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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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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
wings equipped with fighter jets, electronic-warfare aircraft, helicopters and airborne early-warning and control aircraft, give the US the ability to conduct air and missile operations while supporting ground forces. The presence of a command facility in Bahrain also allows the US to move personne ...
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Ali Al-Taher Capture Toll a Hyperbole, Hezbollah in Proper Conditions: Analyst
Interview

Ali Al-Taher Capture Toll a Hyperbole, Hezbollah in Proper Conditions: Analyst

Wednesday 16 September 2026 ،
wing Iran war, adding that this state of unilateral ceasefire that was constantly breached by the Israelis continued until February 28. With the beginning of Israeli-American war on Iran and announcement of martyrdom of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei, Hezbollah launched its retaliatory ...
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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 ،
wing Nawaf Salam's appointment as prime minister, saying that the Americans, particularly after February 8, 2025, and Nawaf Salam's selection as Lebanon's new prime minister, intended to outsource certain political and military matters. Washington assumed it no longer needed a direct US ...
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Elections in Land of Crisis: Netanyahu, Opposition, and Architecture of Israeli Future
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Elections in Land of Crisis: Netanyahu, Opposition, and Architecture of Israeli Future

Thursday 24 September 2026 ،
wing policies to hold their camp together. On the other, his opponents see the election as a chance to change the country's political direction. Yet, one defining feature of the current campaign is the absence of a decisive advantage for either camp. Competing polls paint conflicting pictures, ...
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Fate of Washington-Erbil Security Pact: The Trump-Kurds Equation
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Fate of Washington-Erbil Security Pact: The Trump-Kurds Equation

Saturday 26 September 2026 ،
win to Iran, Russia and China. James Jeffrey, a former U.S. ambassador to Iraq and Turkey and a senior figure in the anti-ISIS coalition, warning against scaling back support for the Peshmerga, has said that maintaining these forces costs America little and that Washington must not repeat the mista ...
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Netanyahu’s Speech: A Slap at the UN, a Pain at Home
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Netanyahu’s Speech: A Slap at the UN, a Pain at Home

Saturday 26 September 2026 ،
wing, hardline camp. But the mood in the General Assembly and the reactions to his presence and his remarks turned the affair into an unmitigated fiasco. For years, Netanyahu has used the UN platform to project an image of strength, a leader who will not bow to international pressure and retreat fr ...
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Israel’s Opposition Coalition: A Final Nail in the Netanyahu’s Coffin?
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Israel’s Opposition Coalition: A Final Nail in the Netanyahu’s Coffin?

Sunday 27 September 2026 ،
wing heated for forming political coalitions. Leaders of the opposition political parties who in the past entered elections independently are now moving closer to each other to form a united front against Benjamin Netanyahu. Leaders of the so-called Change Group gathered Saturday at the home of opp ...
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Second Sayyed Nasrallah Anniversary: Display of Loyalty to Resistance Legacy
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Second Sayyed Nasrallah Anniversary: Display of Loyalty to Resistance Legacy

Monday 28 September 2026 ،
win, we are winners, and when we die as martyrs, we are winners, too. Foad Naji, the member of Yemen's Scholars Council, said that the bood of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and his companion Sayyed Hashem Safieddine will redraw the regional equations. Iraq, too, held a ceremony commemorating the sec ...
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Exit from Iraq: US Superpower Image Shattered with a Strategic Defeat
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Exit from Iraq: US Superpower Image Shattered with a Strategic Defeat

Friday 2 October 2026 ،
win, strategic loss This American military expert, despite his criticism of the war's results, believed that the Iraq War, and ultimately the US withdrawal, delivered at least one tactical victory. In his view, American forces managed to build effective capacity to suppress the insurgency and, ...
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Battle for Yemen’s Strategic Belt: Marib, Taiz, and Lahij at One Equation
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Battle for Yemen’s Strategic Belt: Marib, Taiz, and Lahij at One Equation

Sunday 4 October 2026 ،
win on this front could redraw the balance of power in Yemen's internal conflict in the Ansarullah's favor, suggesting that Sana'a's forces are poised to dominate the majority of the country's territory, and are capable of even bigger victories ahead. Taiz, north-south-coast con ...

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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.