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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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Syria’s North Undergoes New Developments as US Stabs Kurds in the Back
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Syria’s North Undergoes New Developments as US Stabs Kurds in the Back

Monday 26 January 2026
2024. For nearly a decade, the Kurds administered parts of Aleppo and Hasakah, seeking to use these territories as the foundation for an autonomous state. However, developments in recent weeks seem to have shattered that long-standing ambition. From this perspective, the loss of these areas could ...
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What Does Trump Want From Cuba?
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What Does Trump Want From Cuba?

Thursday 29 January 2026 ،
2024. This migration was influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, which devastated Cuba's tourism industry, a primary source of income for its residents. In 2024, only 2.2 million visitors came to Cuba, less than half the pre-pandemic number, and Cuba has lost about 10 percent of its population sin ...
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Can Iran Destroy US Aircraft Carrier?
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Can Iran Destroy US Aircraft Carrier?

Saturday 31 January 2026 ،
2024, Yemeni forces, who have publicly confirmed sourcing these weapons from Iran, successfully employed these missiles against commercial and military vessels violating a ban on Israel in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. Actually, the experience of the Yemeni missiles for use of these missiles agains ...
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Rafah Border Crossing: A Safe Gate or an Entrance to a Large Open-Air Prison?
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Rafah Border Crossing: A Safe Gate or an Entrance to a Large Open-Air Prison?

Monday 2 February 2026 ،
2024. Observers note the sprawling scale of military infrastructure constructed by Israeli forces at the crossing, which starkly contradicts the supposed civilian nature of the transit point. The Israeli occupation forces are imposing severe restrictions and exhaustive controls on passengers, who ...
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Iraq’s Govt. Formation in Deadlock as Kurds Wrestle over Post of President
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Iraq’s Govt. Formation in Deadlock as Kurds Wrestle over Post of President

Saturday 7 February 2026 ،
2024. The traditional post-Saddam agreements, which granted the Iraqi presidency to the PUK in exchange for the presidency of the Kurdistan Region going to the KDP, have long lost their political validity. The Kurdistan Democratic Party, citing its greater number of seats in the Iraqi parliament, c ...
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Shiites, the Main Victims of Terrorism in Pakistan
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Shiites, the Main Victims of Terrorism in Pakistan

Monday 9 February 2026 ،
2024, a large convoy of vehicles carrying Shiites was ambushed in the Kurram district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Heavy gunfire left at least 54 people dead and more than 86 wounded. The attack ranked among the deadliest incidents of sectarian violence in northwestern Pakistan in recent years, with ISIS ...
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Resistance Key to Lebanon’s Future: Sheikh Naim
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Resistance Key to Lebanon’s Future: Sheikh Naim

Monday 9 February 2026 ،
2024, emphasizing that only the Resistance's military strength, popular solidarity, and unified political will can deter Israeli aggression. The Hezbollah leader condemned a specific Israeli incursion into al-Hebbariyeh, where an official was abducted, labeling it a violation of Lebanese sovere ...
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The Israeli West Bank Expansion Has Sparked Widespread International Condemnation
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The Israeli West Bank Expansion Has Sparked Widespread International Condemnation

Tuesday 10 February 2026 ،
2024 International Court of Justice advisory opinion, declaring such actions null and void. Separately, the European Union condemned the Israeli security cabinet's latest decisions to tighten control over the West Bank, calling the moves another step in the wrong direction. This criticism align ...
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Netanyahu Returns Home from Washington Empty Handed
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Netanyahu Returns Home from Washington Empty Handed

Thursday 12 February 2026 ،
2024. But the tone of the US president after the bilateral with Trump and media reports suggest that the outcome was totally different from previous ones.  Divided on the surface  Trump's emphasis that he could not make any certain decision in his meeting with Netanyahu may reveal a ...
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New Israeli Law Accelerating West Bank Annexation
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New Israeli Law Accelerating West Bank Annexation

Saturday 14 February 2026 ،
2024. Even worse is the legalization of settlement outposts deemed illegal by Tel Aviv.  There are nearly 70 recognized rural and agricultural outposts that have received direct government funding to connect them to infrastructure, transforming these remote locations into daggers thrust into t ...

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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.