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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
Gulf oil exports, Bab-el-Mandeb is the linking ring of these exports to the Suez Canal and the European markets. So, the simultaneity of the pressure on these two chokepoints has left the US and its allies face to face with an unprecedented equation that will increase exponentially the economic cost ...
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Saudi Arabia’s Vicious Circle of Coalition-Making: What Does Past Experience Tell Riyadh?
Analysis

Saudi Arabia’s Vicious Circle of Coalition-Making: What Does Past Experience Tell Riyadh?

Sunday 2 August 2026 ،
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 their weight behind the initiati ...
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Drop Site Reports US Construction of New Military Base in Bosaso, Somalia
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Drop Site Reports US Construction of New Military Base in Bosaso, Somalia

Saturday 5 September 2026 ،
Gulf of Aden, near the Bab al-Mandab gateway to the Red Sea, gives the facility potential strategic importance for monitoring and securing a major international shipping route. US military operations in Somalia have intensified under President Donald Trump, with American airstrikes targeting ISIS a ...
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Hormuz and Bab-el-Mandeb: Two Chokepoints, One Equation
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Hormuz and Bab-el-Mandeb: Two Chokepoints, One Equation

Saturday 12 September 2026 ،
Gulf of Aden. Controlling the city could give Ansarallah “a chokehold along Bab-el-Mandeb.” It also severs the enemy’s critical supply lines, including the Mokha-Taiz road running south from Mokha and supply routes through the same port. The victory is a major gain for Ansarallah ...
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Early Fall: Why’s Anti-Ansarallah Front Collapsed This Soon?
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Early Fall: Why’s Anti-Ansarallah Front Collapsed This Soon?

Sunday 13 September 2026 ،
Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean. Military developments there therefore bear directly on shipping security and energy transit along the Red Sea corridor. Fragmentation and infighting inside anti-Sana'a front  On the opposite side, various groups exist, including Tareq Saleh forces, and N ...
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Ansarullah and Bab-el-Mandeb: Why’s Israel Rattled by New Geopolitical Reality?
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Ansarullah and Bab-el-Mandeb: Why’s Israel Rattled by New Geopolitical Reality?

Tuesday 15 September 2026 ،
Gulf of Aden, and Indian Ocean and each actor that can influence its security and navigation would actually have a key geopolitical leverage for pressure. So, for the Israeli regime whose foreign trade is dependent on a considerable part of the maritime routes, consolidation of Ansarullah's gain ...
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Latest on Yemen Conflict: Ansarullah Eyeing Progress to Aden
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Latest on Yemen Conflict: Ansarullah Eyeing Progress to Aden

Monday 21 September 2026 ،
Gulf of Aden and is one of the world's busiest shipping corridors between Europe and Asia and constitutes a vital route for oil, gas, and container ships transiting to and from Suez Canal. Under normal conditions, roughly 12 to 15 percent of global trade has historically passed through this nar ...
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Africa: Iran’s Strategic Opportunity to Break the Barriers
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Africa: Iran’s Strategic Opportunity to Break the Barriers

Monday 21 September 2026 ،
Gulf of Aden, and the Indian Ocean, this continent shifts from an economic market to a geopolitical variable. East Africa and the Horn of Africa sit near one of the world's most vital maritime corridors, the route that runs from the Red Sea through Bab-el-Mandeb and on to the Gulf of Aden and t ...
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Battle for Yemen’s Strategic Belt: Marib, Taiz, and Lahij at One Equation
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Battle for Yemen’s Strategic Belt: Marib, Taiz, and Lahij at One Equation

Sunday 4 October 2026 ،
Gulf of Aden and one of the world's most vital shipping lanes. The strait is roughly 20 kilometers wide, and before the conflict escalated, about 12 percent of global trade passed through it. For Ansarallah forces, then, the goal is not simply reaching the coast, but it is building geographic a ...
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Saudi Arabia vs. Ansarullah: The Neutralized Saudi Conventional Power
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Saudi Arabia vs. Ansarullah: The Neutralized Saudi Conventional Power

Sunday 25 October 2026 ،
Gulf of Aden and Bab-el-Mandeb lets Sana'a pressure shipping security and part of the region's trade and energy export routes. The Wall Street Journal and other international media outlets, examining Yemeni maritime attacks, have pointed to the role of anti-ship missiles, drones and attack ...

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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.