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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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Hezbollah Rules Out Internal Fighting, Rejects Clash with Lebanese Army
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Hezbollah Rules Out Internal Fighting, Rejects Clash with Lebanese Army

Saturday 27 December 2025
pullout, an end to attacks, and the return of displaced residents. Damoush criticized Lebanese authorities for separating their ceasefire obligations from those of Israel, warning this has created the perception that Lebanon is complying unilaterally, despite the agreement being based on mutual com ...
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Security Belts from Lebanon to Syria: Objectives and Consequences of New Israeli Strategy
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Security Belts from Lebanon to Syria: Objectives and Consequences of New Israeli Strategy

Thursday 25 June 2026 ،
pullout did not weaken Hezbollah, but it elevated the group into a symbol of victory over the so-called invincible army, boosting its political and social legitimacy to unprecedented heights. The Gaza experience is, in many ways, a repeat of the same pattern. After decades of direct occupation, the ...
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Trump’s Retreat on Gaza: Shifting from Eliminating Hamas to Talking with It
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Trump’s Retreat on Gaza: Shifting from Eliminating Hamas to Talking with It

Tuesday 18 August 2026 ،
pullout and future political arrangements. That linkage is where Washington’s retreat before the reality of Palestinian resistance becomes unmistakable. US retreat or facing the fact? Yet Kushner's meeting with Hamas leaders should not be mistaken for routine diplomacy. It signals a fund ...
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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 ،
pullouts from the Kurdistan Region: over three days, key US and British defense systems were removed, and the Western military footprint in Erbil shrank dramatically. Local media and non-governmental analysts acknowledge that the bulk of American forces have effectively left Erbil, and the Patriot ...
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US Play with Withdrawal Card: Retreat from Iraq under Banner of Strategy Shift
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US Play with Withdrawal Card: Retreat from Iraq under Banner of Strategy Shift

Sunday 6 September 2026 ،
pullout may turn out to be largely symbolic, much like previous American announcements about the nature of their presence in Iraq. The next phase will reveal whether the declared end of the mission truly results in a complete withdrawal, or simply rebrands the US footprint under new titles and new a ...
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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 ،
pullout created a security vacuum that helped set the stage for ISIS's rise in 2014. Seen in that light, the issue is not merely the elimination of a $61 million aid package. The US war against Iran and rising tensions across West Asia have led the Americans to conclude they must move their per ...
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Post-Withdrawal US Security Strategy in Iraq: Five Scenarios
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Post-Withdrawal US Security Strategy in Iraq: Five Scenarios

Monday 5 October 2026 ،
pullout of Iraq on September 30 may have put an end to a two-decade direct military presence in this country, but it does not mean Washington will abandon its security and strategic role in Iraq and the broader region. Pieces of evidence show that Washington is moving past the old policy of relying ...
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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 ،
pullout of the region to pick up the pace Iran’s former ambassador to Iraq said the ouster of US forces from Iraq could accelerate American broader withdrawal from the region, arguing that Iran’s resistance to US and Israeli wars, combined with its armed forces’ targeting of Ameri ...
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True Security and Political Independence in Iraq Matters after US Military Pullout: Expert
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True Security and Political Independence in Iraq Matters after US Military Pullout: Expert

Tuesday 6 October 2026 ،
pullout of Iraq on September 30 marked an end to one of the most important chapters of the direct US presence in West Asia. This withdrawal ignited serious debates about how to assess the results of one of the costliest and deadliest American wars in a century among the observers. On the other han ...
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Iraq, the Graveyard of American Military Strategy in West Asia
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Iraq, the Graveyard of American Military Strategy in West Asia

Sunday 11 October 2026 ،
pullout of Iraq marks a stark defeat of an imperialist project and start of a new era in which free nations of the region and Axis of Resistance with their resistance and sacrifices of their martyrs determine their fate. Indeed, it is an era in which the will of the opprsseed nations beats the war m ...

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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.