Alwaght | News & Analysis Website

Editor's Choice

News

Most Viewed

Day Week Month

In Focus

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
New node

New node

Map of  Latest Battlefield Developments in Syria and Iraq on

alwaght.net
Iraq’s Weapons Restriction: A Project with Aspects beyond Simply Disarming Resistance Groups
Analysis

Iraq’s Weapons Restriction: A Project with Aspects beyond Simply Disarming Resistance Groups

Saturday 15 August 2026
crisis is the sheer volume of civilian firearms across Iraq. In July 2024, the interior ministry put the number at roughly 15 million weapons in the hands of citizens. To get a grip on the situation, the ministry has started registering illegal arms while simultaneously clamping down on gun sales. ...
alwaght.net
Yemen War’s New Rules: Saudi Sticks to Old Playbook
Paper

Yemen War’s New Rules: Saudi Sticks to Old Playbook

Monday 17 August 2026 ،
regional trade network. This shift is critical. A war that was initially defined largely within Yemen's borders can now reshape calculations around shipping, insurance, trade routes, and energy security. In this way, Ansarullah have gained the ability to transfer a significant portion of the wa ...
alwaght.net
60-day Ceasefire Ends: What Do Western and World Media Say about Trump’s Dilemma?
Report

60-day Ceasefire Ends: What Do Western and World Media Say about Trump’s Dilemma?

Friday 21 August 2026 ،
regional blowback of his own policy. Warnings by American think tanks American think tanks, for their part, broadly assess that continuing the war will yield no new strategic gains for Washington. The Institute for the Study of War and the Critical Threats Project reported that Iran's politic ...
alwaght.net
Trump’s New Sanctions Plan against Iran Futile, Observers Argue
Analysis

Trump’s New Sanctions Plan against Iran Futile, Observers Argue

Sunday 23 August 2026 ،
regional commerce to sidestep Western strictures. The AP, in its own examination of Trump's latest economic blockade, noted that the UAE has in recent years functioned as a major re-export hub, absorbing a significant portion of the sanctions shock aimed at Iran. Those very regional trade webs ...
alwaght.net
What’s the Strategic Significance of Lebanon’s Ali Taher Heights?
Paper

What’s the Strategic Significance of Lebanon’s Ali Taher Heights?

Monday 24 August 2026 ،
regional war For Washington, too, an escalation in southern Lebanon carries significant political and security costs. On one hand, the US wants to see Hezbollah's capabilities curtailed and the threat to Israeli regime diminished. On the other, an expansion of Israel's ground operations ris ...
alwaght.net
Why’s the New US Economic Campaign against Iran a Failure Story?
Paper

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 ...
alwaght.net
Final Tehran-Muscat Mechanism for Strait of Hormuz: US not in Agreement
Report

Final Tehran-Muscat Mechanism for Strait of Hormuz: US not in Agreement

Wednesday 26 August 2026 ،
regional mechanism Official reports in Tehran confirm that both sides underscored the importance of joint talks with regional countries bordering the Persian Gulf. They also stressed the need to uphold applicable international law and respect the sovereign rights of coastal states. Still, the very ...
alwaght.net
Six Months of Iran War: The Costs for the US
Report

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 ...
alwaght.net
Turkey-Israel Face-off in Eastern Mediterranean
Paper

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 ...
alwaght.net
No More Security for the US: Goals and Messages of Iran’s Attack on Titin Base in Jordan
Analysis

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 ...

Gallery

Photo

Film

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.