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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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Dim Outlook of Israeli Influence in Central Asia: What Does Russian Analyst Say?
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Dim Outlook of Israeli Influence in Central Asia: What Does Russian Analyst Say?

Sunday 26 July 2026
military and financial muscle, opening the door for other players to maneuver. Among them: Israel, which until now had barely registered a presence there. Israel’s push for influence into Central Asia is not just about trade or investment. It fits squarely into what strategists call the &ldqu ...
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Passing of "Ahmad the Japanese": How Were the Japanese Attracted to the Palestinian Cause?
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Passing of "Ahmad the Japanese": How Were the Japanese Attracted to the Palestinian Cause?

Wednesday 29 July 2026 ،
military bases, and capitalism. Out of that ferment emerged a radical faction calling itself the Japanese Red Army, bent on “world revolution.” Okamoto’s older brother, already a left-wing activist, had taken part in the 1970 hijacking of Japan Airlines Flight 351, the so-called Yo ...
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Shadow of Missiles Back on Saudi Oil Empire
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Shadow of Missiles Back on Saudi Oil Empire

Wednesday 29 July 2026 ،
military, but economic infrastructures. Actually, vital arteries of Saudi Arabia have become the main theater of the renewed confrontation. The increased missile and drone attacks on energy installations and announcement of a sea blockade on Saudi Arabia in the Red Sea show that Ansarullah is trans ...
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Unwelcome Guest of White House: How Have Washington-Tel Aviv Ties Taken a Turn for Worse?
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Unwelcome Guest of White House: How Have Washington-Tel Aviv Ties Taken a Turn for Worse?

Wednesday 29 July 2026 ،
military and political pressure on Tehran must persist after the war to ensure Iran cannot rebuild its military and nuclear capabilities. Trump, however, while not taking the military option off the table, is trying to keep a diplomatic channel open to Tehran and avoid being dragged into another bro ...
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Arbaeen Under the Shadow of US Hostilities: What’s Going on in Iraq?
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Arbaeen Under the Shadow of US Hostilities: What’s Going on in Iraq?

Saturday 1 August 2026 ،
military tensions flaring and recent attacks rattling the country, Baghdad is signaling that it can still safeguard the world’s largest religious gathering, and that it will not allow outside conflicts to upend the Arbaeen rites or the millions of Iraqi and foreign pilgrims who converge for th ...
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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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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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An Arbaeen of Vengeance
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An Arbaeen of Vengeance

Friday 7 August 2026 ،
military escalations. Yet the sheer sea of devotees along the roads to the holy city, paired with Iraq’s smooth rollout of security and service plans, once again cemented Arbaeen as the world’s largest annual public gathering. The massive turnout made it clear that neither security scar ...
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Competition of Corridors Amid Hormuz Crisis: Moscow and Tehran’s Winning Card
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Competition of Corridors Amid Hormuz Crisis: Moscow and Tehran’s Winning Card

Friday 7 August 2026 ،
military tensions across the Persian Gulf or the Bab-el-Mandeb has thrust the vulnerability of global supply chains back into the spotlight. Seen through this lens, Russian officials' insistence on alternative routes is far more than a technical or economic calculation. It is a bid for leverage ...
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Yemen Targets Saudi Military Site, Signals New Equation
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Yemen Targets Saudi Military Site, Signals New Equation

Saturday 8 August 2026 ،
military gathering center in Sah al-Jinn with a large number of missiles and drones ALWAGHT- Yemen’s armed forces said they had targeted a Saudi military gathering center in Sah al-Jinn with a large number of missiles and drones, warning that any escalation would be met with a corresponding re ...

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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.