- US, Israel Strategy for Lebanon Is Failed State
- Protests against Al-Jolani’s Govt. Boil Over in Syria after a Year of Suppressive Rule
- Iran Urges Pakistan to Deepen Strategic Cooperation, Says Security Chief
- Satellite Images Show Israel Strengthening Southern Lebanon Outposts
- Three Killed in Israeli Strike on Gaza as 15 Palestinian Bodies Are Returned
- Hidden DOJ Memo Challenges Trump’s Account of Boat Strike
- Peaceful Protest by Alawites Met with Gunfire From HTS
- Does Larijani’s Pakistan Visit Mean Tehran-Islamabad-Riyadh Alliance on the Way?
- Beirut Assassination: Tel Aviv’s Dangerous Game and Mystery of Hezbollah Response
- Muscat Forum, a Path for Understanding and Convergence in Persian Gulf Region
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Beirut Assassination: Tel Aviv’s Dangerous Game and Mystery of Hezbollah Response Israel is seeking to take Hezbollah into a new confrontation, but the latter has its own calculations and game.
What’s Driven Public Trust in Resistance Factions in Iraq Vote? The Iraqis find effective forces in the resistance groups that do not restrict themselves to military sphere and have worked to stabilize national economy.
Gaza Disability Crisis: A Non-healing Wound Thousands of Gazans have suffered organ amputations, making it hard for them to engage in daily life activities.
Two Blasts Signal Deadly Game in South Asia The Pakistan and India blasts suggest that a new wave of instability is in the making, raising concerns about broader insecurity.
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Protests against Al-Jolani’s Govt. Boil Over in Syria after a Year of Suppressive Rule
Protests demand curbing violence against minorities as militias loyalist to government continue violations.Iran Urges Pakistan to Deepen Strategic Cooperation, Says Security Chief The head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council calls for a renewed strategic partnership with Islamabad
Satellite Images Show Israel Strengthening Southern Lebanon Outposts Satellite images reveal Israel maintains and strengthens military positions in southern Lebanon, a year after its ceasefire with Hezbollah
Three Killed in Israeli Strike on Gaza as 15 Palestinian Bodies Are Returned Gunfire and airstrikes were reported across Gaza on Wednesday as Israel transferred the bodies of 15 Palestinian prisoners under a US-brokered ceasefire
Hidden DOJ Memo Challenges Trump’s Account of Boat Strike Secret DOJ documents outline the rationale for lethal Caribbean boat strikes, at odds with Trump’s stated anti-narcotics policy
Peaceful Protest by Alawites Met with Gunfire From HTS HTS forces fired on mass protests by Syria’s Alawite community in coastal areas, as demonstrators voiced opposition to HTS-led sectarian attacks
Gaza, West Bank Endure Severe Economic Downturn, UNCTAD Reports UNCTAD: Gaza’s economy in historic collapse, West Bank shrinking, recovery could take decades without international aid
Iran and Libya Hold Talks on Bilateral Relations, Regional Issues Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met with Libyan Presidential Council Vice-Chairman Mossa al-Koni in Muscat on Monday to discuss bilateral relations
Araghchi Set for Official Visit to France Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi is set to visit France this week for discussions on bilateral relations and regional and international developments
Haitham Tabatabai, A Principal Architect of Hezbollah’s Military Strength Haitham Tabatabai, Hezbollah’s top military commander and one of its founding members, was martyred in an Israeli airstrike
Larijani Calls for Strategic, Economic Expansion with Pakistan Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, has urged “strategic” ties with Islamabad
OHCHR: Israeli Attacks on Lebanon Violate UN Charter, Constitute War Crimes A UN human rights expert strongly denounces Israel’s persistent strikes on Lebanon, calling them part of a systematic pattern of illegal violence
Israel Conducts New Attacks on Southern and Eastern Lebanon Israel continues to violate the ceasefire in Lebanon without facing consequences
Araghchi, Omani FM Discuss Regional Issues, Ties, And Iran’s Nuclear File During a visit to Muscat on Sunday, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met with Omani Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr Hamad Al Busaidi
Medical Staff Say Gaza Hospitals Are Running Out of Supplies as Israeli Airstrikes Persist Severe shortages reported in area hit by Israeli strikes that have left over 50 dead and more than 100 wounded
IAEA Resolution Expected to Create New Complications, Iran Warns Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson cautioned that the IAEA Board of Governors’ recent resolution against Tehran will add further complications
Kiev Holds Talks with The US In Switzerland on A Potential Peace Agreement Ukraine’s Zelensky-approved delegation includes senior defense officials responsible for negotiating potential terms to end the war
Iran’s Missile Capabilities Are Advancing and Becoming More Robust Than Ever The senior spokesperson for Iran’s armed forces emphasized that the nation’s missile capabilities continue to progress each day
Israeli Forces Kill Young Palestinian, Arrest Two in West Bank Raids As Israeli forces intensified their operations throughout the West Bank, they fatally shot a Palestinian man and took two others into custody
Iran Accuses US and EU3 of Undermining Cairo Agreement with IAEA Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi accused the US and the European troika of causing the collapse of the Cairo agreement between Tehran and the IAEA
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Israel Conducts New Attacks on Southern and Eastern Lebanon
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Kiev Holds Talks with The US In Switzerland on A Potential Peace Agreement
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Pezeshkian Urges Creation of a Unified ‘Security Architecture’ Within ECO
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Nuclear Tests Resumption: Trump’s Struggle to Cover Up US Decline
Iraq’s PMF Flexing Muscles to ISIS Threat in Desert Regions
Trade War Truce: Have Washington and Beijing Reached a Deal?
