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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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Netanyahu’s Speech: A Slap at the UN, a Pain at Home
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Netanyahu’s Speech: A Slap at the UN, a Pain at Home

Saturday 26 September 2026 ،
politics, the content of a speech is not all that matters, the image an event projects in the media can count just as much. Netanyahu meant to stage a tableau of power and victory at the UN. In the end, it was the image of a hall emptying out that became the defining symbol of his weakness and of hi ...
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Second Sayyed Nasrallah Anniversary: Display of Loyalty to Resistance Legacy
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Second Sayyed Nasrallah Anniversary: Display of Loyalty to Resistance Legacy

Monday 28 September 2026 ،
politics, the loss of a leader does not necessarily mean the end of his influence. Sometimes, in his absence, a name becomes a symbol, a lens for rereading the past and charting the road ahead. That is a story still unfolding in Lebanon.
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Exit from Iraq: US Superpower Image Shattered with a Strategic Defeat
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Exit from Iraq: US Superpower Image Shattered with a Strategic Defeat

Friday 2 October 2026 ،
politics. Third: Regardless of what gains were or were not possible, the US rushed to start the war, as if war had become an ordinary instrument of international relations, and the American people would accept it without objection. Withdrawal from Iraq: End of US hegemony dream Bacevich argues th ...
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What Does State of Emergency in Kheyber Pakhtunkhwa Mean?
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What Does State of Emergency in Kheyber Pakhtunkhwa Mean?

Tuesday 13 October 2026 ،
politics. The province shares a border with Afghanistan, and its crossings, including the Khyber Pass, have served for centuries as key trade and transit routes between the Indian subcontinent and Afghanistan. Its capital, Peshawar, ranks among the region's historic commercial and cultural cente ...
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From Sara to Yair: Will Netanyahu’s Family Become his Election Achilles Heel?
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From Sara to Yair: Will Netanyahu’s Family Become his Election Achilles Heel?

Thursday 15 October 2026 ،
politics, are expected to reemerge as a central battleground between the government and its opponents. Sara Netanyahu: from lavish lifestyle to being behind decision-making Reports about Sara Netanyahu's role in the PM's office, her influence over its decisions and appointments, accounts o ...
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Confiscating Hezbollah’s Explosives Shipment by Govt. a Dangerous Game
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Confiscating Hezbollah’s Explosives Shipment by Govt. a Dangerous Game

Saturday 17 October 2026 ،
politics. Yet, in this climate, Beirut has chosen to focus not on confronting occupation or backing the forces fighting the enemy, but on curbing Hezbollah's military capacity, an approach that sends unmistakable signals to Tel Aviv and could pave the way for the continuation of Israel's occ ...
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Netanyahu’s Transition from Ben-Gurion Doctrine to His Own
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Netanyahu’s Transition from Ben-Gurion Doctrine to His Own

Wednesday 21 October 2026 ،
politics, Netanyahu has long been cast as a man who can conjure defeat into victory at the eleventh hour with surprise maneuvers and sleight of hand. Now, many analysts believe, he is unveiling a new security doctrine to shore up his standing as Israel's Mr. Security, repair his sagging poll num ...
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Iraq’s Cabinet Completion: From Winners and Losers to Quota System
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Iraq’s Cabinet Completion: From Winners and Losers to Quota System

Sunday 25 October 2026 ،
politics. Put plainly, State of Law may have lost the premiership, but it retains the capacity to influence swaths of the executive apparatus. The Reconstruction and Development coalition tied to previous Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani has likewise preserved its share in economic and servic ...
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Netanyahu’s Dangerous Gamble in Iraqi Skies
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Netanyahu’s Dangerous Gamble in Iraqi Skies

Tuesday 27 October 2026 ،
politics and the anxieties surrounding Netanyahu's political future. The Palestine-Now news agency, in a report headlined Israeli Analysts Warn: Netanyahu May Spark Regional War to Delay Transfer of Power, spotlighted warnings by two Israeli analysts about the possibility of a new round of regio ...

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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.