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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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Prisoners’ Bodies: Netanyahu’s New Excuse for War
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Prisoners’ Bodies: Netanyahu’s New Excuse for War

Saturday 18 October 2025
Accords.  In general, the Israeli obstruction of the ceasefire under the excuse of the Hamas not handing over bodies of prisoners goes beyond a technical and human difference and is giving Netanyahu a strategic instrument to maintain political power, military lever, and pressure during the neg ...
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What’s behind Trump Naming ’Special Envoy’ to Iraq?
Analysis

What’s behind Trump Naming ’Special Envoy’ to Iraq?

Tuesday 21 October 2025 ،
Accords. He believes that by expanding the circle of normalization, he can guarantee the security of Israel and solidify Tel Aviv's position in West Asia. In this effort, Iraq is a key country that Trump is trying to push, through political and economic pressure, into the normalization camp alo ...
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Manama Dialogue 2025: Overt and Covert Agenda
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Manama Dialogue 2025: Overt and Covert Agenda

Tuesday 4 November 2025 ،
Accords framework. Finally, this forum should be regarded as a part of the Arab-Western camp's effort to coordinate their stances with the aim of establishing an Arab NATO against the Axis of Resistance in the region and also to prepare the ground for Arab normalization with the Israeli regime ...
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Israeli-Emirati Security and Military Cooperation from Yemen to Sudan
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Israeli-Emirati Security and Military Cooperation from Yemen to Sudan

Wednesday 5 November 2025 ،
Accords. This is not the first such collaboration. The UAE's state-owned defense conglomerate, EDGE Group, has previously partnered with Israeli firms like Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, Elbit Systems, and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) on projects involving counter-drone technology, air d ...
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Hopes and Fears as Syria’s Al-Jolani Visits US
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Hopes and Fears as Syria’s Al-Jolani Visits US

Sunday 9 November 2025 ،
Accords, his ability to extract direct concessions from Israel is severely limited. His success is wholly contingent upon winning the full trust and satisfaction of Tel Aviv's leadership. Therefore, al-Jolani is being cast as a tool, not an independent actor, and the future of any security or ec ...
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Trump’s Game with C5+1 Card
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Trump’s Game with C5+1 Card

Monday 10 November 2025 ،
Accords, an agreement that, if realized, would further open the door for Israel's presence in the region. From the US perspective, this not only enables the expansion of its allies' influence but also creates a new platform for technological, intelligence, and security cooperation in a strat ...
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US Multi-layer Plan to Dominate Gaza
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US Multi-layer Plan to Dominate Gaza

Sunday 16 November 2025 ،
Accords and the region's integration into a US-led economic and security order. Without control over the Gaza case, no plan for a wider normalization between the Arab world and Israel is feasible. So, the US is attempting to transform the Gaza case into a political victory for itself. The objec ...
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Bin Salman’s US Visit the Launching Pad for Future US-Saudi Ties
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Bin Salman’s US Visit the Launching Pad for Future US-Saudi Ties

Monday 17 November 2025 ،
Accords, normalizing relations between the Israeli regime and several regional countries, including the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco, and Sudan. Saudi Arabia's absence from these deals highlighted its unique and pivotal position in the region's power dynamics. When the Biden administration took of ...
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Israeli Strike on South Lebanon Kills One
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Israeli Strike on South Lebanon Kills One

Tuesday 18 November 2025 ،
Drone and helicopter strikes by Israel hit the towns of Bint Jbeil and Blida, amid a broader escalation by occupation forces ALWAGHT- Drone and helicopter strikes by Israel hit the towns of Bint Jbeil and Blida, amid a broader escalation by occupation forces and repeated violations of southern borde ...
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Does F-35 Sale to Riyadh Make a Real Strategic Difference?
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Does F-35 Sale to Riyadh Make a Real Strategic Difference?

Saturday 22 November 2025 ،
Accords. Qatar, for its part, is competing with Saudi Arabia symbolically through its soft power developed by its media outlets like Al Jazeera and also through the role it plays in such cases as the Taliban and Gaza. On a symbolic level, Saudi Arabia's acquisition of the F-35 has the power to ...

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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.