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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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US Play with Withdrawal Card: Retreat from Iraq under Banner of Strategy Shift
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US Play with Withdrawal Card: Retreat from Iraq under Banner of Strategy Shift

Sunday 6 September 2026
training, military advising, arms sales, and defense financing, arrangements that could easily serve as a backdoor for continued US security influence and a de facto on-the-ground presence. Atheer al-Shara weighed in on that dynamic, saying: The US pullout may turn out to be largely symbolic, much ...
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Possible Syria Membership to Mecca Pact: What Are Its Geopolitical Challenges and Motivations?
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Possible Syria Membership to Mecca Pact: What Are Its Geopolitical Challenges and Motivations?

Sunday 13 September 2026 ،
training, technical assistance, and weapons to Syria. And for Pakistan, Syria's accession could bolster its strategic presence and growing influence in West Asia. In general, Syrian accession could grant a key strategic privilege to the current members, which is geography. Actually, Syria can l ...
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Iran’s "Self-sacrificers Exercise": A Strong Public Message to the US
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Iran’s "Self-sacrificers Exercise": A Strong Public Message to the US

Saturday 19 September 2026 ،
training and the formation of popular units. Domestic media reported that the campaign had already drawn widespread interest, with registration for military and relief training within popular battalions continuing. Held on the eve of Sacred Defense Week and after months of tension and confrontation ...
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Africa: Iran’s Strategic Opportunity to Break the Barriers
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Africa: Iran’s Strategic Opportunity to Break the Barriers

Monday 21 September 2026 ،
training and maintenance to intelligence-sharing, border security, and technology transfer. Indeed, if Tehran can link arms sales to industrial and training cooperation, a relationship that begins as purely commercial can evolve into a long-term partnership. Crucially, Africa's geography carrie ...
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Peshmerga Unification Project: End of a Partisan Military or Start of Redefining Kurdistan Region’s Power?
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Peshmerga Unification Project: End of a Partisan Military or Start of Redefining Kurdistan Region’s Power?

Tuesday 22 September 2026 ،
training course for senior commanders from the two commands offered a sign that the project is moving toward forging a unified command culture. Still, organizational progress should not be mistaken for a full resolution of political differences. It is noteworthy that the Peshmerga structure has for ...
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Fate of Washington-Erbil Security Pact: The Trump-Kurds Equation
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Fate of Washington-Erbil Security Pact: The Trump-Kurds Equation

Saturday 26 September 2026 ،
training and salary payments. Now, however, the Pentagon has proposed eliminating that assistance in its fiscal year 2027 budget request, arguing that with ISIS defeated, the spending is no longer necessary and the money could be redirected elsewhere. The prospect has stirred alarm in Erbil, all th ...
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Syriafication of Sahel Region: Powers Wrestling to Redefine Strategic Foothold
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Syriafication of Sahel Region: Powers Wrestling to Redefine Strategic Foothold

Tuesday 29 September 2026 ،
training, and protection of key sites and facilities as a tool of influence in expectation of economic and political cooperation and strategic access. This model has allowed the Russians to, while not having the same investment capacity of China, build an effective place in the Sahel states. China: ...
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US Military Withdrawal not End of US Iraq Presence, Iran Needs Long-term Iraq Strategy: Expert
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US Military Withdrawal not End of US Iraq Presence, Iran Needs Long-term Iraq Strategy: Expert

Saturday 3 October 2026 ،
training presence in Iraq amounts to a threat to the country's standing. Iraqi oil, a pressure lever at American hand In another part of his remarks, the expert pointed to Iraq's financial dependence on oil revenues, saying that Iraq remains under American domination. On the pretext of res ...
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Post-Withdrawal US Security Strategy in Iraq: Five Scenarios
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Post-Withdrawal US Security Strategy in Iraq: Five Scenarios

Monday 5 October 2026 ،
training, weapons, security cooperation, and the power to act from outside the host country like Iraq come into priority.  Pentagon, for its part, called the withdrawal a transition from war-time coalition mission to Iraqi-led security effort, adding that targeted training and intelligence sup ...
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True Security and Political Independence in Iraq Matters after US Military Pullout: Expert
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True Security and Political Independence in Iraq Matters after US Military Pullout: Expert

Tuesday 6 October 2026 ،
training Iraqi forces, arms sales and support, defense partnerships, and political engagement. Previous Baghdad-Washington agreements had, in essence, already anticipated the transition from a coalition mission to a bilateral security relationship. I therefore do not see the US withdrawal as absolu ...

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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.