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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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From Red Sea to Black Sea: Geopolitical Impacts of Ukraine’s Attack on Iran’s Ship in Caspian Sea
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From Red Sea to Black Sea: Geopolitical Impacts of Ukraine’s Attack on Iran’s Ship in Caspian Sea

Monday 27 July 2026
Arab monarchies As regional tensions have escalated, Kiev has sought to leverage the Persian Gulf Arab states' anxieties over potential Iranian retaliation as an opening to deepen its political and security ties. With a significant portion of Western air-defense systems already tied up in the U ...
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Shadow of Missiles Back on Saudi Oil Empire
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Shadow of Missiles Back on Saudi Oil Empire

Wednesday 29 July 2026 ،
Arabia and Yemen's Ansarullah resistance movement, war has entered a new stage, with its central face being not military, but economic infrastructures. Actually, vital arteries of Saudi Arabia have become the main theater of the renewed confrontation. The increased missile and drone attacks on ...
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Saudi Arabia’s Vicious Circle of Coalition-Making: What Does Past Experience Tell Riyadh?
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Saudi Arabia’s Vicious Circle of Coalition-Making: What Does Past Experience Tell Riyadh?

Sunday 2 August 2026 ،
Arabia is repeating a tested and failed experience of announcing a coalition against Yemen’s Ansarullah. It seems it has not learned enough. Alwaght- After two weeks of fruitless airstrikes against Yemen to press Ansarullah resistance movement to withdraw its recently announced sea blockade on Saudi ...
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Mecca Agreement: Seeking Security in Mirage of a Sunni Bloc
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Mecca Agreement: Seeking Security in Mirage of a Sunni Bloc

Saturday 8 August 2026 ،
Arabia again turns to foreigners for support while the latter each have their own interests behind this defense agreement. Alwaght- While Yemeni Ansarullah's drone and missile attacks have once again put Saudi Arabia in one of its most sensitive security times, in the holy city of Mecca in a loc ...
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Twilight of US Hegemony: Decline Felt at Home
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Twilight of US Hegemony: Decline Felt at Home

Monday 24 August 2026 ،
Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, and Kuwait, is likely to fall to its lowest level since 2003, ahead of the Iraq invasion. The US is also pulling out of Syria and scaling back in Iraq. Signs of Washington's power decline At the same time, the Peterson Institute for International Economics (PII ...
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Yemeni Leader Reaffirms Support for Iran Amid Ongoing Aggression
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Yemeni Leader Reaffirms Support for Iran Amid Ongoing Aggression

Tuesday 25 August 2026 ،
Arabia’s blockade of Yemen, saying Sanaa remains committed to responding with a “blockade in response to blockade” policy. The Yemeni leader reaffirmed support for Iran, Lebanon, Palestine, and other fronts of the resistance, arguing that the conflicts involving Iran, Yemen, Leban ...
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Amid Transforming Muslim Political Power in the US, AIPAC is Declining
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Amid Transforming Muslim Political Power in the US, AIPAC is Declining

Thursday 27 August 2026 ،
Arab and Muslim Americans, coupled with the apparent waning of the once-formidable Zionist lobby’s grip on the right flank of the electorate. In recent days, Donald Trump and his vice president’s remarks about Abdulrahman Al-Sayed’s likely victory in the Senate primary have ignite ...
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US-Venezuela Oil Deal: Trump Feigning Achievement to Cover up Losses
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US-Venezuela Oil Deal: Trump Feigning Achievement to Cover up Losses

Sunday 30 August 2026 ،
Arab state maneuvers represented by security cooperation pacts and regional coalitions explicitly built without US participation, speaks volumes about the Trump administration's failure to deliver tangible and durable foreign-policy wins. Into that vacuum steps Venezuela. The Venezuelan oil gam ...
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Iran and Pakistan at Cooperation Crossroads: Opportunities, Barriers, and Proposals to $10-Billion Trade Volume
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Iran and Pakistan at Cooperation Crossroads: Opportunities, Barriers, and Proposals to $10-Billion Trade Volume

Monday 31 August 2026 ،
Arabia and maintains close ties with Turkey, while simultaneously trying to position itself as a mediator between Iran and the United States. It is a precarious balancing act, one that could leave Islamabad in an exceedingly difficult spot should tensions escalate. Iran-Pakistan ties in security te ...
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UAE-Algeria Rift Is Beyond a Diplomatic Gap
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UAE-Algeria Rift Is Beyond a Diplomatic Gap

Saturday 12 September 2026 ،
Arab Emirates, saying Abu Dhabi had ignored repeated warnings and persisted in actions that have now crossed the threshold of what can be tolerated between two sovereign states. Foreign ministry said the UAE's conduct had reached a point where it could no longer be accepted, endured, or left un ...

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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.