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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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Political Storm Heading to Tel Aviv: From Likud Fracture to Election Scenarios
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Political Storm Heading to Tel Aviv: From Likud Fracture to Election Scenarios

Monday 10 August 2026
weakness in the Israeli system. A paralyzed government, consumed by its own unresolved internal disputes, would be far less capable of making big decisions, whether launching new wars or pursuing controversial annexation and large-scale settlement expansion. Taken together, what is unfolding on Isr ...
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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 ،
weakness of state institutions, has turned arms into an integral part of power dynamics within some tribal communities. Tribal clashes in recent years, particularly in the southern provinces of Basra and Dhi Qar, have become a serious security headache. Maysan, Diwaniyah, Babel, Wasit, and even par ...
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Trump Turkey Escape Scandal: New Life under Shadow of Vengeance
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Trump Turkey Escape Scandal: New Life under Shadow of Vengeance

Saturday 15 August 2026 ،
weakness. The scandal set the social media ablaze. Social media users seized on the contrast with leaders who stand their ground in times of crisis, using the moment to re-litigate what strength and courage really mean when the threat is not a slogan, but a bullet. Why has this become a media succ ...
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Iran’s Armed Forces Pledge to Fight Until ‘Enemies Are Defeated’
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Iran’s Armed Forces Pledge to Fight Until ‘Enemies Are Defeated’

Sunday 16 August 2026 ،
weaknesses. He argued that the confrontation demonstrated Iran’s military capabilities and its ability to influence broader military, economic, and political dynamics.
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Yemen War’s New Rules: Saudi Sticks to Old Playbook
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Yemen War’s New Rules: Saudi Sticks to Old Playbook

Monday 17 August 2026 ،
weakness into security lever  Ansarullah, despite economic and military constraints it faces, possess one crucial advantage: their economic resilience and mobilizing ideology are structured in a way that allows them to sustain war at a cost structure entirely different from that of a classic s ...
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Trump’s New Sanctions Plan against Iran Futile, Observers Argue
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Trump’s New Sanctions Plan against Iran Futile, Observers Argue

Sunday 23 August 2026 ،
weakness that would only invite even more US pressure down the line. As a result, he assessed that the likelihood of Iran’s leadership “capitulating” is lower than the likelihood of Tehran escalating its response. International Crisis Group: Pressure without seeking an exit is fut ...
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Pezeshkian: Iran Will Not Surrender to Any Power
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Pezeshkian: Iran Will Not Surrender to Any Power

Sunday 23 August 2026 ،
weakness ALWAGHT- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said no power can force Iran to surrender or accept weakness, stressing that the country can withstand growing military, economic, and security pressures through national unity and decisions grounded in expertise and reason. Iranian President Ma ...
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Twilight of US Hegemony: Decline Felt at Home
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Twilight of US Hegemony: Decline Felt at Home

Monday 24 August 2026 ،
weaknesses in the defense industrial base. The war with Iran, the paper writes, has exposed serious vulnerabilities in that industrial foundation. The crux of the matter is that the American power is not just a function of how many aircraft, warships, or missiles it has on hand. The capacity to rap ...
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Big Blow to the Heart of US Spying System in West Asia
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Big Blow to the Heart of US Spying System in West Asia

Tuesday 1 September 2026 ،
weakness of the US to protect its intelligence and spying facilities across the region, and even to rebuild them. Alwaght- The 40-day war the US-Israeli alliance waged against Iran did not just upend the military and geopolitical calculus of West Asia. It exposed the sheer depth and precision of the ...
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US Forces Withdrawal from Iraq: Why Are Kurds Worried?
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US Forces Withdrawal from Iraq: Why Are Kurds Worried?

Tuesday 1 September 2026 ،
weakness of the Peshmerga forces. The US-KRG security agreement was designed not only to combat ISIS but also to professionalize and unify the Peshmerga. That integration process remains incomplete, and the Peshmerga are still shaped by political rifts between the Kurdistan Region's two main fac ...

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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.