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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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Syrian Kurds after SDF Dissolution: Between Integration and Maintaining Influence
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Syrian Kurds after SDF Dissolution: Between Integration and Maintaining Influence

Friday 28 August 2026
weapons, or they would be buried with them. Washington's pressures Perhaps the most important development in the SDF's posture was driven by the shift in the American policy. Washington for years called the SDF its main partner in Syria to meet its interests. However, after al-Assad's ...
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US-Venezuela Oil Deal: Trump Feigning Achievement to Cover up Losses
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US-Venezuela Oil Deal: Trump Feigning Achievement to Cover up Losses

Sunday 30 August 2026 ،
weapons stockpiles and damage to strategic assets.  Yet the Trump administration is falling back on the same old playbook of maximum pressure. Once again, it is trying to force Tehran to its knees. But many analysts and media outlets are skeptical that so-called Economic D-Day sanctions will y ...
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Is Beijing Unseating Washington in West Asia?
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Is Beijing Unseating Washington in West Asia?

Monday 31 August 2026 ،
weapons. The differences over Chinese access to sensitive technologies, drones, and communication infrastructure have caused tensions between the UAE and US several times. That is why Emirates moved to buy Chinese equipment. Earlier, it had received a batch of China's Wing Loong II drones, and ...
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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 ،
weapons, demanding nothing less than a full US withdrawal from Iraq, the exit of Turkish forces from northern Iraq, and the dissolution of the Peshmerga. That kind of rhetoric makes it clear: the Peshmerga's arsenal is no longer just about an external threat. It is now squarely part of the broad ...
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Renewed US-Iran Confrontation: Is the White House Prepared for War?
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Renewed US-Iran Confrontation: Is the White House Prepared for War?

Wednesday 2 September 2026 ،
weapons designed to reshape the battlefield calculus far more decisively than before. The balance of power on the ground is about to shift. Reports now indicate that American forces in the region are exhausted. After six months of confrontation, they have effectively lost their operational edge aga ...
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Bombing of Weddings, the US’s Fixed Pattern of Crimes in the Region
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Bombing of Weddings, the US’s Fixed Pattern of Crimes in the Region

Saturday 5 September 2026 ،
weapons remnants with a former US Army explosives expert, found that the bomb was a US-made glide bomb, a weapon used by the Pentagon and not by the Iranian military. The attack on the wedding occurred roughly 150 yards from a communications tower that US Central Command said it was targeting. This ...
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"Capture" of Lebanon’s Ali al-Taher Heights: War Gain or Netanyahu’s Election Propaganda Tool?
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"Capture" of Lebanon’s Ali al-Taher Heights: War Gain or Netanyahu’s Election Propaganda Tool?

Saturday 5 September 2026 ،
weapons,” he declared. Hezbollah reaction  Despite the Israeli military’s claims of seizing the Ali al-Taher heights, Hezbollah’s response has only deepened doubts about whether the occupation forces truly control the strategic hilltop. Ihab Hamadeh, a Hezbollah lawmaker in ...
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Iran Security Forces Intercept Arms Shipment in Northwestern Region
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Iran Security Forces Intercept Arms Shipment in Northwestern Region

Sunday 6 September 2026 ،
weapons and ammunition shipment ALWAGHT- The IRGC’s Hamzah Sayyid al-Shuhada Base in northwest Iran announced the seizure of a weapons and ammunition shipment belonging to terrorist separatist groups. The IRGC’s Hamzah Sayyid al-Shuhada Base said its intelligence forces had seized a shi ...
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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 ،
weapons. Several prominent resistance groups have so far refused to disarm and recently set 10 conditions before they agree to weapons handover. Salam Hossein, a leader within the Badr Organization, has issued a stark warning against any push to disarm resistance factions, asserting that the matter ...
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Free Fall in Polls: Iran War Consequences Turn Nightmarish to Trump
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Free Fall in Polls: Iran War Consequences Turn Nightmarish to Trump

Tuesday 8 September 2026 ،
weapons arsenal has not been depleted during Iran war, reports suggest considerable drop in the weapons and ammunition stockpiles, something that can curtail the US capability to fight a prolonged war. Media outlets have recently reported that nearly 80 percent of the air defense rockets have been ...

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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.