Israeli Attacks in Gaza Result in 104 Deaths, 46 Of Them Children, Defying US-mediated Ceasefire
Hezbollah Chief Rejects US Neutrality, Quotes Resistance as Power
Why’s UAE Backing RSF Terrorists in Sudan?
‘Habibi boycott Dubai’: UAE Criticized for Aiding RSF In Sudan
Gaza Death Toll Reaches 68,865 As Israeli Ceasefire Breaches Continue
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Ansarullah
A Zaidi Shiite movement operating in Yemen. It seeks to establish a democratic government in Yemen.
Shiite
represents the second largest denomination of Islam. Shiites believe Ali (peace be upon him) to be prophet"s successor in the Caliphate.
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
A regional political u n i o n consisting of Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq.
Taliban
Taliban is a Sunni fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan. It was founded by Mohammed Omar in 1994.
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 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
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
Refers to a revival of the Islam throughout the world, that began in 1979 by Iranian Revolution that established an Islamic republic.
Al-Qaeda
A militant Sunni organization founded by Osama bin Laden at some point between 1988 and 1989
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Syria’s Post-Assad Economy: Dim Prospects Despite Alluring Promises
Sunday 7 September 2025
oil sales, but now a major portion of the oil-rich regions is now controlled by Kurdish militias and without settling its issues with the Kurds, the Damascus cannot restore control over oilfields. Currently, this poses a tremendous challenge to the government budget.
Economy awaiting stabilit ...
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Economic Tsunami of Israeli Attack on Qatar: Three Possible Scenarios
Monday 15 September 2025
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oil prices : Oil prices are highly sensitive to any conflict kicking off in exporter nations. As a major global supplier, with an economy propped up by the world's third-largest natural gas reserves, Qatar plays a key role. It brings in roughly $8.5 billion from total oil exports, with $2.9 bill ...
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Doha Meeting between Words and Actions
Tuesday 16 September 2025
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oil, something even Eli Cohen, the Israeli Minister of Economy, admitted by not ruling out the possibility of attacking Hamas leadership headquarters in Turkey.
This Israeli escalation of the crisis, coupled with existing tensions between the Israel and Turkey over Syria, as well as with Egypt conc ...
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How Does Iran Sanctions Reinstatement Look Like?
Saturday 20 September 2025
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oil sales, and even foreign currency transfers. In contrast, Europe has primarily focused on targeted smart sanctions.
For instance, while companies in the energy and industrial sectors face EU restrictions, they have often found ways to maintain cooperation. Furthermore, humanitarian exemptions ha ...
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Short and Long-term Implications of Israeli-Iranian War: What Do Western Think Tanks Say?
Sunday 28 September 2025
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oil prices surged, financial markets gyrated, and world powers scrambled to contain the crisis.
The conflict dominated headlines and became a central focus for Western think tanks and policy analysts. In the weeks that followed, a flood of reports and articles dissected the political, security, and ...
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Baghdad-Erbil Oil Exports Deal: From Home to Regional and International Geopolitical Impacts
Sunday 5 October 2025
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oil exports, paving the way for influences ranging from home to the foreign actors. Alwaght- After over two years of halt, Iraqi Kurdistan region has resumed its oil exports via the Turkish Port of Ceyhan. This development is an outcome of a new deal between Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and t ...
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Iraq’s Foreign Debts: A Burdensome Legacy and a Challenge ahead of Al-Sudani’s Govt.
Wednesday 22 October 2025
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oil market fluctuations. One of the most important indicators that very well reflects the country's financial situation is the government's foreign currency debt. This debt has not only impacted the government's financial power, but also has unleashed substantial consequences to the econ ...
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Blackmailing Baghdad: What Happened in Turkish FM’s Iraq Visit?
Monday 3 November 2025
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oil. Turkish companies, financed by Iraqi oil revenues, manage the country's water resources and in return Ankara promises to allow further water flow to Iraq. But increase in Iraqi share takes place under the supervision of Turkey.
PKK issue
Reports indicate that the threat of PKK terro ...
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Iraq’s Elections Important, Carry Surprises: Expert
Tuesday 4 November 2025
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oil prices), to place constant pressure on the new government and parliament, using the street as a tool to extract political concessions.
In addition to this street pressure, the Sadrist movement will continue to exert influence indirectly through its networks within state institutions and informa ...
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With Multi-billion Plans Collapsing, Saudi Megaprojets Prove a Failure Story
Wednesday 19 November 2025
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oil revenues and create a diversified, sustainable, and competitive economy on the world stage.
At the start of the 2010s, the kingdom faced a set of profound economic challenges: a near-total reliance on oil, soaring unemployment, inefficient state structures, and a lack of transparency and oversi ...
