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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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Iranian Sailors from Ship Seized by US Arrive Back Home
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Iranian Sailors from Ship Seized by US Arrive Back Home

Tuesday 5 May 2026
terminal in Sistan and Baluchestan province. US forces attacked and seized the Touska in the Gulf of Oman on April 1, detaining its 28 crew members and claiming the ship had violated Washington's so-called naval blockade. Six crew members had been released earlier, while seven others remain in ...
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Strait of Hormuz Crisis Triggers Downturn in Global LNG Market
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Strait of Hormuz Crisis Triggers Downturn in Global LNG Market

Wednesday 6 May 2026 ،
LNG market dropped 8 percent in March 2026 ALWAGHT- After the Strait of Hormuz was closed due to US and Israeli military strikes against Iran, the global LNG market dropped 8 percent in March 2026, ending its double-digit growth trend. Data tracking global LNG loadings from January 2025 through Mar ...
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Iran’s Perplexing and Complex Military Strategy in Strait of Hormuz
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Iran’s Perplexing and Complex Military Strategy in Strait of Hormuz

Wednesday 6 May 2026 ،
terminal phase make them hard to detect and intercept, posing a serious risk to any military force operating near the waterway. Thousands of these missiles are stored in Iran’s “missile cities” scattered along the coast, enabling the rapid preparation of massive salvos. The armed ...
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Shadow Fleet: The Story of Iran Beating US Sea Blockade
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Shadow Fleet: The Story of Iran Beating US Sea Blockade

Tuesday 19 May 2026 ،
LNG, reportedly evaded detection, pierced the US blockade line, and entered Iranian waters. On Monday, TankerTrackers, the company helping the US track oil shipments, announced that three Iranian oil tankers broke the US blockade with three different tactic, giving Tehran more time on the negotiati ...
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What Regional Facilities Are on Iran’s Hit List if Infrastructure War Begins?
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What Regional Facilities Are on Iran’s Hit List if Infrastructure War Begins?

Sunday 19 July 2026 ،
LNG facilities, Kuwait’s Burgan oil field and its export terminals, as well as Bahrain’s petrochemical plants and Oman’s Qarn Alam and Yibal oil fields. Beyond oil and gas, a vast array of desalination plants and power generation facilities across the region are now within missile ...
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Why Are the US Casualties in the Iran War Rising?
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Why Are the US Casualties in the Iran War Rising?

Monday 20 July 2026 ،
terminal phase, making them significantly harder for systems like Patriot to track and intercept. The New York Times, citing US officials, adds that the scale of recent attacks suggests Iran still holds substantial missile reserves and has grown increasingly adept at breaching American air-defense n ...
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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 ،
LNG transitted. Many of the ships have stopped in the Sea of Oman or rerouted. This drop in traffic is not just about oil exports. Grain ships, food carriers, consumer goods, industrial equipment, and commercial containers are all facing lengthy delays, surging insurance premiums, and forced route ...
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Bab-el-Mandeb Under Siege: Saudi Yemen Blockade Turns against Riyadh
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Bab-el-Mandeb Under Siege: Saudi Yemen Blockade Turns against Riyadh

Saturday 25 July 2026 ،
terminal, the exit point of the Petroline. The attack pushed Brent crude past the $100-per-barrel mark for the first time in months. None of this can be grasped without looking at the war between Iran and the US playing out in the Strait of Hormuz. Saudi Arabia knows full well that any serious move ...
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Iran’s New Operational Tactics and Algorithms in the Battle of South
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Iran’s New Operational Tactics and Algorithms in the Battle of South

Wednesday 29 July 2026 ،
terminal phase of their flight path, just before impact, a feature that enhances their ability to evade US missile defense systems. Separately, a US official tried to pin the blame on the sheer volume of projectiles, arguing that the high number of missiles fired was the primary reason for the US d ...
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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 ،
terminals, Red Sea ports, pipeline networks, power plants, international airports and logistics hubs are now all in Sana'a cross hairs. The message is clear: the longer the blockade of Yemen continues, the wider the target list in Riyadh becomes. That is precisely what Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, a ...

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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.