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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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Bombing in Lebanon, Talking in Italy: Why Does Negotiating with Tel Aviv not Work?
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Bombing in Lebanon, Talking in Italy: Why Does Negotiating with Tel Aviv not Work?

Wednesday 5 August 2026
message from these operations is unmistakable: Tel Aviv has no intention of relinquishing its military presence or freedom of action in the south until it has fully secured its objectives, regardless of the will of the Lebanese people. Historical experience: Deep-rooted distrust Lebanese distrust ...
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Hezbollah’s New Strategy for Managing Potential Tensions with New Syria
Analysis

Hezbollah’s New Strategy for Managing Potential Tensions with New Syria

Thursday 6 August 2026 ،
message. They amounted to a security strategy, one aimed at managing ties with Damascus and neutralizing US and Israeli efforts to turn Syria into a lever against Hezbollah. The statement came as Donald Trump has repeatedly pressed Syria’s interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa, in recent weeks to ...
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An Arbaeen of Vengeance
Report

An Arbaeen of Vengeance

Friday 7 August 2026 ،
message was unmistakable: steadfastness against the pressures and hegemonic policies of the US and the Israeli occupation. Along the roads to Karbala, crowds chanted anti-imperialism slogans and hoisted resistance-themed banners, making it crystal clear that security threats and political pressure ...
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Mecca Agreement: Seeking Security in Mirage of a Sunni Bloc
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Mecca Agreement: Seeking Security in Mirage of a Sunni Bloc

Saturday 8 August 2026 ،
message that any threat to the Arab kingdom would draw a response from its allies. Yet neither during the Strait of Hormuz crisis nor in the current wave of Houthi naval attacks on Saudi targets did Pakistan deliver the security role Riyadh had counted on. Islamabad, weighed down by domestic pressu ...
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Mecca Agreement Could Suggest US-designed Regional Order a Failure Story
Analysis

Mecca Agreement Could Suggest US-designed Regional Order a Failure Story

Wednesday 12 August 2026 ،
message of Mecca agreement for Trump’s administration may be that the region is drifting from the US-designed order to one set forth by regional powers themselves. 
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Trump Turkey Escape Scandal: New Life under Shadow of Vengeance
Analysis

Trump Turkey Escape Scandal: New Life under Shadow of Vengeance

Saturday 15 August 2026 ،
message to the world was unmistakable: Washington was taking Tehran's threats seriously — seriously enough to scramble the president out of a NATO ally's capital like a fugitive. Many observers read it plainly: when the American president requires that kind of covert security theater ...
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Yemen War’s New Rules: Saudi Sticks to Old Playbook
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Yemen War’s New Rules: Saudi Sticks to Old Playbook

Monday 17 August 2026 ،
message: no political settlement in Yemen can take shape without accounting for Ansarullah's ability to project influence beyond Yemen's borders. Hudaydah is not just a military front  In this equation, Hudaydah's significance goes beyond just being a land passage. Control and sec ...
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Ankara and Tel Aviv: Is Syria a Potential Ankara-Tel Aviv Clash Ground?
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Ankara and Tel Aviv: Is Syria a Potential Ankara-Tel Aviv Clash Ground?

Saturday 22 August 2026 ،
message, telling him that any expansion of Turkey's military footprint in Syria will be met with resistance, and Tel Aviv will not allow him to grow comfortable on Syrian soil. At the same time, the strike carried an unmistakable message for the new Syrian government under Ahmed al-Sharaa: Dama ...
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Regional-Palestinian Backing Prevent Hamas Elimination from Gaza Dynamics
Analysis

Regional-Palestinian Backing Prevent Hamas Elimination from Gaza Dynamics

Tuesday 25 August 2026 ،
message to the Israeli regime's leaders: just as it is trying every possible means to destroy the movement and remove the largest Palestinian resistance group from its path: the dream of wiping out Hamas and resistance from Palestine's political landscape has failed. Despite three years of p ...
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Syrian Kurds after SDF Dissolution: Between Integration and Maintaining Influence
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Syrian Kurds after SDF Dissolution: Between Integration and Maintaining Influence

Friday 28 August 2026 ،
message to Syria's Kurds: the regional calculus has shifted, and holding onto political gains no longer hinges on maintaining an independent army. With international and regional backing eroding, the SDF's leverage over Damascus had shrunk, leaving them with little choice but to accept a dea ...

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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.