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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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Election of Amidi As Iraq’s President: PUK Restores Power, Political Dynamics Shift
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Election of Amidi As Iraq’s President: PUK Restores Power, Political Dynamics Shift

Monday 13 April 2026
presidential elections, they could keep the PUK in a deadlock. However, what we have witnessed in recent days is a display of diplomatic prowess and politic that transcends the Kurdistan region’s borders. The PUK transformed the landscape by shifting the battlefield from Erbil to Baghdad. Acc ...
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Alarms Sound about Israel’s Malign Influence in Africa
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Alarms Sound about Israel’s Malign Influence in Africa

Tuesday 21 April 2026 ،
presidential race. There are similar reports about Israeli intelligence push to sway results before 2020 presidential elections in Malawi. Also, Israeli groups on social media have run campaigns of fake news across Africa. In 2015, Israelis tapped emails of an opposition candidate, Muhammadu Buhar ...
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Beyond Assassination Plot: Why’s Trump not Unhappy with the Incident?
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Beyond Assassination Plot: Why’s Trump not Unhappy with the Incident?

Monday 27 April 2026 ،
presidential race. Trump, whom many critics believe waged the war on Iran to escape the fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein sex scandal, diverting public and media attention away from demands to unearth classified files in that case, will likely face an even heavier reckoning if he loses the war with ...
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New Iraqi PM Has a Challenging Path Ahead: Expert
Interview

New Iraqi PM Has a Challenging Path Ahead: Expert

Wednesday 29 April 2026 ،
presidential debate, we observed that a coalition of new Kurdish, Sunni, abd Shiite leaders beat the older generation, headed by al-Maliki and Barzani. Do you think that with this choice, the Iraqi politics will move to cutting the influence of older figures? Hanizadeh: Now, a kind of revision is t ...
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Trump’s 60-Day Window for Unilateral Military Action Closing: What Are His Escape Ways?
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Trump’s 60-Day Window for Unilateral Military Action Closing: What Are His Escape Ways?

Thursday 30 April 2026 ،
presidential veto. The goal was to strike a balance between the president’s need to act swiftly and Congress’s constitutional oversight role. The scenarios ahead of president for circumventing or extending the period The lawmakers thought that this time frame will prevent the limited m ...
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Democrats Label Trump a Fraud
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Democrats Label Trump a Fraud

Wednesday 6 May 2026 ،
presidential capacity under the 25th Amendment. The 13-article impeachment document accuses Trump of initiating unauthorized wars against Iran, Yemen, Lebanon, Syria, Nigeria, and Gaza, as well as war crimes, maritime piracy, threats against other nations, and the militarization of domestic law enfo ...
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Tehran Engages in Active Diplomacy in Beijing
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Tehran Engages in Active Diplomacy in Beijing

Thursday 7 May 2026 ،
presidential trip to China, testing the depth of the Tehran-Beijing strategic partnership—now expanded beyond economics into political and security coordination against US unilateralism. In meetings with his Chinese counterpart, Araghchi stressed that military attacks by the US and Israel have ...
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Israel Invades Lebanon: While Hezbollah Fighting, Lebanon’s Govt. Waiting Mirage of Talks
Analysis

Israel Invades Lebanon: While Hezbollah Fighting, Lebanon’s Govt. Waiting Mirage of Talks

Monday 1 June 2026 ،
presidential palace would have been occupied now. The Israeli army has pushed north of Lebanon’s Litani River and seized the medieval Beaufort Castle in the southern Nabatieh province, the very fortress that once symbolized the south’s invincibility. Released videos show Israeli occupat ...
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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 ،
presidential palace of Beirut. 
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A Ticking Bomb in Beirut: What’s Behind Israeli-Lebanese Deal?
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A Ticking Bomb in Beirut: What’s Behind Israeli-Lebanese Deal?

Sunday 28 June 2026 ،
presidential office described the deal as a first step towards restoring the state control over the Lebanese territory and people. Prime Minister Nawaf Salam stressed that only the government holds the right to declare war and peace and what is demanded from Lebanon under this deal is actually the t ...

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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.