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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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Map of  Latest Battlefield Developments in Syria and Iraq on

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Yemen War’s New Rules: Saudi Sticks to Old Playbook
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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 ...
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Iran’s Central Bank Governor in Iraq: Where is Settling $11 Billion Iraqi Debt to Iran Going?
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Iran’s Central Bank Governor in Iraq: Where is Settling $11 Billion Iraqi Debt to Iran Going?

Wednesday 19 August 2026 ،
regional economies in the current climate. In his meeting with Nizar Nasser Hussein, Hemmati stressed the need to accelerate the removal of banking obstacles and to implement mechanisms for unlocking Iran’s foreign currency reserves. Both sides expressed satisfaction with the constructive to ...
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Iran’s Ghalibaf in Baghdad: Common Cases on the Table
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Iran’s Ghalibaf in Baghdad: Common Cases on the Table

Friday 21 August 2026 ،
regional cases. Though his official schedule included meetings with senior Iraqi officials, discussing mutual cooperation, security of borders, fight against terrorism, and expansion of trade ties, the developments of the recent days suggest that both Iraq and Iran by managing some issues are trying ...
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Economic to Military Pressure: Six Options Turkey Wields against Israel
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Economic to Military Pressure: Six Options Turkey Wields against Israel

Tuesday 25 August 2026 ،
regional stability. Establishing mechanism to avoid military encounter Turkey at the same time has shown that it is uninterested that bombing of its positions in Syria will escalate into a direct war with Israeli regime. After Israeli attacks on Abu Al-Duhur in Syria, the US actively embarked on e ...
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Regional-Palestinian Backing Prevent Hamas Elimination from Gaza Dynamics
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Regional-Palestinian Backing Prevent Hamas Elimination from Gaza Dynamics

Tuesday 25 August 2026 ،
regional order The Palestinian factions welcoming a meeting with Hamas leader is not solely limited to Palestine. Rather, it has its roots in a promising outlook caused by Iranian victory over the American-Israeli front. The war showed that even direct American involvement in the conflict cannot c ...
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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 ...
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Syrian Kurds after SDF Dissolution: Between Integration and Maintaining Influence
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Syrian Kurds after SDF Dissolution: Between Integration and Maintaining Influence

Friday 28 August 2026 ،
regional push to wind down PKK-linked armed structures altogether. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had warned repeatedly: either the SDF forces lay down their weapons, or they would be buried with them. Washington's pressures Perhaps the most important development in the SDF's posture was d ...
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Iran and Pakistan at Cooperation Crossroads: Opportunities, Barriers, and Proposals to $10-Billion Trade Volume
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Iran and Pakistan at Cooperation Crossroads: Opportunities, Barriers, and Proposals to $10-Billion Trade Volume

Monday 31 August 2026 ،
regional escalation would make this tightrope walk impossible, and would inevitably damage Pakistan's own internal security and cohesion. The cultural ties between Iran and Pakistan, meanwhile, cut both ways.On one side, shared historical, linguistic, and religious roots offer a powerful founda ...
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Is Beijing Unseating Washington in West Asia?
Analysis

Is Beijing Unseating Washington in West Asia?

Monday 31 August 2026 ،
regional countries now seek security alternatives and particularly Saudi Arabia is moving towards new defense arrangements. The UAE: from Washington to Beijing The UAE stands as one of the most striking examples of this pivot from Washington to Beijing. Abu Dhabi still maintains extensive military ...
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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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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.