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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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Rebuilding or Geopolitical Engineering? A Look into Gaza Division in Red and Green Zones
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Rebuilding or Geopolitical Engineering? A Look into Gaza Division in Red and Green Zones

Monday 24 November 2025
Eastern Mediterranean energy matrix (Israel–Cyprus–Greece–Europe), thereby preventing any Palestinian energy independence. This is being done while Israel maintains complete control over the coastline and territorial waters. For this reason, the coast cannot be part of the Green Zo ...
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UAE in Africa: Rise of Arab Neo-imperialist Power Worrisome to Traditional Powers
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UAE in Africa: Rise of Arab Neo-imperialist Power Worrisome to Traditional Powers

Thursday 4 December 2025 ،
Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean. From a security aspect, the UAE has found out that protection of its investments is impossible without indirect military presence and defense capacity building in the host countries. That is why, since 2010,the Arab country made military training and security coop ...
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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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Anti-Turkish Security Dilemma in Eastern Mediterranean
Analysis

Anti-Turkish Security Dilemma in Eastern Mediterranean

Tuesday 23 December 2025 ،
Eastern Mediterranean. Alwaght- Having been isolated regionally and under pressure of its rivals for its crimes in Gaza and other parts of West Asia, the Israeli regime is seeking to bolster its relations with some of its transfer-regional partners to exit this political and security predicament. I ...
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How’s Southern Libya Become a Focal Point in New Russian Strategy?
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How’s Southern Libya Become a Focal Point in New Russian Strategy?

Monday 29 December 2025 ،
Mediterranean coast.  Moscow has been cozying up to General Khalifa Haftar, the commander of Libyan National Army (LNA), for access to the eastern Libya and its military infrastructure to transform Libya into a logistical hub for projecting and expanding its military power deep in Africa.  ...
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Why’s the US Air Defense Chain Weak against Iran’s Missiles?
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Why’s the US Air Defense Chain Weak against Iran’s Missiles?

Wednesday 4 February 2026 ،
Mediterranean Sea, near the occupied Palestinian territories. Iran’s target bank broad enough The heavy deployment of the air defenses to the regions signals Washington’s concern about Iranian resolute response to any aggression. Mobilizing all of their defense and air defense capacit ...
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From Tigris and Euphrates to Nile: Water Disputes and Regional Initiatives
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From Tigris and Euphrates to Nile: Water Disputes and Regional Initiatives

Tuesday 24 February 2026 ،
Eastern Mediterranean, too, water and energy cooperation has taken a fresh shape. After 1994 agreement between Jordan and Israeli regime, which made Jordan the second country establishing official diplomatic relationship with Israel after Egypt, the ground for broader cooperation was prepared.  ...
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Latest Information on US Military Formation amid Threats of War with Iran
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Latest Information on US Military Formation amid Threats of War with Iran

Tuesday 24 February 2026 ،
Mediterranean and Iraq.  850 miles southeast of this base, there is the Prince Sultan Airbase in Saudi Arabia that has witnessed tangible movement of the American military assets. High-defenition images of China's MizarVision report deployment of heavy aircraft, including 13 KC-Stratotanke ...
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Resistance Camp’s Showdown War against Israel: Hezbollah at the Forefront
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Resistance Camp’s Showdown War against Israel: Hezbollah at the Forefront

Monday 9 March 2026 ،
Mediterranean to the Persian Gulf is experiencing a major crisis that lacks a clear outlook for containing. Meanwhile, given the decisive nature of this existential war, various branches of the Axis of Resistance are expected to join the new stages of conflict. In the first stage, as Hezbollah&rsqu ...
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Pipeline VS. Strait: How’s Riyadh Aspiring to Bypass Strait of Hormuz?
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Pipeline VS. Strait: How’s Riyadh Aspiring to Bypass Strait of Hormuz?

Tuesday 19 May 2026 ،
Mediterranean and on to Europe, or pass through the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait into the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean toward East Asia. Saudi Arabia claims the pipeline can carry around 7 million barrels per day. But the International Energy Agency estimates the real figure is far lower—somewhe ...

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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.