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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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Mecca Attack amid War of Narratives: Three Clues to Settle the Riddle
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Mecca Attack amid War of Narratives: Three Clues to Settle the Riddle

Saturday 19 September 2026
propaganda agenda of various sides in recent years.  Here is where the main issue forms: If we place this incident within the broader arc of the war and the region's political shifts, who stands to gain from turning it into a wider sectarian and media firestorm? Answering that question doe ...
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Iran Armed Forces: Trump Threats Expose US Strategic Failure
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Iran Armed Forces: Trump Threats Expose US Strategic Failure

Wednesday 23 September 2026 ،
propaganda. In a joint statement carried by state media, the two bodies said his rhetoric reflected Washington's strategic difficulties in its aggression against Iran and would not change the calculations of power. The Armed Forces argued that repeated US claims and threats, amid mounting exhau ...
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Fate of Washington-Erbil Security Pact: The Trump-Kurds Equation
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Fate of Washington-Erbil Security Pact: The Trump-Kurds Equation

Saturday 26 September 2026 ،
propaganda use of the US troop presence in Kurdistan and Pentagon financial backing for the Peshmerga. They have sought to foster the belief that the US has granted the Kurds special status and that they occupy a privileged place in US strategy, and have parlayed that perception into various politic ...
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Iran Flights Embargo and Test of Iraq’s Sovereignty
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Iran Flights Embargo and Test of Iraq’s Sovereignty

Monday 28 September 2026 ،
propaganda campaign against Iran’s aviation industry spearheaded by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent who called on Wednesday for all countries to halt flights and airport services for Iranian passenger planes, Iraq’s initial move to cancel flights to and from Iran triggered a wave of bac ...
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Battle for Yemen’s Strategic Belt: Marib, Taiz, and Lahij at One Equation
Analysis

Battle for Yemen’s Strategic Belt: Marib, Taiz, and Lahij at One Equation

Sunday 4 October 2026 ،
propaganda payoff alongside its military and economic effects. A major win on this front could redraw the balance of power in Yemen's internal conflict in the Ansarullah's favor, suggesting that Sana'a's forces are poised to dominate the majority of the country's territory, and a ...
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US Ouster from Iraq Prelude to Its Expulsion from the Region: Former Iranian Amb. to Iraq
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US Ouster from Iraq Prelude to Its Expulsion from the Region: Former Iranian Amb. to Iraq

Monday 5 October 2026 ،
propagandastic, cultural, cognitive warfare, diplomatic, and military. US outraged by the US pressures Referring to restrictions imposed on flights, Kazemi Qomi said Iraq has seen airports shut down and the Americans made a major noise about Iraqi compliance with anti-Iranian embargo, but the majo ...
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Iran Says Oil Smuggling and Maritime Operations Will Not Avert US Defeat
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Iran Says Oil Smuggling and Maritime Operations Will Not Avert US Defeat

Monday 12 October 2026 ،
propaganda. He said Washington’s public statements would not alter the situation on the ground or shield the United States from the consequences of its policies in West Asia. Shekarchi accused the United States of relying on unauthorized oil-smuggling routes through the strategic waterway to ...
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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 ،
propaganda run against Hezbollah’s weapons shipment, he said that all of Hezbollah's arms, including the handmade bombs are made to counter the Israeli occupation. He went on that launching such a campaign will not force Hezbollah to forsake its defense of the country and working to liber ...
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Egypt’s Yemen War Dilemma: Balancing Political Reservations and Strategic Interests
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Egypt’s Yemen War Dilemma: Balancing Political Reservations and Strategic Interests

Tuesday 20 October 2026 ،
propaganda support. That experience demonstrated that political alignment with Riyadh does not necessarily mean accepting the costs of a protracted military intervention. Now, that same consideration confronts Egyptian decision-makers once again, only under more complicated circumstances. The exper ...
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Yemen Tragedy Again: Why’s Saudi Arabia Re-embraced Blind Bombing Formula?
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Yemen Tragedy Again: Why’s Saudi Arabia Re-embraced Blind Bombing Formula?

Saturday 31 October 2026 ،
propaganda to shedding civilian bloods Saudi Arabia, unable to match Ansarallah militarily on the battlefield, has resorted to dirty war to halt the advance of Sana'a's forces and break their will. On one hand, it floats baseless claims about Ansarallah attacks on Saudi holy sites, offerin ...

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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.