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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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Iran Dismantles Four US-Israeli-Backed Sabotage Networks in Southern Province
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Iran Dismantles Four US-Israeli-Backed Sabotage Networks in Southern Province

Saturday 3 October 2026
unrest and carrying out sabotage. Iran’s Intelligence Ministry said its officers in Kerman dismantled four networks after receiving information from the public and conducting intelligence operations. According to the ministry, the groups sought to recruit teenagers and young people using app ...
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Europe on a Powder Keg: Protests Spreading from France to Others
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Europe on a Powder Keg: Protests Spreading from France to Others

Tuesday 6 October 2026 ،
unrest in Belgium had in fact begun even before the French protests peaked. On September 16, thousands of university students marched in Brussels against tuition hikes and education reforms. Spain: From Classrooms to Housing In Spain, too, a separate wave of youth and grassroots protest is taking ...
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Tehran Accuses France of ‘Double Standards’ Over Shift From ‘Peaceful Uprising’ to ‘Urban Violence’
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Tehran Accuses France of ‘Double Standards’ Over Shift From ‘Peaceful Uprising’ to ‘Urban Violence’

Tuesday 6 October 2026 ،
unrest in Iran as a “peaceful uprising,” despite reports of violence, while French authorities now characterize similar unrest in France as “urban violence.” He argued that protest and human rights standards should not depend on where demonstrations occur. The French protest ...
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Recent Moscow Format Meeting Heavily Overshadowed by Kabul-Islamabad Tensions
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Recent Moscow Format Meeting Heavily Overshadowed by Kabul-Islamabad Tensions

Wednesday 7 October 2026 ،
unrest, particularly the incidents in Kamdish in Nuristan province and, over the past month, in Badakhshan, the town of Zebak and other areas, was carried out with Pakistani backing. In Pakistan, a meeting was held with Taliban opponents, chaired by Tahir Zahir, information and culture minister und ...
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What Does State of Emergency in Kheyber Pakhtunkhwa Mean?
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What Does State of Emergency in Kheyber Pakhtunkhwa Mean?

Tuesday 13 October 2026 ،
unrest and eroding public trust in state institutions are probable. And if the emergency measures fail to improve security and reduce armed attacks, the decision's legitimacy and effectiveness will be called into question. Finally, the way of execution of the decision, the observance of constit ...
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French Protest Turnout Doubles as Demonstrators Call for Macron’s Government to Resign
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French Protest Turnout Doubles as Demonstrators Call for Macron’s Government to Resign

Tuesday 13 October 2026 ،
unrest has intensified pressure on Macron’s government as it struggles to pass a cost-cutting budget amid rising public debt and economic uncertainty. Authorities are investigating 34 allegations of police violence, while the education ministry reported 147 injured teachers. Student groups and ...
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Iraqi PM’s Saudi Visit and Difficult Calculus of Neurality
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Iraqi PM’s Saudi Visit and Difficult Calculus of Neurality

Saturday 17 October 2026 ،
unrest and its fallout. Still, the key question, according to the Iraqi source, is whether Baghdad can advance a balanced dialogue that takes into account the security and sovereignty of regional countries, including Iraq, or whether security coordination with Riyadh will take precedence without re ...
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Macron and France Bearing the Fallout of Iran War and Consequent Energy Crisis
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Macron and France Bearing the Fallout of Iran War and Consequent Energy Crisis

Tuesday 20 October 2026 ،
unrest as one of the biggest protests waves and riots in recent decades in France. When war impacts petrol stations One of the key transmission belts linking the war against Iran to French discontent is the global energy market. Disruptions to oil transit routes, anxieties over shipping security i ...
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France Tightens Curbs and Threatens Large-Scale Police Deployment Ahead of Demonstrations
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France Tightens Curbs and Threatens Large-Scale Police Deployment Ahead of Demonstrations

Wednesday 21 October 2026 ،
unrest has prompted several countries to issue travel advisories for France, amid growing concerns that public discontent over living costs and declining living standards could spread across Europe.
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Oil and Security, Two Drivers of Iraqi PM’s Damascus Visit
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Oil and Security, Two Drivers of Iraqi PM’s Damascus Visit

Saturday 31 October 2026 ،
unrest. Thanks to its close and extensive political and economic ties with Tehran, Iraq has likely faced fewer hurdles than its Gulf neighbors in exporting oil through the Strait of Hormuz and has reaped some advantages from the alliance, but that still does not fill the gap left by 5 million barrel ...

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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.