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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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Map of  Latest Battlefield Developments in Syria and Iraq on

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Countdown to US-Iran Deal Deadline: Returning to War or Continuing Diplomacy?
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Countdown to US-Iran Deal Deadline: Returning to War or Continuing Diplomacy?

Friday 14 August 2026
type of ammunitions. But after months of war, the situation has grown even more alarming. Two weeks ago, Reuters reported that the US military had burned through the bulk of its global stockpile of long-range precision missiles, including ATACMS and PrSM, in the war with Iran. The same report flagg ...
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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 ،
types of weapons. According to Al Jazeera, the US is the primary arms supplier to Iraq, accounting for 41 percent of its military imports. Over the past five years, South Korea has also ranked as Iraq's third-largest weapons provider, and between 2017 and 2021, Iraq was the world's 11th-lar ...
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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 ،
type of sanction on Iran for nearly half a century. It has severely weakened Iran’s economy, but it has not eliminated the Islamic Republic or lastingly altered Tehran’s strategic behavior. Sanctions can impose costs, but economic pain does not automatically translate into political surr ...
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Lamerd Attack: An Atrocity that Adds to the US Crimes Case
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Lamerd Attack: An Atrocity that Adds to the US Crimes Case

Monday 14 September 2026 ،
type of missile for the first time to assess the extent of destruction. In similar cases, too, efforts have been made to offer differing accounts of the attacks, and responsibility for certain actions against Iran has even been attributed to artificial intelligence, but the nature of these actions i ...
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Unity of Front Must Become a Law in Iran, Tehran Standing by Hezbollah: Political Expert
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Unity of Front Must Become a Law in Iran, Tehran Standing by Hezbollah: Political Expert

Thursday 17 September 2026 ،
types of threats and crises to eliminate Hezbollah, but when none of these methods worked, the Israeli regime itself entered Lebanese territory and embarked on a path of occupation. Europe concerned about continuation of Lebanon war Pointing to Europe's shifting stance, Moshtaghi said today, s ...
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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 ،
type of government in power than on preserving relative stability and continued economic access. The same model has played out in Mali, where China kept its economic cooperation going after the 2020 coup and signed an agreement in 2022 to build two joint textile spinning plants in Bamako and Koutia ...
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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 ،
type of the relationship Washington and Baghdad will establish after this pullout. 
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US Ouster from Iraq Prelude to Its Expulsion from the Region: Former Iranian Amb. to Iraq
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US Ouster from Iraq Prelude to Its Expulsion from the Region: Former Iranian Amb. to Iraq

Monday 5 October 2026 ،
types of threats to Iran. These threats are economic, propagandastic, cultural, cognitive warfare, diplomatic, and military. US outraged by the US pressures Referring to restrictions imposed on flights, Kazemi Qomi said Iraq has seen airports shut down and the Americans made a major noise about Ir ...
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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 ،
type and level of the US influence and interference in Iraqi affairs, triggering many questions about the future of Baghdad political and security situation after this exit. In quest for answers to these questions, Alwaght has talked to Seyyed Hashem Mousavi, a West Asia affairs expert, asking him ...
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How Have Drones Transformed Yemen War?
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How Have Drones Transformed Yemen War?

Tuesday 6 October 2026 ،
type multirotor drones capable of carrying small munitions. One Ansarallah drone capable of such missions is the Rajum, a hexacopter used for reconnaissance and munitions-release operations against ground targets. On September 14, forces known as the Southern Giants claimed to have downed a large ...

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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.