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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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Early Fall: Why’s Anti-Ansarallah Front Collapsed This Soon?
Analysis

Early Fall: Why’s Anti-Ansarallah Front Collapsed This Soon?

Sunday 13 September 2026
withdrawal route of Saudi-backed forces thus stretched from Hais and al-Wazi'iyah to the outskirts of Mokha, then the city itself, and finally to Perim and Bab-el-Mandeb, erasing, in a matter of days, the Saudi-aligned presence along the southern Red Sea coast. Actually, Saudi-backed forces wit ...
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Amending Iraq’s PMF Law: Change of Structure or Nature?
Report

Amending Iraq’s PMF Law: Change of Structure or Nature?

Sunday 13 September 2026 ،
withdrawal of US forces remains mired in uncertainty, a situation that could inflame tensions between those groups and American troops if US forces stay past the September 30 deadline. Resistance leaders have repeatedly declared they will not accept even a single American soldier remaining after th ...
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Fifth Fleet: From Safe Base to Story of Loss
Paper

Fifth Fleet: From Safe Base to Story of Loss

Tuesday 15 September 2026 ،
withdrawal from the region, but a shift that undermines its freedom of action and operational agility.
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Unity of Front Must Become a Law in Iran, Tehran Standing by Hezbollah: Political Expert
Interview

Unity of Front Must Become a Law in Iran, Tehran Standing by Hezbollah: Political Expert

Thursday 17 September 2026 ،
withdrawal has taken place. Tel Aviv was supposed to pull back and the Lebanese army was to take control of those areas, but that did not happen. Hezbollah knew from the start what the outcome of the negotiations would be and let the process play out so that the result would become clear to the ent ...
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UN Report on Minab School War Crime a Nightmare to US
Analysis

UN Report on Minab School War Crime a Nightmare to US

Sunday 20 September 2026 ،
withdrawal from the UN institution. Alwaght- The US war of aggression against Iran continues as the aspects of attacks on civilians more than ever come to focus of the international organizations. A recent report by the UN fact-finding committee about Iran provides one of the most important publish ...
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Atlantic Gap in the Final Stage
Analysis

Atlantic Gap in the Final Stage

Sunday 20 September 2026 ،
withdrawal of 5,000 troops from Germany was announced only after Chancellor Friedrich Merz criticized America's strategy in the war, a telling link between political friction and military punishment. That logic of reward and punishment took institutional form last month. According to a document ...
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Peshmerga Unification Project: End of a Partisan Military or Start of Redefining Kurdistan Region’s Power?
Paper

Peshmerga Unification Project: End of a Partisan Military or Start of Redefining Kurdistan Region’s Power?

Tuesday 22 September 2026 ،
withdrawal of the American and Western forces from Iraq means that Kurdistan must shoulder the responsibility for a larger part of security relying on home capabilities. So, after the US exit, the main issue is not vacuum caused by absence of foreign forces, but is the funding, training, intelligenc ...
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Fate of Washington-Erbil Security Pact: The Trump-Kurds Equation
Paper

Fate of Washington-Erbil Security Pact: The Trump-Kurds Equation

Saturday 26 September 2026 ،
withdrawal from Syria, has seized on that scenario as justification for scaling back or cutting off weapons support. Taken together, Trump's dual approach, namely demanding the Kurds fight alongside US forces while offering no strategic guarantees, and simultaneously distrusting where the weapo ...
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Syriafication of Sahel Region: Powers Wrestling to Redefine Strategic Foothold
Paper

Syriafication of Sahel Region: Powers Wrestling to Redefine Strategic Foothold

Tuesday 29 September 2026 ،
withdrawal of the Western forces, and the emergence of new security arrangements have given Moscow and Beijing a fresh opportunity to consolidate their position in one of Africa's geopolitically most sensitive regions. The significance of Sahel, indeed, is not the same to these Eastern powers. R ...

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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.