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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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Tel Aviv on Sexual Violence Blacklist: International Laws and Crisis of Israeli Impunity
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Tel Aviv on Sexual Violence Blacklist: International Laws and Crisis of Israeli Impunity

Sunday 31 May 2026
population. 2. UN Secretary-General's report on war-related sexual violence in 2026: Another important report was released by the UN chief António Guterres this year. This report confirmed various cases of sexual violence against the Palestinians imprisoned by the Israeli institutions b ...
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Beirut of Two Frames: How Can We See the Real Lebanon?
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Beirut of Two Frames: How Can We See the Real Lebanon?

Sunday 7 June 2026 ،
populations never return and to destroy communal life in southern Lebanon for good, all in the name of securing Israel's northern areas. Now the question is that what is keeping the Lebanese government from shouldering its responsibilities? Especially while it ignores its duty of saving territo ...
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Pakistan’s Growing Military-Security Influence in Arab World
Analysis

Pakistan’s Growing Military-Security Influence in Arab World

Wednesday 10 June 2026 ،
population, a battle-hardened professional army, and extensive counterterrorism experience, Pakistan has earned the trust of many Arab nations as a reliable security partner. The roots of Pakistan’s military expansion into the Arab world lie in its strategic relationship with Saudi Arabia. De ...
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Iran’s More Credible Threat Vs. Trump’s Credible Threat
Analysis

Iran’s More Credible Threat Vs. Trump’s Credible Threat

Saturday 13 June 2026 ،
population, who as a crucial link in the chain would then transfer that pressure to the government. Rapidly compensating for such damage, as was done in the case of the water source in the Bomani area, along with launching equivalent, retaliatory strikes against the source of the attack, could help ...
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Impossible to Disarm and Dissolve Iraqi Resistance, US Pushing to Obliterate Resistance in the Region: Expert
Interview

Impossible to Disarm and Dissolve Iraqi Resistance, US Pushing to Obliterate Resistance in the Region: Expert

Monday 15 June 2026 ،
population lived under oppression and pressure, the culture of resistance became institutionalized among Iraqi Shiites. According to Zarean, in the past hundred years, during the mandate period, another dimension was added to Shiite resistance in Iraq and it was resistance to foreign domination, wh ...
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Why Do Bahrain’s Shiites Need Axis of Resistance’s Security Umbrella?
Analysis

Why Do Bahrain’s Shiites Need Axis of Resistance’s Security Umbrella?

Wednesday 24 June 2026 ،
population with full force. Critics argue that the Al Khalifa strategy behind intensifying pressure on Shiites, through arrests, political restrictions, citizenship revocations, and the concurrent naturalization of thousands of foreign nationals, is aimed at reducing the political and demographic w ...
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Security Belts from Lebanon to Syria: Objectives and Consequences of New Israeli Strategy
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Security Belts from Lebanon to Syria: Objectives and Consequences of New Israeli Strategy

Thursday 25 June 2026 ،
populations and the systematic destruction of the region's economic and agricultural infrastructure point to a far larger scenario: long-term occupation of these areas, coupled with a deliberate effort to block displaced residents from ever returning, all in service of the regime's broader s ...
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Love of Imam Hussein Gathers Us: Ashura 2026 Marked Across the World
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Love of Imam Hussein Gathers Us: Ashura 2026 Marked Across the World

Saturday 27 June 2026 ،
populations, the ceremonies proceeded calmly and without major restrictions, maintaining a low-key and orderly character throughout. Shiite communities in various Western countries In several Western countries, Ashura ceremonies were held in Hussainiyahs and, in some cases, through street processi ...
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Failure Upon Start: Fate of June 26 Movement in Gaza
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Failure Upon Start: Fate of June 26 Movement in Gaza

Monday 29 June 2026 ،
population still prefers to channel their grievances through the resistance factions, Hamas included. Admission to defeat Israeli media that have published reports on sporadic anti-Hamas protests later reported on failure of the campaign. Walla in a report said that the failure to mobilize large n ...
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Clash of Billboards in Lebanon Reveals Deepening Gap between Govt. and Shiite Community
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Clash of Billboards in Lebanon Reveals Deepening Gap between Govt. and Shiite Community

Saturday 4 July 2026 ،
population. Fair or not, that perception could hit the government's political legitimacy among these communities. At its core, then, the billboard dispute is merely a symptom of a much deeper fracture: a yawning divide over what post-war Lebanon's priorities should even be. One camp insist ...

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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.