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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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Anti-Turkish Security Dilemma in Eastern Mediterranean
Analysis

Anti-Turkish Security Dilemma in Eastern Mediterranean

Tuesday 23 December 2025
Economic Zone. On the other hand, joint military exercises between Israeli and Cypriot forces, including the “Onisilos-Gideon” exercise in 2019, which involved air operations, fighter jet sorties, and coordination between ground and air units; the “Agapinor-2023” exercise, f ...
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FM Fidan, the Mysterious Man of Turkish Foreign Policy
Analysis

FM Fidan, the Mysterious Man of Turkish Foreign Policy

Saturday 27 December 2025 ،
crisis into a platform for legitimacy of Turkish regional role. Even his response regarding Hamas’s disarmament, dismissing it as not a current priority, can be understood within this framework. The main cases in which Fidan’s logic is noticeable, are both security-obsessed and politica ...
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Somaliland, Israel’s New Gamble in Horn of Africa
Analysis

Somaliland, Israel’s New Gamble in Horn of Africa

Sunday 28 December 2025 ،
crisis within the occupied territories. Proximity to Somaliland would allow Israeli authorities to maintain direct oversight and tight control over the living conditions of displaced Palestinians. In general, experience over the past decade has shown that Israeli-Arab pressure has failed to force A ...
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Tough Winter in Afghanistan as Hunger Affecting Millions
Report

Tough Winter in Afghanistan as Hunger Affecting Millions

Tuesday 30 December 2025 ،
crisis in Afghanistan, and the latest data confirms our worst fears. Our teams see families skipping meals for days and resorting to extreme measures to survive. Child mortality is rising, and there is a risk the situation will worsen in the coming months.” Multifaceted crisis Afghanistan is ...
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As Netanyahu and Trump Meet, Lebanon Awaits the Outcomes
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As Netanyahu and Trump Meet, Lebanon Awaits the Outcomes

Tuesday 30 December 2025 ،
crisis and legitimize a large-scale attack. Lebanese officials, to avoid giving the enemy leverage, have stated that disarming Hezbollah is an internal matter that must be resolved within the framework of an agreement among the country's political factions, and that Tel Aviv's interference ...
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What are Erdogan’s Nightmares in Syria?
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What are Erdogan’s Nightmares in Syria?

Wednesday 31 December 2025 ،
crisis and a devastating proxy war with catastrophic human costs. Syria ultimately managed to largely contain this crisis with the support of Iran and Russia, while the Kurdish People's Defense Units (YPG), backed by the US and the international coalition, expanded their control over vast areas ...
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Inter-Kurdish Stalemate Complicates Filling Iraq President Post
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Inter-Kurdish Stalemate Complicates Filling Iraq President Post

Tuesday 6 January 2026 ،
crisis. Meanwhile, on Sunday, two sources from the KDP’s Central Committee and Political Bureau told Rudaw that one option under discussion is for the KDP not to nominate a candidate of its own, instead asking the PUK to put forward several names, from which the KDP would endorse one. In retu ...
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What Would Be Iranian Scenarios for a US Military Intervention?
Analysis

What Would Be Iranian Scenarios for a US Military Intervention?

Tuesday 13 January 2026 ،
crisis will certainly not restricted to a specific part of the region and could expand, and indeed its top fallouts can be endangerment of the trade and energy routes in the Persian Gulf. The warnings of Qalibaf at Tehran rallies on Monday were clear in this regard: “Come to see what disaster ...
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With ISIS Inmates Breaking Free, Security Threats Are Back to Iraq
Analysis

With ISIS Inmates Breaking Free, Security Threats Are Back to Iraq

Thursday 22 January 2026 ،
crisis. This is particularly worrisome given the repeated warnings from American officials over the years about the dangers posed by approximately two thousand detained ISIS members in Syria, making it clear that we cannot remain indifferent to this issue. Therefore, the Iraqi army and the PMF, und ...
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Riyadh Meeting and Re-engineering Southern Yemen Dynamics
Analysis

Riyadh Meeting and Re-engineering Southern Yemen Dynamics

Tuesday 27 January 2026 ،
crisis, but is pushing to solidify its hegemony in Yemen against that of its rival the UAE and shape its favorable security order in the neighboring country. Success or failure of this project will substantially influence designing the future Yemeni political map. Still, these talks and meeting are ...

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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.