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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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Trump’s "Project Freedom" a Failure Story
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Trump’s "Project Freedom" a Failure Story

Tuesday 5 May 2026
missiles were fired at a US Navy frigate. American officials tried to project that their freedom-of-navigation operation had succeeded, claiming two American commercial vessels had passed through the Strait of Hormuz without incident. But the IRGC’s public relations office rejected those clai ...
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Iran’s Perplexing and Complex Military Strategy in Strait of Hormuz
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Iran’s Perplexing and Complex Military Strategy in Strait of Hormuz

Wednesday 6 May 2026 ،
missiles and drones at US frigate, likely stunning and bewildering White House officials. Trump, who has shown extreme caution in ordering US warships to approach Iranian waters, apparently had little concern about a tough retaliation from the IRGC or the regular army when he greenlit escort operati ...
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Will Hezbollah Alter Dahieh-Haifa Equation?
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Will Hezbollah Alter Dahieh-Haifa Equation?

Saturday 9 May 2026 ،
missiles and drones. That proximity shortens response times for air defense systems. In such a situation, even limited strikes can leave a massive psychological impact. Hence, the main goal of many recent Hezbollah operations has not been physical damage alone, but rather creating a persistent sens ...
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Red Sea to Strait of Hormuz: The Unraveling of American Hegemony
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Red Sea to Strait of Hormuz: The Unraveling of American Hegemony

Monday 11 May 2026 ،
missiles and drones. Shamsan added that Iran is not merely imposing a selective blockade but working to uproot US hegemony and establish a new maritime order, with Iranian strikes having neutralized 9 to 14 US bases among 288 targeted installations. Shamsan warned of dangerous signals ahead, noting ...
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Strait of Hormuz, the Field Determining the War of Wills
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Strait of Hormuz, the Field Determining the War of Wills

Tuesday 12 May 2026 ،
missiles as well as high-explosive warhead drones and opened fire on enemy destroyers.” American news agencies described the attack as highly intense. CBS reported that the USS Truxtun and USS Mason were hit hard by Iran — describing the assault as more severe and sustained than the att ...
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Paris and London Step into Trump’s Trap Sending Warships to Strait of Hormuz
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Paris and London Step into Trump’s Trap Sending Warships to Strait of Hormuz

Tuesday 12 May 2026 ،
missiles and drones. In other words, its massive attacks on the American military assets in the Persian Gulf were a message of resolution to other Western Western powers that any confrontation will have a heavy price to pay. Just unlike the US, France and Britain have limited presence and military ...
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Just Weeks of Commercial Oil Left, IEA Head Cautions
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Just Weeks of Commercial Oil Left, IEA Head Cautions

Tuesday 19 May 2026 ،
missiles and drones on Israeli-occupied territories and US bases, and shut down the Strait of Hormuz to its enemies and their allies. Tehran introduced stricter controls after President Trump announced a blockade targeting Iranian vessels and ports, insisting that the measures violate a Pakistan-bro ...
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Back to Roots: Why’s Hezbollah Re-embracing Guerrilla Warfare in Fight against Israel?
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Back to Roots: Why’s Hezbollah Re-embracing Guerrilla Warfare in Fight against Israel?

Thursday 21 May 2026 ،
missiles, and compact but lethal tools. In this context, consider the stunning performance of untraceable lightweight fiber-optic drones and anti-tank missiles that have destroyed armored vehicles even when faced with Israel’s Trophy defense system on tanks and armored personnel carriers. 5. ...
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Russia says Oreshnik attack was revenge for Ukrainian ‘terrorist acts’
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Russia says Oreshnik attack was revenge for Ukrainian ‘terrorist acts’

Monday 25 May 2026 ،
missiles, Kinzhal and Zircon hypersonic cruise missiles, various air-, sea-, and ground-launched cruise missiles, and attack drones. In response to a deadly Ukrainian drone strike on a college dormitory in the Lugansk People's Republic that killed 21 people, mostly teenage girls, Russian Presid ...
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Untold Angles of Minab School Crime: Unending Stories of that Black Day
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Untold Angles of Minab School Crime: Unending Stories of that Black Day

Monday 25 May 2026 ،
missiles, Washington rises as the top party to blame for this atrocious missile strike. Ali Niko, secretary of the “1+168” campaign, said in response to recent events in Minab that “what is happening today to innocent children is part of a broader puzzle of organized crimes by the ...

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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.