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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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UN to Choose New Chief: Why’s Tel Aviv Worried?
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UN to Choose New Chief: Why’s Tel Aviv Worried?

Sunday 30 August 2026
powers, especially the five permanent Security Council members, hold decisive sway. Under the existing rules, the final candidate must secure a Council recommendation, which requires at least nine favorable votes and no veto from any permanent member. From there, the General Assembly confirms the ap ...
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US-Venezuela Oil Deal: Trump Feigning Achievement to Cover up Losses
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US-Venezuela Oil Deal: Trump Feigning Achievement to Cover up Losses

Sunday 30 August 2026 ،
power. But the results have not matched the rhetoric. Despite his boasts of a decisive victory, China remains the US's biggest economic rival, and the price spikes triggered by his import tariffs have yet to revert to pre-war levels. Trump made a splash when he unveiled his so-called Board of P ...
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Iran and Pakistan at Cooperation Crossroads: Opportunities, Barriers, and Proposals to $10-Billion Trade Volume
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Iran and Pakistan at Cooperation Crossroads: Opportunities, Barriers, and Proposals to $10-Billion Trade Volume

Monday 31 August 2026 ،
powerful foundation for rapprochement. Persian was the region's language of scholarship and courtly life for centuries; roughly 60 percent of Urdu vocabulary derives from it, and Pakistan's national anthem is almost entirely Persian. More than one million Persian manuscripts are preserved in ...
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Is Beijing Unseating Washington in West Asia?
Analysis

Is Beijing Unseating Washington in West Asia?

Monday 31 August 2026 ،
power, even the US, cannot provide absolute guarantees of security. That is precisely why the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and others in the region are diversifying their partners. And in that calculus, China has become more of a security partner than ever before.
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Big Blow to the Heart of US Spying System in West Asia
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Big Blow to the Heart of US Spying System in West Asia

Tuesday 1 September 2026 ،
power lines and cooling systems, vital for keeping advanced equipment operational. The initial tally shows more than 100 targets across multiple countries, including Qatar, the UAE, Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, were struck, with 16 US bases sustaining damage in the barrage. Concerns a ...
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US Forces Withdrawal from Iraq: Why Are Kurds Worried?
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US Forces Withdrawal from Iraq: Why Are Kurds Worried?

Tuesday 1 September 2026 ،
power structures and the restriction of arms inside Iraq. Meanwhile, the Syrian experience still haunts Kurdish leaders. The sudden US pullback from parts of northern Syria in 2019, which opened the door for a security realignment and a Turkish incursion, has become a cautionary tale for many Iraqi ...
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Renewed US-Iran Confrontation: Is the White House Prepared for War?
Analysis

Renewed US-Iran Confrontation: Is the White House Prepared for War?

Wednesday 2 September 2026 ،
powers must be expelled from this region once and for all, and they must learn a serious lesson not to repeat their aggressions against our nation. Iran’s swift reaction to the American adventurism made clear that its armed forces remain at peak readiness and will not let any hostile act go u ...
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Radical Settlers: Netanyahu’s Yesterday Allies, Today’s Headache
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Radical Settlers: Netanyahu’s Yesterday Allies, Today’s Headache

Thursday 3 September 2026 ،
power. Allies turned into trouble When Netanyahu returned to power in 2022, he hitched his coalition government to far-right and religious parties. Figures like Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, who are closely tied to the settler movement both politically and ideologically, became the main pi ...
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Turkey-Israel Face-off in Eastern Mediterranean
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Turkey-Israel Face-off in Eastern Mediterranean

Friday 4 September 2026 ،
power decisively against it. In its latest response, the Turkish government went so far as to liken the Greek Cypriot administration to a protectorate of Israel. Some analysts suggest that the Israeli-Greek air defense network is being assembled specifically to erode Turkey's drone warfare supe ...
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Ukraine Army Desertions Crisis Squeezes Kiev Further
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Ukraine Army Desertions Crisis Squeezes Kiev Further

Saturday 5 September 2026 ،
power in the army. This crisis is showing itself in army personnel desertions, resistance to recruitment, and even fleeing the army training courses ouside Ukraine. While Kiev desperately needs fresh forces to meet the cuts in numbers caused by casualties and to maintain the strength on the front li ...

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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.