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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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Israeli Genocide in Gaza Continues as Death Toll Reaches 73,419
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Israeli Genocide in Gaza Continues as Death Toll Reaches 73,419

Saturday 22 August 2026
water and damaged infrastructure are increasing the risk of disease outbreaks. The warnings come amid continued Israeli shelling, airstrikes, and demolitions across the Strip.
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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 ،
watering down his convictions or being reduced to a single identity. Conclusion The electoral shifts of recent years make one thing clear: Muslim political power in the US is no longer just about voter numbers or the ability to nudge election outcomes. A community once viewed primarily as a small, ...
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Six Months of Iran War: The Costs for the US
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Six Months of Iran War: The Costs for the US

Saturday 29 August 2026 ،
waterway daily. But after Iran announced the strait's closure on March 2, that number plummeted to about five vessels a day. A temporary truce in June briefly lifted traffic to roughly 20 ships per day, but when the US reinstated its naval blockade on July 14, daily transits cratered again to ar ...
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Iranian Forces Strike US Base in UAE Following Attack on Larak Island
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Iranian Forces Strike US Base in UAE Following Attack on Larak Island

Monday 31 August 2026 ،
waterway’s narrowest point. The IRGC separately said it launched a combined ballistic missile and drone attack on the US-operated King Hussein and Al-Azraq bases in Jordan. It claimed the strikes caused heavy damage and warned that further US attacks on Iran would trigger stronger retaliation ...
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Qalibaf Issues Retaliation Warning to US: ‘Strike Us, Get Struck’
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Qalibaf Issues Retaliation Warning to US: ‘Strike Us, Get Struck’

Monday 7 September 2026 ،
waterway’s reopening depends on US compliance with a Pakistan-brokered agreement, after Washington allegedly took measures that Tehran viewed as violations of the deal and Iran subsequently declared the strategic waterway closed to traffic.
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Strait of Hormuz and Iran’s Mode Shift from Reaction to Action
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Strait of Hormuz and Iran’s Mode Shift from Reaction to Action

Tuesday 8 September 2026 ،
waterway. Analysts see the move as a calculated bid by Iran to fundamentally reframe the Hormuz equation, shifting the narrative from an American-imposed blockade of Iran to a reciprocal, high-cost contest over control of the region’s maritime chokepoints. The message, they say, is unmistakab ...
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Fifth Fleet: From Safe Base to Story of Loss
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Fifth Fleet: From Safe Base to Story of Loss

Tuesday 15 September 2026 ،
waters.” Cao said the damage to the base had also disrupted operations involving the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, leaving the carrier’s crew without a place to berth. The comments come after Military Times reported that several crew members aboard the Abraham Lincoln, which ha ...
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Mecca Attack amid War of Narratives: Three Clues to Settle the Riddle
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Mecca Attack amid War of Narratives: Three Clues to Settle the Riddle

Saturday 19 September 2026 ،
waterways. Reuters, too, has described the Ansarullah's advances on Red Sea coast and liberation of Mokha the key developments of the new phase of war. Under such conditions, the war's equation is no longer defined solely by front lines on the ground. Bab-el-Mandeb, the Red Sea ports, and S ...
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Latest on Yemen Conflict: Ansarullah Eyeing Progress to Aden
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Latest on Yemen Conflict: Ansarullah Eyeing Progress to Aden

Monday 21 September 2026 ،
waterway. In the wake of the fighting, Yemen's armed forces aligned with the Ansarallah movement declared they had succeeded in liberating the strategic heights from Saudi mercenaries. Citing an official in the exiled Aden government, Arab News claimed Ansarallah is seeking to control mountain ...
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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 ،
water, and even education can serve as effective instruments of soft power. That experience carries a clear message for Iran as well: if Tehran wants to build lasting influence, it must not let military tools crowd out every other instrument of diplomacy. The same holds true for the US. Washington ...

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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.