dep ...
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Mecca Agreement: Seeking Security in Mirage of a Sunni Bloc
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Mecca Agreement: Seeking Security in Mirage of a Sunni Bloc

Saturday 8 August 2026 ،
military coalitions, Saudi Arabia is eyeing a more limited and more cohesive bloc of three states with various capacities. Saudi Arabia with its financial strength, Pakistani with its military and nuclear capacity, and Turkey with its defense industries and operational capabilities fit this bloc. W ...
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Big Absentee of Mecca Agreement: Why Did Egypt not Join Saudi Defense Pact?
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Big Absentee of Mecca Agreement: Why Did Egypt not Join Saudi Defense Pact?

Saturday 8 August 2026 ،
military attack on one member of the new bloc will be regarded as an attack on the three members.  This agreement, indeed, has a background. Pakistan and Afghanistan signed a 2025 mutual defense deal and the new deal actually adds Turkey to a broader one. However, one party looks highly missin ...
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Iran FM Spox: Israel Is Region’s ‘Greatest Security Threat’
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Iran FM Spox: Israel Is Region’s ‘Greatest Security Threat’

Monday 10 August 2026 ،
military aggression against Iran rather than any dispute with Oman. He said negotiations with Oman over a safe shipping route were a bilateral matter and that reopening the waterway would depend on ending the US naval blockade and addressing what Iran considers Washington’s illegal actions. B ...
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Iraq Disarming Project: End of a Security Order or Start of Home Confrontation?
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Iraq Disarming Project: End of a Security Order or Start of Home Confrontation?

Tuesday 11 August 2026 ،
military crackdown. More likely, Baghdad will apply pressure in graduated steps, escalating methodically rather than all at once. The first phase will be resorting to political and legal pressure. The government will try to put the opposed groups in a situation where continuing armed activities wil ...
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Iraq’s Weapons Restriction: A Project with Aspects beyond Simply Disarming Resistance Groups
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Iraq’s Weapons Restriction: A Project with Aspects beyond Simply Disarming Resistance Groups

Saturday 15 August 2026 ،
military forces, to armed groups affiliated with political factions and tribes. From this perspective, al-Zaydi government's project is not a simple operation for disarming a number of armed groups, but an effort to redefine the relation of the government with the society, tribes, Kurdistan reg ...
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West Bank Raids by Israeli Forces Leave Child Injured
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West Bank Raids by Israeli Forces Leave Child Injured

Saturday 15 August 2026 ،
military operations and repeated incursions across Palestinian communities. In Qalqilya, Israeli forces raided homes in the city and nearby Fara'ata, shooting a Palestinian child in the foot and detaining a Palestinian woman. Raids also took place in Salfit, Nablus, and Jenin, where forces sear ...

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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.