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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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Iraq Disarming Project: End of a Security Order or Start of Home Confrontation?
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Iraq Disarming Project: End of a Security Order or Start of Home Confrontation?

Tuesday 11 August 2026
pressure will be a significant accelerant for disarmament, but it is no guarantee of success. Washington can supply Baghdad with financial, intelligence, and diplomatic tools, but the actual execution of this policy must ultimately rest with Iraqi institutions. That is the crucial distinction betwee ...
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Hormuz not to Reopen until Assassination, Blockade, and War End
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Hormuz not to Reopen until Assassination, Blockade, and War End

Tuesday 11 August 2026 ،
pressure Iran through naval blockades and other leverage tools, including economic sanctions, we, too, will use our leverage of controlling the Strait of Hormuz as a strategic advantage that can secure our interests in this confrontation, creating a balance with our American-Zionist enemy. Currently ...
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Countdown to US-Iran Deal Deadline: Returning to War or Continuing Diplomacy?
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Countdown to US-Iran Deal Deadline: Returning to War or Continuing Diplomacy?

Friday 14 August 2026 ،
pressure is now coupled with political headwinds. A Reuters/Ipsos poll in late July found that only about a third of Americans support continuing the war with Iran, with a majority saying Trump has failed to clearly articulate the war's objectives. Another poll in early August put support at jus ...
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Trump Turkey Escape Scandal: New Life under Shadow of Vengeance
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Trump Turkey Escape Scandal: New Life under Shadow of Vengeance

Saturday 15 August 2026 ،
press corps, was effectively used as a decoy. Trump boarded the old Boeing 747 in Ankara in full view of TV cameras, then, minutes later, slipped off via an airport catering truck of the kind normally used to load meals and supplies, transferring to a smaller C-32A. Journalists traveling with Trump ...
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Why’s Pentagon Drip-feeding Information on Iran Attacks Damage?
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Why’s Pentagon Drip-feeding Information on Iran Attacks Damage?

Sunday 16 August 2026 ،
pression Washington wants to avoid: that striking American forces carries a lower cost than the US would like to project. That is why controlling the timing and volume of what gets disclosed becomes part of the deterrence battle itself. Maintain trust of allies There is another dimension that shou ...
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Israel’s Quietly Making West Bank Another Gaza Using Army of Settlers
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Israel’s Quietly Making West Bank Another Gaza Using Army of Settlers

Sunday 16 August 2026 ،
pressions of deep concern over escalating violence, the meeting ultimately ended without a resolution or any operational mechanism to rein in settler attacks. In Europe, while some countries, Spain and Belgium among them, have called for tougher pressure on extremist settlers and even sanctions, th ...
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Yemen War’s New Rules: Saudi Sticks to Old Playbook
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Yemen War’s New Rules: Saudi Sticks to Old Playbook

Monday 17 August 2026 ،
pressure, limited operations, ground assaults, and sea threats take place simultaneously. Saudi Arabia, from victory strategy to defeat management strategy The most significant shift in Riyadh’s policy is a change in objective. 2015 marks the moment Yemen became a laboratory for the failure ...
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Transit and Energy Cooperation with Neighbors: Iran’s Alternative Way to Circumvent Blockade
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Transit and Energy Cooperation with Neighbors: Iran’s Alternative Way to Circumvent Blockade

Monday 17 August 2026 ،
pressure, and so Central Asia is growing more important than ever. In this connection, Tajikistan's Minister of Energy and Water Resources Dalir Juma and Transportation Minister Azim Ibrahim visited Tehran and met with the Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. The Iranian FM thanked Tajikis ...
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Aoun’s Political Suicide with Silence to Israeli Aggression
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Aoun’s Political Suicide with Silence to Israeli Aggression

Monday 17 August 2026 ،
pressed on with its attacks but has explicitly stated it will maintain a military presence in parts of southern Lebanon until Hezbollah, as the only force resisting the Israeli occupation, is disarmed, a position that has effectively deadlocked the agreement. Meanwhile, Washington has stayed silent ...
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Three Missing Iranian Pilots: Is the US Involved?
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Three Missing Iranian Pilots: Is the US Involved?

Tuesday 18 August 2026 ،
press Qatar for cover-up regarding fate of the three Iranian pilots whose jets were downed en route home after a successful strike. Alwaght- Several months after the Iranian air force’s successful strike at American targets in Qatar at the outset of the 40-day war, the fate of the pilots from ...

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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.