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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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Strategic Mystery: What’s Driving Al-Sharaa to Keep Russian Military Bases in Syria?
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Strategic Mystery: What’s Driving Al-Sharaa to Keep Russian Military Bases in Syria?

Thursday 4 June 2026
region. According to WSJ, these vessels are managed through a network of companies tied to the Russian government and are being used to bypass restrictions currently blocking Russian military ships from passing through the Black Sea. For much of the route, Russian naval vessels escorted the ship. T ...
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From Persian Gulf to Lebanon: How Will War Stop?
Interview

From Persian Gulf to Lebanon: How Will War Stop?

Friday 5 June 2026 ،
region is grappling with a conflict the Israelis in association with the Americans have ignited. Concerning the outcomes and the scenarios ahead, Alwaght arranged an interview with Ahmad Zarean, a West Asia affairs expert, asking him for comments about the future of this war. Alwaght: What is the n ...
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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 ،
regions, reveals the Israeli cabinet's real plan for an open-ended occupation of Lebanese territory. The doctrine behind the Israeli army's bombing and destruction campaign pursues one strategic outcome: mountains of rubble designed to ensure displaced populations never return and to destroy ...
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Iraq’s Resistance between Maintaining Arms and Handing Them Over: Will the US Project Pan Out?"
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Iraq’s Resistance between Maintaining Arms and Handing Them Over: Will the US Project Pan Out?"

Sunday 7 June 2026 ،
regional developments having happened over the past few months, they believe that such a move in the current conditions does not serve the country's security interests and stability. Resistance leaders have made their reasons for refusing to hand over weapons to the government crystal clear. Ab ...
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Four Strategic Messages of Iran’s Missile Strikes at Israel
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Four Strategic Messages of Iran’s Missile Strikes at Israel

Monday 8 June 2026 ،
regional fronts and transformation of a limited war on one side of the Axis of Resistance into a multi-front crisis. Yemen's Ansarullah entry to the clash and the message it sent about possible closure of the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait was one face of this updated doctrine. The spokesman to the Yeme ...
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Baku Denies Hosting Israeli Forces During Iran War: Why is Tehran Concerned?
Report

Baku Denies Hosting Israeli Forces During Iran War: Why is Tehran Concerned?

Monday 8 June 2026 ،
region to back the operations against Iran. The report further said that the Israeli forces were deployed in several points of Azerbaijan close to the Iranian border. According to two sources, some of these positions in their closest distance were only 100 kilometers from the city of Tabriz, a city ...
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Signs Show Netanyahu Coordinated Attacks on Iran with the US
Report

Signs Show Netanyahu Coordinated Attacks on Iran with the US

Monday 8 June 2026 ،
region, either the US is the violator of the ceasefire through attacking Iranian commercial ships or attacking southern regions or the Israeli regime attacking Lebanon in association with the US, the direct US responsibility is clear and Washington is responsible for consequences of escalation.  ...
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Operation Nasr: How’s Iran Shattered Trump-Netanyahu Calculations?
Analysis

Operation Nasr: How’s Iran Shattered Trump-Netanyahu Calculations?

Tuesday 9 June 2026 ،
region in a state of no war, no peace. Both of them tried, through new attacks, seize the initiative and foist their conditions on the opposite side. Over the past few weeks, Israeli regime officials, who had been trying to separate the Lebanon case from the Tehran-Washington dialogue, assumed that ...
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Pakistan’s Growing Military-Security Influence in Arab World
Analysis

Pakistan’s Growing Military-Security Influence in Arab World

Wednesday 10 June 2026 ،
region’s future security architecture reaches a climactic point, several Islamic powers are seizing the moment. With a clear-eyed reading of the security vacuums left by wars and political crises, they are taking bold steps to expand their influence. In such atmosphere, Pakistan, leveraging i ...
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Re-Shuffling the Cards: How’s Iran Established its Rules after Recent Clashes?
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Re-Shuffling the Cards: How’s Iran Established its Rules after Recent Clashes?

Wednesday 10 June 2026 ،
regional and international observers suggest, it bore signs of a transformation in the principles ruling the confrontation of the two sides. While the Israeli regime has always tried to take the initiative in various fields and give a massive response to any threat, the recent developments have indi ...

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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.