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

Wednesday 15 July 2026
Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, and shoring up the domestic and international legitimacy of its rule. Then came direct military confrontation with Israel, a regional power, and the US, the global order's hegemon. That clash opened a new window, showcasing to the world Yemen's military, defensive, off ...
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As Hormuz Crisis Re-erupts, Food Security Alarm Rings in Persian Gulf
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As Hormuz Crisis Re-erupts, Food Security Alarm Rings in Persian Gulf

Tuesday 21 July 2026 ،
Bab-el-Mandeb Strait prevent alternative routes to fast replace the Strait of Hormuz. Taken together, the concurrent warnings from the FAO, the IMF, and UNCTAD make one thing clear: the Hormuz crisis has entered a new phase, one whose consequences now extends far beyond energy markets, intertwining ...
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Bab-el-Mandeb Under Siege: Saudi Yemen Blockade Turns against Riyadh
Analysis

Bab-el-Mandeb Under Siege: Saudi Yemen Blockade Turns against Riyadh

Saturday 25 July 2026 ،
Bab-el-Mandeb strait. The very next day, senior Ansarullah commanders openly floated the prospect of besieging Saudi Arabia. Then, in a show of force, Sana'a hit Abha International Airport in southern Saudi Arabia with ballistic missiles and drones. But the real turning point came on Monday, Ju ...
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Why’s UAE Gone Silent in Renewed Saudi-Yemeni Escalation?
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Why’s UAE Gone Silent in Renewed Saudi-Yemeni Escalation?

Monday 27 July 2026 ،
Bab-el-Mandeb Strait is putting that geopolitical edge under serious strain. So, for the Emiratis, limitation on the Saudi export capability from the Red Sea provides an obstacle to growing economic and oil influence of its main rival. From this lens, the new developments in Yemen not only do not r ...
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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 ،
Bab-el-Mandeb Strait was injected into the war calculus in recent days, following the Yemeni Ansarullah movement's declaration of a naval blockade against Saudi ports, the activation of the Caspian Sea front against Iranian maritime trade appears to be a US-directed maneuver executed by Ukraine. ...
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Shadow of Missiles Back on Saudi Oil Empire
Paper

Shadow of Missiles Back on Saudi Oil Empire

Wednesday 29 July 2026 ،
Bab-el-Mandeb shipping lane. A disruption to any single one of these arteries can ripple through the entire energy export chain. This is why assessing Saudi Arabia's export capacity cannot stop at daily crude production numbers. The operational status of these four chokepoints is what truly det ...
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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 ،
Bab-el-Mandeb, Red Sea, sbd the Gulf of Oman.  Riyadh claimed that by the end of the meeting, 14 countries, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, Yemen’s internationally recognized government, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Sudan, Djibouti, and Somalia, had thrown ...
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Why Hasn’t Oil Friendship with China Worked for Saudis?
Analysis

Why Hasn’t Oil Friendship with China Worked for Saudis?

Sunday 2 August 2026 ،
Bab-el-Mandeb. What makes the blockade different is that this time Saudi Arabia is not announced a side player but a direct target. It was against this backdrop that Riyadh and Washington expected Beijing to leverage its economic weight, as Iran’s top oil buyer and the broker of the 2023 d&ea ...
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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 ،
Bab-el-Mandeb has thrust the vulnerability of global supply chains back into the spotlight. Seen through this lens, Russian officials' insistence on alternative routes is far more than a technical or economic calculation. It is a bid for leverage in the geopolitical contest over who controls the ...
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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 ،
Bab-el-Mandeb strait hold serious economic and geopolitical weight for Turkey. A significant portion of its trade with Africa, and its access to areas of influence in the Horn of Africa, flows through this maritime corridor. Continued insecurity along that waterway directly threatens Ankara's ec ...

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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.