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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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Islamic Revolution Path Continues Under New Leader: Russian Academic
Interview

Islamic Revolution Path Continues Under New Leader: Russian Academic

Monday 6 July 2026
protest outside the Israeli regime's embassy. When we asked ordinary passersby if they recognized that image, they said, Yes, we stand with Iran. And when we told them we were heading to the embassy to demonstrate, they cheered us on, affirming the Islamic Republic's just cause and that the ...
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Riyadh’s Strategic Mistake and Ansarullah’s Historic Opportunity: Is Hormuz-Bab-el-Mandeb Equation Brewing?
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Riyadh’s Strategic Mistake and Ansarullah’s Historic Opportunity: Is Hormuz-Bab-el-Mandeb Equation Brewing?

Wednesday 15 July 2026 ،
protests regularly in the south. Additionally, due to the heated Saudi-Emirati competition, the political stability in the south has grown highly fragile and combustible. For example, after the attack of the now-dissolved UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) on Hadhramaut in January last y ...
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Iran Condemns Commercial Vessel Attack, Summons Ukrainian Chargé d’Affaires
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Iran Condemns Commercial Vessel Attack, Summons Ukrainian Chargé d’Affaires

Sunday 26 July 2026 ،
protest what it described as a Ukrainian attack on an Iranian commercial vessel in the Caspian Sea. Iranian officials called the incident a hostile and criminal act, saying it violated the UN Charter and threatened the security of Caspian littoral states. During the meeting, Assistant Foreign Minis ...
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From Red Sea to Black Sea: Geopolitical Impacts of Ukraine’s Attack on Iran’s Ship in Caspian Sea
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From Red Sea to Black Sea: Geopolitical Impacts of Ukraine’s Attack on Iran’s Ship in Caspian Sea

Monday 27 July 2026 ،
protest. Ukraine, for its part, has its own acute vulnerability: maritime trade and agricultural exports. Wheat, corn, sunflower oil, and soybeans account for more than $22.5 billion, roughly 56 percent of the country's total exports and nearly 17 percent of its GDP. A significant slice of that ...
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Passing of "Ahmad the Japanese": How Were the Japanese Attracted to the Palestinian Cause?
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Passing of "Ahmad the Japanese": How Were the Japanese Attracted to the Palestinian Cause?

Wednesday 29 July 2026 ،
protests against the Vietnam War, US military bases, and capitalism. Out of that ferment emerged a radical faction calling itself the Japanese Red Army, bent on “world revolution.” Okamoto’s older brother, already a left-wing activist, had taken part in the 1970 hijacking of Japan ...
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What’s Behind US-Saudi Attack on Iraq?
Report

What’s Behind US-Saudi Attack on Iraq?

Thursday 30 July 2026 ،
protests from the Iraqi government. Many analysts argue that continued actions of this kind are turning Iraq into an ever more entrenched arena for the region's geopolitical rivalries, severely complicating any effort to de-escalate the crisis. According to Iraqi sources, the joint strikes have ...
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An Arbaeen of Vengeance
Report

An Arbaeen of Vengeance

Friday 7 August 2026 ،
protest against the policies of Islam's adversaries and a show of support for embattled nations. The grand funeral processions in Karbala for resistance martyrs from Iraq, who were killed in recent US and Saudi strikes, delivered yet another sharp rebuttal to enemy calculations, suggesting that ...
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Iraq’s Marathon to Break Out of Cabinet Posts Uncertainty
Analysis

Iraq’s Marathon to Break Out of Cabinet Posts Uncertainty

Monday 10 August 2026 ،
protests. Tackling this chronic crisis demands a strong, unified government capable of coordinating across ministries and agencies to reduce energy dependency and deliver lasting improvements to the power network. Beyond security and energy, ministries such as planning, higher education, labor, and ...
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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 ،
protests, sporadic clashes, and the emergence of underground militant networks. From this vantage point, a scenario of 70 percent disarmament by the end of 2027, with roughly 30 percent of decentralized networks remaining, is analytically plausible. But the government's true success will be mea ...
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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 ،
protest and real action to stop the aggression. The new strikes come despite a US-backed framework agreement that was supposed to cement a ceasefire between Lebanon and Israeli regime and kickstart a phased withdrawal of Israeli forces from the south. Instead, Tel Aviv has not only pressed on with ...

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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.