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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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Troubled Louvre Museum Faces Some Grave Scenarios
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Troubled Louvre Museum Faces Some Grave Scenarios

Monday 15 December 2025
750 million to €1 billion (visitors regularly patronize Parisian cafes and restaurants.) - Retail and souvenir sales revenue: €500 to €750 million (museum shops, boutiques, and general shopping centers) - French transportation sector revenue (domestic and international): €1 to ...
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Gaza in ’Board of Peace’ Trap: When Bombs Arrive before Aid
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Gaza in ’Board of Peace’ Trap: When Bombs Arrive before Aid

Sunday 22 February 2026 ،
75,000 Palestinians. He also warned that this mechanism could become a tool to separate the West Bank from the Gaza Strip and effectively replace the United Nations and the Security Council. The core ambiguity lies in the nature of this force's mission. Will it be tasked solely with maintaining ...
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Israeli Army Grounded in Litani Quagmire as Hezbollah Utilizes New Combat Tactics
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Israeli Army Grounded in Litani Quagmire as Hezbollah Utilizes New Combat Tactics

Sunday 29 March 2026 ،
75 destroyed tanks. Merkava is claimed to be sporting a system of rocket evading and distracting. On Wednesday, Hezbollah set a new record in its anti-Israeli operations, inflicting heavy damages on the occupation forces. In these two days, it destroyed 21 Merkava tanks, 3 D-9 bulldozers, and 2 Humm ...
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From Oil to Development Road: Obstacles Ahead of Major Iraq-Turkey Agreements
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From Oil to Development Road: Obstacles Ahead of Major Iraq-Turkey Agreements

Tuesday 4 August 2026 ،
750,000 barrels, Bayraktar wrote on X. The previous 53-year pact expired on July 27. Yet flows never stopped and the pipeline's strategic value spiked as threats to the Strait of Hormuz mounted, and both sides kept the taps open. The new arrangement will be backdated to the expiry date as an ad ...
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Competition of Corridors Amid Hormuz Crisis: Moscow and Tehran’s Winning Card
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Competition of Corridors Amid Hormuz Crisis: Moscow and Tehran’s Winning Card

Friday 7 August 2026 ،
75 percent. The biggest obstacle is the Rasht-Astara railway in northern Iran having not been completed; a route Russia's Asia Corridor outlet calls the missing ring of the INSTC. In 2023, Iran and Russia signed a deal to construct this railway between the cities of Rasht and Astara near Azerba ...
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YAF Extends Strategic Presence from Al-Mokha Toward Bab al-Mandab
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YAF Extends Strategic Presence from Al-Mokha Toward Bab al-Mandab

Saturday 12 September 2026 ،
75 kilometers from Bab al-Mandab, a major maritime chokepoint connecting the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden. Control of the area could provide the YAF with greater oversight of shipping routes and strengthen its ability to impose restrictions on vessels linked to Israel. The captured area also inclu ...
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Hormuz and Bab-el-Mandeb: Two Chokepoints, One Equation
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Hormuz and Bab-el-Mandeb: Two Chokepoints, One Equation

Saturday 12 September 2026 ،
75 kilometers (47 miles) north of Bab-el-Mandeb, which connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden. Controlling the city could give Ansarallah “a chokehold along Bab-el-Mandeb.” It also severs the enemy’s critical supply lines, including the Mokha-Taiz road running south from Mokha a ...
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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 ،
75 percent of Americans backed ending it. Iraq, for its part, was left with years of insecurity, civil strife and vast casualties. Now, with the American withdrawal complete, a number of US experts and analysts are trying to grade this war not merely by battlefield victories but through the lens of ...
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Ansarullah’s Control of Saudi Airspace Sounds Economic Alarm in Riyadh
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Ansarullah’s Control of Saudi Airspace Sounds Economic Alarm in Riyadh

Friday 16 October 2026 ،
75.8 million were international passengers and 65.1 million domestic. Arrivals and departures reached roughly 980,000 flights, while air cargo volumes exceeded one million tons. So, potential air embargo can bring consequences exceeding sea blockade, since in addition to trade and transportation it ...
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Confiscating Hezbollah’s Explosives Shipment by Govt. a Dangerous Game
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Confiscating Hezbollah’s Explosives Shipment by Govt. a Dangerous Game

Saturday 17 October 2026 ،
Lebanon’s government is playing a risky game cracking down on a force that is fighting the Israeli occupation. Alwaght- While the Israeli regime army with occupying south of Litani River region has put strains on the movement of Hezbollah forces and on the network of tunnels for transfer of forces a ...

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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.