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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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Will the Iran-US War Resume? Three Scenarios That Could Shape What Comes Next
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Will the Iran-US War Resume? Three Scenarios That Could Shape What Comes Next

Wednesday 8 July 2026
regional crisis. The analysis argues that the confrontation is evolving beyond isolated military exchanges into a struggle over the future security architecture of West Asia and global energy routes. The report contends that Washington's strategy of using military pressure to secure political g ...
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Iran Says Regional Support for US Will Have Consequences
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Iran Says Regional Support for US Will Have Consequences

Monday 13 July 2026 ،
regional instability. Brigadier General Ebrahim Zolfaghari, spokesperson for Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, accused the United States of endangering the Strait of Hormuz, regional security and international trade through repeated interference. He said Iran would not tolerate any ...
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Iran Warns It Will Retaliate Against Any Aggressive Acts
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Iran Warns It Will Retaliate Against Any Aggressive Acts

Friday 24 July 2026 ،
regional peace depends on respect for international law, diplomacy and an end to double standards. Araghchi criticized the United States and Israel over attacks on Iran, including strikes on civilian infrastructure and nuclear facilities under IAEA supervision. He also warned that foreign involveme ...
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From Red Sea to Black Sea: Geopolitical Impacts of Ukraine’s Attack on Iran’s Ship in Caspian Sea
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From Red Sea to Black Sea: Geopolitical Impacts of Ukraine’s Attack on Iran’s Ship in Caspian Sea

Monday 27 July 2026 ،
regional tensions have escalated, Kiev has sought to leverage the Persian Gulf Arab states' anxieties over potential Iranian retaliation as an opening to deepen its political and security ties. With a significant portion of Western air-defense systems already tied up in the Ukraine war, Ukraine ...
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Why’s not Iran Involved Russia and China in Region’s Security-Military Equations?
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Why’s not Iran Involved Russia and China in Region’s Security-Military Equations?

Saturday 1 August 2026 ،
regional allies that tightening the noose on Moscow and Beijing would also weaken Tehran’s deterrent power. Recent developments have seriously upended that assumption. Iran’s resistance, resilience, its battlefield gains and its ability to hold its ground without relying on allies have ...
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Iraq Disarming Project: End of a Security Order or Start of Home Confrontation?
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Iraq Disarming Project: End of a Security Order or Start of Home Confrontation?

Tuesday 11 August 2026 ،
involvement in political structure may continue but having an independent army and weapons outside the government structure will be unacceptable. 
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Ankara and Tel Aviv: Is Syria a Potential Ankara-Tel Aviv Clash Ground?
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Ankara and Tel Aviv: Is Syria a Potential Ankara-Tel Aviv Clash Ground?

Saturday 22 August 2026 ،
regional influence, and the Turkish military role have elevated to new heights. So, the Israeli attack on Abu al-Duhur military base of Syria on Tuesday should be read as the latest development in this confrontation. At least eight strikes hit the airstrip and base facilities, damaging key infrastr ...
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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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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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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.