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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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UN Calls for Israel’s Withdrawal from Palestinian Territories
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UN Calls for Israel’s Withdrawal from Palestinian Territories

Wednesday 3 December 2025
East al-Quds ALWAGHT- The UN General Assembly approved a draft resolution urging Israel to withdraw from territories occupied since 1967, including East al-Quds, and affirming Palestinians’ right to self-determination and statehood. The UN General Assembly adopted the resolution with overwhel ...
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Will Hadhramaut Battle Change Yemen Map?
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Will Hadhramaut Battle Change Yemen Map?

Sunday 7 December 2025 ،
Eastern Yemen had remained one of the most secure parts of the country throughout the years of chaos and war. But new dynamics now cast a shadow over its stability. In a worst-case scenario, a direct military conflict between Saudi-backed HTC and UAE-backed HEF could sink Yemen into an entirely new ...
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Can Turkey’s Return to F-35 Program Fill Its Deterrence Void?
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Can Turkey’s Return to F-35 Program Fill Its Deterrence Void?

Monday 8 December 2025 ،
Eastern Mediterranean, West Asia, and NATO security structure. In the Eastern Mediterranean, Washington supplied Turkey’s historical rival Greece F-35s and boosted its military presence in that country. These measures, if ignoring the balance with Turkey, can produce a sense of strategic inse ...
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Gaza ‘Peace Board’: From Removing Blair to Kushner’s Personal Interests
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Gaza ‘Peace Board’: From Removing Blair to Kushner’s Personal Interests

Tuesday 9 December 2025 ،
Asia, amassing significant personal wealth. Kushner now spearheads efforts to plan what are being termed “alternative safe communities.” The plan centers on constructing temporary yet functional villages in an area currently referred to as the “Green Zone”, land in eastern a ...
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Trump’s Doctrine: An Analysis of US Hegemonic Decline
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Trump’s Doctrine: An Analysis of US Hegemonic Decline

Wednesday 10 December 2025 ،
East as called by the West, loses its key position it had during the Cold War and post 11/9, and decreases to a costly, less cost-effective region where continuation of the US presence has not produced a new order but waste of the American resources. Therefore, Washington's strategy hinges on r ...
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Iran’s Pezeshkian in Central Asia, Energy and Transit Top on Agenda
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Iran’s Pezeshkian in Central Asia, Energy and Transit Top on Agenda

Thursday 11 December 2025 ،
East policy of Iran and to strengthen Tehran's regional cooperation, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has started a visit that takes him to Kazakhstan and then Turkmenistan. The visit is described as a continuation of the Iranian government's push to bolster economic and political ties wi ...
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Signs of Israel Losing Its Strategic Equilibrium
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Signs of Israel Losing Its Strategic Equilibrium

Friday 12 December 2025 ،
Easterners, and between liberal urban people and the settlers. The political and judicial mechanisms founded by Zionism failed to managed these gaps.  Operation Al-Aqsa Storm was not a causative factor, but a revealing factor. It exposed a regime that no longer possesses the minimum strategic ...
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Tehran and Riyadh Going Beyond De-escalation, Now Seeking Common Cooperation Grounds
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Tehran and Riyadh Going Beyond De-escalation, Now Seeking Common Cooperation Grounds

Monday 15 December 2025 ،
Eastern diplomacy, selling itself as a replacement for the Western-reliant traditional diplomatic frameworks. China views the long-term trajectory of the West Asia region with clear-eyed understanding: without stability and cooperation among the region’s major players, its own economic and ge ...
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Armenia Growing Hasty about TRIPP Corridor
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Armenia Growing Hasty about TRIPP Corridor

Tuesday 16 December 2025 ،
East and West in both directions, ultimately benefiting all countries along the route. She noted that Armenia is likely to gain more than any other party, as its eastern and western borders have remained closed for more than three decades. Pashinyan echoed this view, stating: “The major Trump ...
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With West Doubtful of Him, Can Al-Sharaa End Syria Chaotic Situation?
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With West Doubtful of Him, Can Al-Sharaa End Syria Chaotic Situation?

Wednesday 17 December 2025 ،
Eastern Affairs under the Trump administration, points to the regime’s ideology as the most troubling long-term consequence. A Salafist government at the heart of the Levant, he argues, would undoubtedly embolden its ideological sympathizers across the region. Significant fears already exist 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.