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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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Ukraine Army Desertions Crisis Squeezes Kiev Further
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Ukraine Army Desertions Crisis Squeezes Kiev Further

Saturday 5 September 2026
military overhaul, backed by Western training and equipment. Instead, the brigade was hit by a wave of unauthorized absences and outright desertion. A report by Poland's Centre for Eastern Studies noted that in this brigade alone, cases of AWOL were recorded even during overseas training in Fran ...
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No More Security for the US: Goals and Messages of Iran’s Attack on Titin Base in Jordan
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No More Security for the US: Goals and Messages of Iran’s Attack on Titin Base in Jordan

Sunday 6 September 2026 ،
military bases and infrastructure anywhere in the region is target now. Alwaght- Iran's missile strike on US's Camp Titin in Jordan should not be analysed within framework of a limited retaliatory operation. The main significance of this attack lies in the shift of the geography of the conf ...
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Hormuz Mission, a Two-sided Blade for South Korea
Analysis

Hormuz Mission, a Two-sided Blade for South Korea

Wednesday 9 September 2026 ،
military presence in this country. Saying that South Korea turned down the call for assistance, Trump said: when they're not willing to go for you, you just can't be a stupid person and help them. Since Korean presence in the Persian Gulf would be a declaration of war, Iranian officials hav ...
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Possible Syria Membership to Mecca Pact: What Are Its Geopolitical Challenges and Motivations?
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Possible Syria Membership to Mecca Pact: What Are Its Geopolitical Challenges and Motivations?

Sunday 13 September 2026 ،
military coordination, and reducing members' security dependence on powers outside the region. Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan form the core of this mechanism, and its significance lies in the fact that, unlike traditional regional alliances, it is taking shape outside the direct framework of ...
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Amending Iraq’s PMF Law: Change of Structure or Nature?
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Amending Iraq’s PMF Law: Change of Structure or Nature?

Sunday 13 September 2026 ،
military institution's structure and its security decision-making authority. Sources close to the Coordination Framework stress that the insistence on pushing the law through amounts to turning it into part of a calculated containment process, first reassuring the factions, then inviting them t ...
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Fifth Fleet: From Safe Base to Story of Loss
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Fifth Fleet: From Safe Base to Story of Loss

Tuesday 15 September 2026 ،
military infrastructures in West Asia in Bahrain as Iran decided to hit its operational heart. Alwaght- Though the US President Donald Trump claimed that the Iranian missile strikes on the American bases in the Persian Gulf have not inflicted meaningful damage on these facilities ovetlr past six mon ...
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Ali Al-Taher Capture Toll a Hyperbole, Hezbollah in Proper Conditions: Analyst
Interview

Ali Al-Taher Capture Toll a Hyperbole, Hezbollah in Proper Conditions: Analyst

Wednesday 16 September 2026 ،
military developments. At the meeting, Ahmad Zarean, the think tank's head and a regional affairs expert, elaborated on military developments in Lebanon, the Israeli occupation's strategy in the south, and role of Iran in supporting the Lebanese resistance. Mr Zarean started by pointing to ...
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Power of Resistance Forced the US Out of Iraq: Expert
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Power of Resistance Forced the US Out of Iraq: Expert

Friday 2 October 2026 ،
military presence in West Asia. However, recent American military withdrawal from this country has pushed Iraq's security and defense equations into a new stage. This development, in addition to transferring Baghdad-Washington relations, can affect the role of the Iraqi forces to protect securit ...
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Post-Withdrawal US Security Strategy in Iraq: Five Scenarios
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Post-Withdrawal US Security Strategy in Iraq: Five Scenarios

Monday 5 October 2026 ،
military presence in this country, but it does not mean Washington will abandon its security and strategic role in Iraq and the broader region. Pieces of evidence show that Washington is moving past the old policy of relying on thousands of military forces and dozens of fixed military based as main ...
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Iran Deploys More Than 50 Military Units Along Its Borders, Army Commander Says
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Iran Deploys More Than 50 Military Units Along Its Borders, Army Commander Says

Saturday 10 October 2026 ،
military organization. He said Iran had also prioritized equipping its forces with precision-strike weapons and advanced systems featuring smart and network-enabled capabilities to strengthen combat readiness.

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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.