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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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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
rights to liberating Al-Quds and building a Palestinian state. To be sure, Hamas recently dissolved its administrative government and signaled readiness to hand over its arms to a technocratic government composed of Palestinian factions. Yet most Palestinian political currents still view Hamas as a ...
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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 ،
rights and interests.” The statement highlights a major challenge for Washington: fully enforcing an economic blockade against Iran would require it to confront not only Tehran but also China, the world’s second-largest economy. China and Russia have never fully aligned themselves with ...
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Final Tehran-Muscat Mechanism for Strait of Hormuz: US not in Agreement
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Final Tehran-Muscat Mechanism for Strait of Hormuz: US not in Agreement

Wednesday 26 August 2026 ،
rights of coastal states. Still, the very formation of this preliminary accord marks a significant signal that a regional framework is taking shape to manage one of the world’s most strategic waterways, one that, unlike the US efforts to pressure Tehran, hinges on the role of littoral states ...
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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 ،
rights, has never gained a place as strong as now in the past elections. But the push to quell student protests and administrative pressures against the activists, instead of weakening this current, led to its strengthening. In this evolving landscape, Zahran Mammadani has emerged as a leading figu ...
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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 ،
rights of the Kurdish community and to address their status within the framework of Syria’s new constitution. One of the accord’s most significant outcomes is the end of the SDF’s independent chain of command, with state news agency SANA stressing that after integration, all securi ...
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UN to Choose New Chief: Why’s Tel Aviv Worried?
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UN to Choose New Chief: Why’s Tel Aviv Worried?

Sunday 30 August 2026 ،
rights chief. Rafael Grossi is another major contender. His years at the helm of the International Atomic Energy Agency have given him deep experience navigating the major powers, but he faces Russian opposition. So while the Israeli lobby can try to shape the political climate around the candidate ...
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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 ،
rights over part of Gwadar Port, for instance. Such arrangements would lock in long-term mutual benefits and tie the two economies together in ways that are hard to unwind. Fourth, a joint shipping line under the Pakistani flag. This would allow Iranian goods to reach global markets under a Pakista ...
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Radical Settlers: Netanyahu’s Yesterday Allies, Today’s Headache
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Radical Settlers: Netanyahu’s Yesterday Allies, Today’s Headache

Thursday 3 September 2026 ،
Netanyahu is on a trouble because he needs right-wing vote and at the same time placate international pressure. Alwaght- The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is now in one of the most complex political contradictions of his premiership. The extremist settler movement and hardline right-wing ...
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Bombing of Weddings, the US’s Fixed Pattern of Crimes in the Region
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Bombing of Weddings, the US’s Fixed Pattern of Crimes in the Region

Saturday 5 September 2026 ،
rights groups have raised the specter of war crimes. Amnesty International, reviewing international forces' performance in Afghanistan, documented thousands of civilians killed and wounded, and rated the US government's efforts to investigate and prosecute potential war criminals as weak. In ...
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Pezeshkian: Iran Rejects War, Vows ‘Full-Force’ Self-Defence
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Pezeshkian: Iran Rejects War, Vows ‘Full-Force’ Self-Defence

Tuesday 8 September 2026 ،
rights of the Iranian people.

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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.