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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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Mecca Agreement: Seeking Security in Mirage of a Sunni Bloc
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Mecca Agreement: Seeking Security in Mirage of a Sunni Bloc

Saturday 8 August 2026
rhetoric. But field realities of the region have always proven more complicated than such binary framings. Erdogan's motivation behind coalition making with Saudi Arabia  Turkey's entry into such a project cannot be reduced to security calculations alone. Its economy remains hobbled b ...
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Political Storm Heading to Tel Aviv: From Likud Fracture to Election Scenarios
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Political Storm Heading to Tel Aviv: From Likud Fracture to Election Scenarios

Monday 10 August 2026 ،
rhetoric; it is a calibrated reading of the current political dynamics within the right-wing camp. Lieberman has laid down clear conditions for any future coalition, the most significant being a full military conscription law that would compel ultra-Orthodox Haredi men to serve in the army. This de ...
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Iraq’s Weapons Restriction: A Project with Aspects beyond Simply Disarming Resistance Groups
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Iraq’s Weapons Restriction: A Project with Aspects beyond Simply Disarming Resistance Groups

Saturday 15 August 2026 ،
rhetoric and a political principle now has entered the execution stage. Al-Zaydi made it clear that the government should hold the monopoly of use of arms. In a op-ed he published on The Washington Post in July, he highlighted his government's commitment to realization of this goal. He said that ...
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Trump Turkey Escape Scandal: New Life under Shadow of Vengeance
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Trump Turkey Escape Scandal: New Life under Shadow of Vengeance

Saturday 15 August 2026 ،
rhetorical. They have become hard data, real variables in the threat matrices that shape presidential movement. And that shadow, by all indications, is now cast permanently over every foreign trip he will ever take.
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60-day Ceasefire Ends: What Do Western and World Media Say about Trump’s Dilemma?
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60-day Ceasefire Ends: What Do Western and World Media Say about Trump’s Dilemma?

Friday 21 August 2026 ،
rhetoric, underscoring that military pressure has yet to deliver the political outcome it sought. Arab world confused by Trump's approach Prominent Arab media outlets also see no clear way out of the US-Iran confrontation. Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper, citing Trump's announcement that all ta ...
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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 ،
rhetoric and its actual capacity to exert economic pressure. Reuters columnist Clyde Russell made a similar point: “China remains Iran’s most important oil customer, and if Washington genuinely wants to drive Iran’s oil revenues close to zero, it will have to target Chinese banks, ...
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Amid Transforming Muslim Political Power in the US, AIPAC is Declining
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Amid Transforming Muslim Political Power in the US, AIPAC is Declining

Thursday 27 August 2026 ،
rhetoric that at times as jihadis. But those attacks may backfire. Rather than weakening the insurgent current, political pressure could strengthen its hand, fueling recruitment and expanding its electoral appeal. The backdrop is crucial: generational and ideological shifts are already reshaping tr ...
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Iran’s Leader: Actions Undermining National Unity Are Forbidden
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Iran’s Leader: Actions Undermining National Unity Are Forbidden

Saturday 29 August 2026 ،
rhetoric that could weaken unity among society is unacceptable. Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei praised the Iranian government’s efforts to provide essential services, repair damaged infrastructure and manage energy supplies amid war and intensified sanctions. He urged officials to highligh ...
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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 ،
rhetoric. Despite his boasts of a decisive victory, China remains the US's biggest economic rival, and the price spikes triggered by his import tariffs have yet to revert to pre-war levels. Trump made a splash when he unveiled his so-called Board of Peace for Gaza, but the body has yet to produ ...
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US Forces Withdrawal from Iraq: Why Are Kurds Worried?
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US Forces Withdrawal from Iraq: Why Are Kurds Worried?

Tuesday 1 September 2026 ،
rhetoric makes it clear: the Peshmerga's arsenal is no longer just about an external threat. It is now squarely part of the broader struggle over power structures and the restriction of arms inside Iraq. Meanwhile, the Syrian experience still haunts Kurdish leaders. The sudden US pullback from ...

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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.