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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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Beyond Gaza: From the West Bank to Syria and Lebanon
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Beyond Gaza: From the West Bank to Syria and Lebanon

Monday 1 December 2025
Failed ceasefires, escalating strikes, ground operations, and rising casualties point to a widening regional conflict ALWAGHT- Failed ceasefires, escalating strikes, ground operations, and rising casualties point to a widening regional conflict. Despite the announced ceasefire in Gaza, violence has ...
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Ankara and Tehran: From Economic Partnership to Anti-Israeli Alliance
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Ankara and Tehran: From Economic Partnership to Anti-Israeli Alliance

Monday 1 December 2025 ،
Abu Mohammad al-Jolani and his cabal. Ankara appears to be seeking closer cooperation with Tehran to curb the growing instability in its southern neighbor. Some experts speculate that during this visit, the Turkish FM aimed to establish a new security framework with Iran regarding Syria to secure it ...
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Has Peace between Turkey and PKK Run into a Deadlock?
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Has Peace between Turkey and PKK Run into a Deadlock?

Tuesday 2 December 2025 ،
Abu Mohammad al-Jolani) in Damascus would pressure Syrian Kurds to dissolve their military formations and integrate into the new Syrian army. The aim was to neutralize the threat from Syrian Kurds, even if they remained indifferent to the peace process between the PKK and Ankara. Erdogan’s sup ...
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Luxury Police Vehicles New Means to Cement Al-Jolani’s Rule
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Luxury Police Vehicles New Means to Cement Al-Jolani’s Rule

Thursday 4 December 2025 ،
Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, in a massive street parade unveiled new visual identity and design for the police and security forces vehicles. Unveiling luxury cars for police forces comes while the country is grappling with grave security, economic, and political crises. Meanwhile, the presence of senior ...
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UAE in Africa: Rise of Arab Neo-imperialist Power Worrisome to Traditional Powers
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UAE in Africa: Rise of Arab Neo-imperialist Power Worrisome to Traditional Powers

Thursday 4 December 2025 ،
Abu Dhabi is increasingly deepening its influence in Africa and elsewhere, turning into a new influential actor. Alwaght- In recent months, verbal and media tensions between Algeria and the UAE have gone beyond normal levels, signaling a deep geopolitical competition in North Africa and the Sahel re ...
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Death of Abu Shabab a Blow to Tel Aviv’s Gaza Plans
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Death of Abu Shabab a Blow to Tel Aviv’s Gaza Plans

Saturday 6 December 2025 ،
Abu Shabab, the leader of an anti-Hamas terror group in Gaza was confirmed on Thursday. The death of Abu Shabab, whose militia is backed by Israel militarily and logistically, marks a potential blow to the Israeli plans for post-war Gaza. Abu Shabab led an armed group that controlled Rafah in south ...
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Will Hadhramaut Battle Change Yemen Map?
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Will Hadhramaut Battle Change Yemen Map?

Sunday 7 December 2025 ،
Abu Dhabi established in 2016 under the pretext of fighting Al-Qaeda. Islah Party, the biggest losing force Indeed, fall of the First Military Region deals a heavy blow operationally and symbolically to the Islah Party, an affiliate of Muslim Brotherhood in Yemen. This region made the main layer ...
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Can Turkey’s Return to F-35 Program Fill Its Deterrence Void?
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Can Turkey’s Return to F-35 Program Fill Its Deterrence Void?

Monday 8 December 2025 ،
Abu Dhabi is on its way to buy F-35s to boost its military capabilities and regional foothold. On the other side of the regional equation, Turkey and Qatar, as representatives of the bloc supporting the Muslim Brotherhood, are strengthening their defense capabilities. Qatar recently signed a securi ...
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The Strategic Enigma in Baku-Abu Dhabi Alliance
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The Strategic Enigma in Baku-Abu Dhabi Alliance

Tuesday 9 December 2025 ،
Abu Dhabi’s attention. One of the signs of this attention is the boost of the Baku-Abu Dhabi relations, to an extent that in recent months the officials of two countries increased their mutual visits to a meaningful degree. Continuing this approach, last week, a joint meeting was held betwee ...
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Trump’s Doctrine: An Analysis of US Hegemonic Decline
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Trump’s Doctrine: An Analysis of US Hegemonic Decline

Wednesday 10 December 2025 ،
Trump’s doctrine may be an admission that the US is no longer the sole world power and new world order is shaping with participation of other actors. Alwaght- Publishing the new US national security doctrine under Donald Trump should not be seen as a mere conventional review of the American strategi ...

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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.