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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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Why’s the New US Economic Campaign against Iran a Failure Story?
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Why’s the New US Economic Campaign against Iran a Failure Story?

Wednesday 26 August 2026
regional markets, and non-Western partners. Reuters, questioning Washington’s sanctions strategy, noted that Iran has repeatedly skirted penalties over the decades by setting up shell companies, creating new entities, and re-registering vessels.  Trita Parsi, executive vice president of ...
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Six Months of Iran War: The Costs for the US
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Six Months of Iran War: The Costs for the US

Saturday 29 August 2026 ،
regional and global crisis. Tehran, leveraging its geographic chokehold over the Strait, has managed to drive up the economic and political price for the US. Al Jazeera, in its own assessment, underscores that the war has reached a stalemate. Six months after the first strikes were carried out, the ...
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US-Venezuela Oil Deal: Trump Feigning Achievement to Cover up Losses
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US-Venezuela Oil Deal: Trump Feigning Achievement to Cover up Losses

Sunday 30 August 2026 ،
regional coalitions explicitly built without US participation, speaks volumes about the Trump administration's failure to deliver tangible and durable foreign-policy wins. Into that vacuum steps Venezuela. The Venezuelan oil gambit has become Trump's singular talking point, his last refuge ...
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Turkey-Israel Face-off in Eastern Mediterranean
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Turkey-Israel Face-off in Eastern Mediterranean

Friday 4 September 2026 ،
regional rivalry between Ankara and Tel Aviv into a new and more sensitive phase. In Turkey's view, the deployment of David's Sling and Spyder air defense systems on Greek Islands, and even Cyprus where Turkey and Greece are at loggerheads, is not merely a defensive measure. Rather, it is pa ...
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No More Security for the US: Goals and Messages of Iran’s Attack on Titin Base in Jordan
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No More Security for the US: Goals and Messages of Iran’s Attack on Titin Base in Jordan

Sunday 6 September 2026 ،
regional network. This is what might be called cost transference, which means Tehran's attempt to shift the cost of a US military decision from a single pinpoint inside Iran to a sprawling web of American bases and infrastructure across the entire region. In that light, the strike on Titin was ...
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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 ،
regional strategy, nor can it be reduced to American fear of Iranian strikes or pressure from resistance factions. The reality is, both factors are at play. The US-Iraq security agreement reached in September 2024 makes clear that Washington had long since concluded that a large-scale military foot ...
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Netanyahu Escapes Foward in Lebanon, Time and Equations in Favor of Axis of Resistance: Expert
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Netanyahu Escapes Foward in Lebanon, Time and Equations in Favor of Axis of Resistance: Expert

Monday 7 September 2026 ،
regional equations, and for this reason, the Axis of Resistance also follows regional developments as an interconnected whole. Each front an equation Now each conflict scene has its own specific position and equations. In Yemen, the developments are shaping new equations and in Lebanon the resista ...
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Pezeshkian: Iran Rejects War, Vows ‘Full-Force’ Self-Defence
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Pezeshkian: Iran Rejects War, Vows ‘Full-Force’ Self-Defence

Tuesday 8 September 2026 ،
regional security requires avoiding provocation. However, he said Iran has bravely defended itself against aggression and will continue to resist with full force until the aggressors fully regret their actions. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian responded to recent remarks by US President Donald T ...
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Basij Chief: Iranian Resistance Has Brought US, Israel ‘to Their Knees’
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Basij Chief: Iranian Resistance Has Brought US, Israel ‘to Their Knees’

Tuesday 8 September 2026 ،
regional war, Taeb claimed the US provided extensive financial, logistical and military support to Israel but was ultimately forced into a ceasefire. He said the conflict had damaged the image of the US military and argued that Iran’s resistance had challenged Washington and Israel despite the ...
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Hormuz Mission, a Two-sided Blade for South Korea
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Hormuz Mission, a Two-sided Blade for South Korea

Wednesday 9 September 2026 ،
regional agenda. The Hormuz deployment request, in that light, looks like just another piece of that same puzzle, where South Korea's security becomes a bargaining chip. Generally, though Seoul's name has surfaced among potential contributors to a Hormuz mission, no final decision has been ...

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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.