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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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Vision 2030: A Decade after Plan Announcement, Riyadh Remains Reliant on Oil
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Vision 2030: A Decade after Plan Announcement, Riyadh Remains Reliant on Oil

Wednesday 30 April 2025
Salman for a modernized kingdom, the Saudi government on Friday published its annual report on the progress made towards the Vision 2030 on the 9th anniversary of announcement of the plan to show that it has managed to make a huge difference in many areas. The report suggests that the Arab monarchy ...
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Messages of Iran FM’s Saudi Visit ahead of Trump’s Regional Tour
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Messages of Iran FM’s Saudi Visit ahead of Trump’s Regional Tour

Sunday 11 May 2025 ،
King Salman bin Abdulaziz to the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei, which showed that Riyadh is willing to upgrade the level of relations and develop cooperation. This meeting certainly promised the beginning of a new chapter in the historical relations between t ...
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Hunger for Petrodollars: What to Expect from Trump’s Persian Gulf Tour?
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Hunger for Petrodollars: What to Expect from Trump’s Persian Gulf Tour?

Tuesday 13 May 2025 ،
King Salman bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia has invited the leaders of the (Persian) Gulf Cooperation Council countries to participate in the (P) GCC-US summit in Riyadh. Although Saudi Arabia has yet to formally respond to Trump’s demand for mega-investment in the American economy, the Saudi e ...
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Nuclear Riddle in $1 Trillion US-Saudi Deal
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Nuclear Riddle in $1 Trillion US-Saudi Deal

Wednesday 14 May 2025 ،
King Abdullah Nuclear City. In the next step, it has sought technology transfer by signing MoUs with South Korea, France and Argentina. The project to build two 100-megawatt research reactors with South Korea’s assistance, which is scheduled to be operational by 2025, is the first practical st ...
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Three Hidden Motives for Bin Salman to Mediate Syria Sanctions Relief
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Three Hidden Motives for Bin Salman to Mediate Syria Sanctions Relief

Monday 19 May 2025 ،
Salman has seized the opportunity of Trump's regional tour to persuade the American president to lift Syria sanctions. This move that demonstrated the peak of the Saudi support to the new government in Syria has roots in Saudi Arabia's strategic motivation and geopolitical calculation that ...
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Vulnerable Security: Huge Saudi Military Deals only Sink Riyadh Deeper in Reliance on West
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Vulnerable Security: Huge Saudi Military Deals only Sink Riyadh Deeper in Reliance on West

Thursday 22 May 2025 ،
Salman announced in 2016. Such massive military purchases can add another budget challenge, so $142 billion is equivalent to 176 percent of the country's total defense budget in 2024, which shows that even in the best of circumstances, these costs must be spread over many years. All in all, des ...
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New Red Sea Bridge a Saudi Push to Win Battle of Corridors
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New Red Sea Bridge a Saudi Push to Win Battle of Corridors

Monday 9 June 2025 ،
King Salman in 2016. According to this plan, the resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt is to be connected to Ras al-Sheikh Hamid in Saudi Arabia through a bridge that crosses the island of Tiran. Egypt and Saudi Arabia are separated by the Red Sea, and the closest point between the two countries ...
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Caught Between Iran and US, What Path Will Saudi Arabia Pick?
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Caught Between Iran and US, What Path Will Saudi Arabia Pick?

Friday 11 July 2025 ،
Salman with the government of the US President Donald Trump is one of the pillars of the active foreign policy of Riyadh and on the other hand, the gradual improvement of relations with Tehran after the China-mediated 2023 rapprochement deal between Riyadh and Tehran promises a new era of peaceful r ...
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Larijani’s Riyadh Visit: Laying the Groundwork for New Regional Security Order
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Larijani’s Riyadh Visit: Laying the Groundwork for New Regional Security Order

Friday 19 September 2025 ،
Salman, who made a significant and surprise trip to Tehran in May to deliver the Saudi king's message to the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Sayyed Ali Khamenei, the extensive developments in the region since then—particularly the 12-day war between Iran and the Israeli regime and ...
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Saudi Arabia under Pakistani Nuclear Umbrella Amid Transforming Security Equations
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Saudi Arabia under Pakistani Nuclear Umbrella Amid Transforming Security Equations

Sunday 21 September 2025 ،
Salman. Riyadh and Islamabad have arranged a defense agreement to strengthen mutual deterrence against any aggression, stipulating that any attack on one of the two countries will be considered an attack on both. A joint statement from the governments of Saudi Arabia and Pakistan said that this ag ...

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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.