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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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Iran Executes Two Men Found Guilty of Espionage for Israel’s Mossad
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Iran Executes Two Men Found Guilty of Espionage for Israel’s Mossad

Saturday 2 May 2026
military installations and paid others to commit sabotage, including setting fire to ATMs, and was convicted of muharebeh (waging war against God). Bekrzadeh, based on documents and evidence, visited multiple sensitive Iranian infrastructure sites across the country. He provided the Israe ...
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Intel. Ministry Neutralizes 4 Terrorist Cells in SE Iran
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Intel. Ministry Neutralizes 4 Terrorist Cells in SE Iran

Tuesday 19 May 2026 ،
military training—before they could carry out any action. Security forces also seized a significant weapons cache at their hideout, including a DShK heavy machine gun, two RPG-7 launchers with rockets, an M4 rifle, five AK-47s, six handguns, two military binoculars, and a large amount of ammun ...
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Pakistan’s Growing Military-Security Influence in Arab World
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Pakistan’s Growing Military-Security Influence in Arab World

Wednesday 10 June 2026 ،
military muscle, is steadily emerging as an active player in the Arab world’s security calculus. This trend has now reached Lebanon, potentially opening a new chapter in Pakistan’s regional role. It is against this backdrop that Lebanese Army Commander General Rodolph Haykal’s vis ...
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World Militaries Copying Iran Model for Drone Power
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World Militaries Copying Iran Model for Drone Power

Saturday 27 June 2026 ،
military confrontation. For many world armies, it was a grand training ground. One of the key lessons of this conflict was the decisive role of the drones in the modern warfare, something now pushing many countries to fast develop their drone power. South Korea is the latest example of this shiftin ...
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US Ground Offensive likely, Trump’s Ultimate Strategy Is Containing China: Expert
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US Ground Offensive likely, Trump’s Ultimate Strategy Is Containing China: Expert

Thursday 16 July 2026 ،
military launched massive attacks on civil and urban facilities in the coastal Iranian cities in the south. These actions can usher in a new sea or air confrontation, and war can expand to have ground aspects. Additionally, there are intelligence reports that Iranian separatist groups concentrated ...
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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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Pakistan-Kuwait Defense Agreement and Its Geopolitical Aspects
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Pakistan-Kuwait Defense Agreement and Its Geopolitical Aspects

Thursday 30 July 2026 ،
military support and expertise, while Pakistani wants economic benefits and regional influence. Alwaght- Kuwait's royal order for ratification of the security agreement with Pakistan three years after signing the draft agreement amid current sensitive regional conditions has drawn many analyses ...
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Iran’s Army on Full Alert Against Potential Ground Threats
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Iran’s Army on Full Alert Against Potential Ground Threats

Sunday 9 August 2026 ،
military ground presence on Iranian soil would be met with a severe response ALWAGHT- The commander of Iran’s Army Ground Forces warned that any US military ground presence on Iranian soil would be met with a severe response, stressing that the force remains fully prepared to confront and repe ...
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Khatam Headquarters Merged with Armed Forces General Staff in Major Iranian Military Reform
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Khatam Headquarters Merged with Armed Forces General Staff in Major Iranian Military Reform

Tuesday 11 August 2026 ،
military command structure. The Khatam Headquarters was established in 1984 during the Iran-Iraq War to coordinate Army and IRGC operations, while the General Staff evolved from the Supreme Commander’s Staff into the armed forces’ main strategic coordinating body. The two institutions r ...
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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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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.