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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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Armenian Genocide: New Israeli Card in Geopolitical Contest with Turkey
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Armenian Genocide: New Israeli Card in Geopolitical Contest with Turkey

Thursday 2 July 2026
deals with neighboring states; on the other, reinforcing its security posture by building influence along the geopolitical periphery of the Islamic Republic, which it views as the single greatest existential threat. Within that framework, Israeli regime has trained its sights on Central Asia and the ...
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Turkey the Missing Piece of US’s "Geopolitical Containment Belt"
Analysis

Turkey the Missing Piece of US’s "Geopolitical Containment Belt"

Saturday 11 July 2026 ،
deal. They are the cost of wiring Turkey back into US’s preferred security architecture. Strategically, the US is eyeing review of the pressure calculus. Over the past two decades, the pressure on Iran was majorly direct, through economic sanctions, assassinations, limited attacks, and milita ...
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Riyadh’s Strategic Mistake and Ansarullah’s Historic Opportunity: Is Hormuz-Bab-el-Mandeb Equation Brewing?
Analysis

Riyadh’s Strategic Mistake and Ansarullah’s Historic Opportunity: Is Hormuz-Bab-el-Mandeb Equation Brewing?

Wednesday 15 July 2026 ،
dealing with a Yemen it no longer recognizes. The deterrence equation is no longer just about threatening infrastructure like airports or Saudi Aramco facilities—the very leverage that once forced Riyadh to the negotiating table. Now, the full length of Saudi commercial and oil shipping lanes ...
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Hamas Gaza Govt. Dissolution: Aims and Effects
Paper

Hamas Gaza Govt. Dissolution: Aims and Effects

Thursday 16 July 2026 ،
Arms, Hamas's red line Despite efforts by Tel Aviv leaders to disarm Palestinian resistance groups, the Palestinians have announced repeatedly that arms are unnegotiable and that they will not talk about their arms under American and Israeli pressures. Qassam Brigades have repeatedly in their ...
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Ditching Its S-400s, What Will Turkey Do with Defense Challenges against Rivals?
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Ditching Its S-400s, What Will Turkey Do with Defense Challenges against Rivals?

Wednesday 22 July 2026 ،
deal that, according to the newspaper, has already received Russia’s initial go-ahead. From the very start, the S-400 case was never just an arms deal. It morphed into one of the most consequential strategic confrontations in Turkey-NATO relations, one that not only reshaped Ankara’s st ...
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Al-Hayya Elected Leader of Hamas: Continuing Sinwar’s Path or Starting a New Chapter?
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Al-Hayya Elected Leader of Hamas: Continuing Sinwar’s Path or Starting a New Chapter?

Saturday 25 July 2026 ،
deal is entering its second stage and the broader region is witnessing escalated conflict, the resistance movement decided to hold its internal election. According to Saudi-funded Al-Shargh news network, the last round of competition was a close one between al-Hayya and Mashal, with the latter final ...
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Have Arab Rulers Finally Woken Up from Deep Sleep to Reality?
Analysis

Have Arab Rulers Finally Woken Up from Deep Sleep to Reality?

Sunday 26 July 2026 ،
deals with Arab states, cobbled together security coalitions, and turned economic sanctions into a permanent cudgel against Tehran. In short, the Iranian threat was not just a security assessment, it was the very backbone of the American-designed order in the Persian Gulf. Today, however, the regio ...
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India, from an Importer of Israeli Arms to Israel’s Strategic Partner
Analysis

India, from an Importer of Israeli Arms to Israel’s Strategic Partner

Saturday 1 August 2026 ،
deals in recent years to buy and produce these missiles, with some manufacturing now taking place domestically. The expanding collaboration on guided missiles has gradually integrated India’s defense industry into Israeli supply chains, a development that analysts say transcends the traditiona ...
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Iraq’s Marathon to Break Out of Cabinet Posts Uncertainty
Analysis

Iraq’s Marathon to Break Out of Cabinet Posts Uncertainty

Monday 10 August 2026 ،
deal to settle the nominees for ministries currently run by caretakers. “Next week will be packed with meetings and deliberations,” he said. “As a result, a final agreement could be reached on mapping out the next phase’s contours, after which we will contact the parliament ...
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Iraq’s Weapons Restriction: A Project with Aspects beyond Simply Disarming Resistance Groups
Analysis

Iraq’s Weapons Restriction: A Project with Aspects beyond Simply Disarming Resistance Groups

Saturday 15 August 2026 ،
Arms Survey. In its 2017 data, the organization estimated that Iraqi civilians held roughly 7.59 million firearms, or about 19.6 guns per 100 people. Indeed, this figure does not mean that 19.6 percent of Iraqi population have arms, rather, it simply reflects the approximate ratio of civilian firea ...

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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.