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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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Ditching Its S-400s, What Will Turkey Do with Defense Challenges against Rivals?
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Ditching Its S-400s, What Will Turkey Do with Defense Challenges against Rivals?

Wednesday 22 July 2026
missile system is a telling confession of the failure of onr of the most important defense projects of Erdogan's government that was meant to enhance Turkish strategic independence, but only ended in limitation of Ankara’s access to Western technology. Return to NATO The developments of ...
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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 ،
missile fire, or sabotage operations. According to the Al-Malouma news, air defense systems and electronic warfare gear have been deployed around key facilities, and unauthorized drone flights have been banned near shrine cities. Security forces have also tightened monitoring of explosive depots and ...
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India, from an Importer of Israeli Arms to Israel’s Strategic Partner
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India, from an Importer of Israeli Arms to Israel’s Strategic Partner

Saturday 1 August 2026 ،
missile defense systems, and intelligence gear. According to data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), India has been Israel’s biggest defense customer in recent years, accounting for roughly one-third of its arms exports. Military contracts between the two coun ...
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Turkey-Israel Face-off in Eastern Mediterranean
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Turkey-Israel Face-off in Eastern Mediterranean

Friday 4 September 2026 ،
missiles and drones. Also a supplementary deal, worth $26 million, for selling Drone Dome air defense produced by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems was signed between the two. The cooperation will also include technology transfer to Greek local industries as part of a joint venture. Deal directed ag ...
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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 ،
missile program, and the so-called Iran proxies in the region align more with the Israeli interests, not those of the US. They maintain that the enormous military and diplomatic support provided to Tel Aviv by Washington, including direct involvement in war, has given rise to a question: Is Trump tr ...
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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 ،
missiles. Many of Russia's recent attacks have been carried out with new jet-powered drones that can reach speeds of 250 miles per hour, making them notoriously hard to shoot down. Now, in part because the US is bogged down in its own war with Iran and the resulting Patriot missile crunch, Ukra ...
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US Subsurface Eye in Iran’s Hands: Washington Surprised Deep in Hormuz
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US Subsurface Eye in Iran’s Hands: Washington Surprised Deep in Hormuz

Thursday 10 September 2026 ،
missiles and ships. Beneath the surface, it has become an intelligence battleground of its own. The US uses underwater vehicles for surveillance, mine-clearing, mapping and intelligence support, while Iran works to detect those systems and, where possible, seize them as spoils. Mastery of Hormuz ...
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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 ،
missile strikes on the American bases in the Persian Gulf have not inflicted meaningful damage on these facilities ovetlr past six months, as the war drags on, new reports emerge to reveal fresh details of the US damage and casualties, to the extent that the White House officials can hardly hide the ...
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Iran’s "Self-sacrificers Exercise": A Strong Public Message to the US
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Iran’s "Self-sacrificers Exercise": A Strong Public Message to the US

Saturday 19 September 2026 ،
missiles, drives, and military forces. Rather, social cohesion makes up a major part of the national power. Therefore, in such a context, popular turnout sends a message to the armed forces, telling that if foreign threats continue, they have a considerable social support at their disposal to rely o ...
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Peshmerga Unification Project: End of a Partisan Military or Start of Redefining Kurdistan Region’s Power?
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Peshmerga Unification Project: End of a Partisan Military or Start of Redefining Kurdistan Region’s Power?

Tuesday 22 September 2026 ،
missile systems could close part of that gap, but acquiring a handful of defense systems does not amount to building a full air-defense network. For real deterrence, the Erbil needs an integrated web of radar, surveillance, command and control, and interceptors, an undertaking that is both costly an ...

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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.