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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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Hezbollah’s Smart New Tactic against Plots Seeking Its Disarmament
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Hezbollah’s Smart New Tactic against Plots Seeking Its Disarmament

Wednesday 5 March 2025
Hezbollah says the ball is now in the army and government court to expel Israeli occupation forces amid calls for its disarmament. Alwaght- With the election of a new president and formation of a new government, Lebanon's political status has entered a new stage under the pressure of foreign pla ...
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Syria Sinks in Unrest as Al-Jolani Fails to Act on Promises
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Syria Sinks in Unrest as Al-Jolani Fails to Act on Promises

Saturday 8 March 2025 ،
shooting in the streets. Parts of the western coast are also still witnessing clashes, and it seems that the situation in the Alawite-inhabited region is still unstable.  Al-Araby news network reported, citing local sources, that there were also heavy clashes between the security forces of the ...
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Aerial Target Shooting Executed During Iran-China-Russia Joint Naval Exercises
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Aerial Target Shooting Executed During Iran-China-Russia Joint Naval Exercises

Tuesday 11 March 2025 ،
shooting exercises during the 2025 Maritime Security Belt joint drills with China and Russia ALWAGHT- Iran’s Navy successfully conducted day and night aerial target shooting exercises during the 2025 Maritime Security Belt joint drills with China and Russia in the northern Indian Ocean, accord ...
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One Israeli Killed, Another Wounded in Haifa Retaliatory Attack
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One Israeli Killed, Another Wounded in Haifa Retaliatory Attack

Monday 24 March 2025 ،
shooting, and stabbing attack in northern occupied territories ALWAGHT- At least one Israeli was killed and another injured in an alleged car-ramming, shooting, and stabbing attack in northern occupied territories. A retaliatory operation took place on a road near Yokne’am, southeast of Haifa ...
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Israeli Forces Fatally Shoot Palestinian-American Teenager in West Bank
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Israeli Forces Fatally Shoot Palestinian-American Teenager in West Bank

Tuesday 8 April 2025 ،
shooting, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, has raised alarm over the escalating violence in the West Bank. Since October 2023, at least 900 Palestinians, including 191 children, have been killed by Israeli forces and settlers, according to the UN.
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$30 Million US Drone Taken Down by Yemeni Air Defenses
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$30 Million US Drone Taken Down by Yemeni Air Defenses

Wednesday 9 April 2025 ،
shooting down another US MQ-9 drone involved in "hostile operations" within the country’s airspace ALWAGHT- The Yemeni military reports shooting down another US MQ-9 drone involved in hostile operations within the country's airspace. Yemeni air defenses successfully shot down an American MQ-9 d ...
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Israel’s War on Palestinian Journalists: 343 Attacks This Year
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Israel’s War on Palestinian Journalists: 343 Attacks This Year

Sunday 27 April 2025 ،
shootings of press crews, often under pretexts like warnings, alongside 15 arbitrary arrests of journalists. Repression extended beyond violence, with 117 journalists obstructed from reporting—particularly in al-Quds and Jenin—through assaults, equipment seizures, and tear gas exposure. ...
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Yemen’s Air Defense a Tough Test for US Air Superiority
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Yemen’s Air Defense a Tough Test for US Air Superiority

Saturday 3 May 2025 ،
shooting down 21 advanced American drones using air defenses, Ansarullah has managed to acquire new technologies to which even the highly advanced American fighter jets are not immune. After an F-18 fighter jet was shot down by friendly fire following its maneuver to escape an Ansarullah missile, t ...
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Is Trump Mulling Shift in Gaza Strategy?
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Is Trump Mulling Shift in Gaza Strategy?

Wednesday 21 May 2025 ،
shooting downing of drones and fighter jets and attacks on American ships, showed Trump how much engaging in Netanyahu’s rules of the game can be detrimental to the American interests. A key point to note here is that Netanyahu’s plans for war are even broader than Gaza and the West Ban ...
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Ukrainian Drone Strikes Across Russia Result in One Fatality
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Ukrainian Drone Strikes Across Russia Result in One Fatality

Sunday 1 June 2025 ،
shooting down 105 Ukrainian drones across multiple regions overnight, continuing a recent pattern of intensified drone attacks. Ukrainian strikes also damaged a semiconductor plant in the Oryol region earlier in the week.

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Exclusive: A mirror named the Persian Gulf: Reflecting the continuity of Iranian identity

Exclusive: A mirror named the Persian Gulf: Reflecting the continuity of Iranian identity