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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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Big Absentee of Mecca Agreement: Why Did Egypt not Join Saudi Defense Pact?
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Big Absentee of Mecca Agreement: Why Did Egypt not Join Saudi Defense Pact?

Saturday 8 August 2026
nuclear deterrence. Published analyses of the Mecca deal have underscored precisely this realignment of military power, a different blend of assets than the old Arab order. Egypt, by contrast, has chosen, for now, to stay on the sidelines of the tripartite defense commitment, keeping its options op ...
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Mecca Agreement Could Suggest US-designed Regional Order a Failure Story
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Mecca Agreement Could Suggest US-designed Regional Order a Failure Story

Wednesday 12 August 2026 ،
nuclear-armed nation in the Muslim world. And Saudi Arabia brings deep financial reserves and the ability to acquire cutting-edge weaponry. If this agreement coalesces into a coherent military framework, that combination of assets could fundamentally reshape the regional balance of power. The pact ...
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60-day Ceasefire Ends: What Do Western and World Media Say about Trump’s Dilemma?
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60-day Ceasefire Ends: What Do Western and World Media Say about Trump’s Dilemma?

Friday 21 August 2026 ،
nuclear weapons. Instead, the war continues, the Strait remains closed, and the economic and political costs at home are mounting. The prolonged standoff, the paper warned, risks casting Trump as the steward of a war that undercuts one of the core pillars of his political identity. CNN, meanwhile, ...
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Amid Transforming Muslim Political Power in the US, AIPAC is Declining
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Amid Transforming Muslim Political Power in the US, AIPAC is Declining

Thursday 27 August 2026 ،
nuclear deal fight, when AIPAC threw its weight behind Benjamin Netanyahu's campaign against the accord, putting it on a collision course with the Obama administration. Then came Trump's presidency and the 2018 withdrawal from the nuclear agreement, which widened the rift within the Democra ...
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Iran Warns IAEA Against Expecting Routine Nuclear Inspections Amid Security Threats
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Iran Warns IAEA Against Expecting Routine Nuclear Inspections Amid Security Threats

Thursday 10 September 2026 ،
nuclear stockpiles without prior consent, warning that such disclosures could expose nuclear facilities to further attacks. It accused the IAEA Board of Governors of being politically influenced by the US and European states. Iran blamed the collapse of the previous Cairo agreement on the confronta ...
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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 ،
nuclear power. Yet, if Damascus joins this pact, the arrangement shifts from a defense cooperation among three states into a mechanism with a member sitting directly in one of the region's principal conflict zones. Syria, unlike Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, lies in the immediate vicinity of the ...
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Oman Meeting of Regional Foreign Ministers Canceled at Saudi Arabia’s Request
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Oman Meeting of Regional Foreign Ministers Canceled at Saudi Arabia’s Request

Monday 14 September 2026 ،
nuclear chief and said Tehran had summoned Austria’s chargé d’affaires, while describing a captured US unmanned underwater vehicle as legitimate spoils of war.
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Atlantic Gap in the Final Stage
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Atlantic Gap in the Final Stage

Sunday 20 September 2026 ،
nuclear guarantor and strategic backstop role. Germany, Italy and Spain are slated to absorb the deepest cuts, according to reports, with some troops likely repositioned to NATO's eastern flank, a shift underscored by Trump's announcement of progress toward establishing a permanent US milit ...
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Araghchi Sets Out 7-Day Hormuz Reopening Plan Tied to US Compliance
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Araghchi Sets Out 7-Day Hormuz Reopening Plan Tied to US Compliance

Saturday 26 September 2026 ،
nuclear program, stressing Tehran’s commitments under the NPT and IAEA safeguards. On Hormuz, Araghchi said disruptions resulted from foreign military operations and argued that normal shipping cannot resume without credible guarantees against renewed aggression. He said an earlier mechanism ...
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Syriafication of Sahel Region: Powers Wrestling to Redefine Strategic Foothold
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Syriafication of Sahel Region: Powers Wrestling to Redefine Strategic Foothold

Tuesday 29 September 2026 ،
agreement in 2022 to build two joint textile spinning plants in Bamako and Koutiala, creating roughly 5,000 jobs. China is money, Russia is muscle The contrast between the two models of influence can be summed up in a phrase: China supplies money and infrastructure, Russia supplies security and mi ...

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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.