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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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Security Belts from Lebanon to Syria: Objectives and Consequences of New Israeli Strategy
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Security Belts from Lebanon to Syria: Objectives and Consequences of New Israeli Strategy

Thursday 25 June 2026
Israelis contend that a direct military footprint in these zones improves surveillance of enemy movements, enables faster response times, raises the cost of any attack on Israel, and thus provides tangible security guarantees for Jews living in kibbutzim.  This security redesign has also exten ...
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A Ticking Bomb in Beirut: What’s Behind Israeli-Lebanese Deal?
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A Ticking Bomb in Beirut: What’s Behind Israeli-Lebanese Deal?

Sunday 28 June 2026 ،
Israelis call it a good deal despite the emphasis by the senior Israeli officials and on top of them Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on continuing military presence on the Lebanese soil? What is making the Lebanese government happy about the deal? What does the agreement say? Axios reports the f ...
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Armenian Genocide: New Israeli Card in Geopolitical Contest with Turkey
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Armenian Genocide: New Israeli Card in Geopolitical Contest with Turkey

Thursday 2 July 2026 ،
Israelis know that relying solely on the Baku axis won't secure a lasting presence in the Caucasus. Opening parallel channels with Armenia could give Tel Aviv far greater geopolitical flexibility, especially as Yerevan gradually drifts away from Russia and actively scouts for new security and po ...
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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 ،
Israelis but also repeatedly punched through advanced air-defense systems with missiles and drones, inflicting heavy human and economic costs on the regime. In this war, Ansarallah's missile capabilities leaped forward with the unveiling of hypersonic missiles, and that missile and drone power ...
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Hamas Gaza Govt. Dissolution: Aims and Effects
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Hamas Gaza Govt. Dissolution: Aims and Effects

Thursday 16 July 2026 ،
Israelis have no intention of pulling out of Gaza. On the contrary, they are working to entrench their foothold in the strip. Latest reports say that the Israeli military now occupies roughly 70 percent of Gaza, including vast swaths of the north and south, strategic corridors, and buffer zones tha ...
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What’s Behind Postponing Netanyahu’s Planned US Visit?
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What’s Behind Postponing Netanyahu’s Planned US Visit?

Tuesday 21 July 2026 ،
Israelis and Americans to delay a planned meeting between Netanyahu and Trump. According to these sources, the political atmosphere in Washington has grown markedly more sensitive and tense toward Netanyahu in recent weeks. U.S. officials, both in public and behind closed doors, are carefully scrut ...
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Ditching Its S-400s, What Will Turkey Do with Defense Challenges against Rivals?
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Ditching Its S-400s, What Will Turkey Do with Defense Challenges against Rivals?

Wednesday 22 July 2026 ،
Israelis by greenlighting advanced fighter jets supply to Ankara. So, Turkey could walk away from the S‑400 only to find itself in a strategic vacuum locked out of both the Russian system and American fifth-generation fighters. In general, if the West responds to Erdogan's retreat with little m ...
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Al-Hayya Elected Leader of Hamas: Continuing Sinwar’s Path or Starting a New Chapter?
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Al-Hayya Elected Leader of Hamas: Continuing Sinwar’s Path or Starting a New Chapter?

Saturday 25 July 2026 ،
Israelis as belonging to a faction of Hamas that insists on resistance to occupation. Alwaght- After a several month temporary administration of Hamas political bureau, the Palestinian movement announced on Monday its new leader, naming a figure familiar to the Israeli political calculations and con ...
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On a Shaky Ground: Where Will Newly-inked US-Saudi Nuclear Agreement Head?
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On a Shaky Ground: Where Will Newly-inked US-Saudi Nuclear Agreement Head?

Sunday 26 July 2026 ،
Israelis Whatever the deal’s ultimate fate, many experts see Saudi Arabia’s move toward a nuclear fuel cycle, even under a civilian guise, as a signal that could redraw the West Asia’s balance of power. Imran Bayoumi, a fellow at the Atlantic Council and a former Pentagon adviser ...

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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.