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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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Israeli Navy: From Protecting Coasts to Addressing Threats in Distant Waters
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Israeli Navy: From Protecting Coasts to Addressing Threats in Distant Waters

Saturday 10 October 2026
resistance movement, which has been holding the capital Sana'a and much of northern Yemen since 2014, has managed to make quick progress on battlegrounds of the west coast, hence, boosting its grip on Bab-el-Mandeb and developing further power to control navigation in the Red Sea, something arou ...
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Iraq, the Graveyard of American Military Strategy in West Asia
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Iraq, the Graveyard of American Military Strategy in West Asia

Sunday 11 October 2026 ،
resistance of Iraqis raised its costs and left it with no options for stay. Alwaght- Full US withdrawal from Iraq on September 30 marked an end to two decades of a failed American strategy in one of West Asia's most important countries. The failure in Iraq was not a tactical incident but a colla ...
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Iraqi PM’s Saudi Visit and Difficult Calculus of Neurality
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Iraqi PM’s Saudi Visit and Difficult Calculus of Neurality

Saturday 17 October 2026 ،
resistance groups will escalate in solidarity with Sana’a against Saudi Arabia. Alwaght- Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Falih al-Zaidi, who has made various regional visits in recent months aimed at shoring up bilateral ties and expanding political and economic cooperation, has now chosen Saudi Arabia as ...
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Behind Closed School Doors: Azerbaijan Govt. Secularism vs. Islamic Identity of Society
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Behind Closed School Doors: Azerbaijan Govt. Secularism vs. Islamic Identity of Society

Sunday 18 October 2026 ،
groups and detainees say the government has used drug charges as a pretext to arrest and imprison religious activists, particularly Shiites. Anti-religous secularism gaining traction with geopolitical developments The authoritarianism of Azerbaijan's political system dates back to the country& ...
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Completion of Iraq Cabinet and Redrawing Balance of Power
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Completion of Iraq Cabinet and Redrawing Balance of Power

Tuesday 20 October 2026 ،
resistance in the cabinet Completion of the cabinet of al-Zaidi shows that a major part of the new ministries are held by figures close to the resistance groups and aligned forces. As the composition of the cabinet shows, the Reconstruction and Development Coalition with three ministries is on the ...
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Netanyahu’s Transition from Ben-Gurion Doctrine to His Own
Analysis

Netanyahu’s Transition from Ben-Gurion Doctrine to His Own

Wednesday 21 October 2026 ،
resistance movements in the region at the top of security threats the Israeli regime is facing. Emphasizing on settlement projects and boosting Jewish identity across the world, maintaining Israeli military superiority in the region, increasing arms production, taking preemptive actions countering c ...
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Three Cases That Brought Pakistan’s Munir to Tehran
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Three Cases That Brought Pakistan’s Munir to Tehran

Wednesday 21 October 2026 ،
groups on border towns in Sistan and Baluchestan have killed a number of security personnel and civilians and created security challenges for local residents. Although the Islamic Republic's military, security, and intelligence forces have acted firmly and decisively in dismantling the American ...
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Iraq’s Cabinet Completion: From Winners and Losers to Quota System
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Iraq’s Cabinet Completion: From Winners and Losers to Quota System

Sunday 25 October 2026 ،
resistance groups. From this dimension, al-Zaidi's position must be examined through the gap between legal legitimacy and real political power. Parliament's vote of confidence grants him formal authority to run the government, but his ability to carry out policy hinges on the breadth of par ...
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Netanyahu’s Dangerous Gamble in Iraqi Skies
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Netanyahu’s Dangerous Gamble in Iraqi Skies

Tuesday 27 October 2026 ،
resistance is watching. Alwaght- Suspicious flights in the Iraqi sky, reports of Israeli fighter jets flying from Iraqi airspace near Iranian borders, and explosions in the munition depots of the Iraqi resistance groups have all set off the alarm bells about possible rejuvenated escalation in the re ...
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Oil and Security, Two Drivers of Iraqi PM’s Damascus Visit
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Oil and Security, Two Drivers of Iraqi PM’s Damascus Visit

Saturday 31 October 2026 ،
resistance groups and subject Baghdad-Damascus relations to severe shocks. During al-Zaidi's visit, al-Jolani's comment on the need for the Iraqi resistance groups to be disarmed can be seen as a interference in the Iraqi home affairs and draw reaction of pro-resistance factions in the parl ...

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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.