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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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Political Coup? Netanyahu’s Struggle to Escape Loss
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Political Coup? Netanyahu’s Struggle to Escape Loss

Saturday 25 October 2025
Likud party would win 27 seats, once again making it the single largest party in the 120-seat Knesset. However, the poll reveals that Netanyahu's path to power remains blocked. To form a government, he must ensure his right-wing allies also secure their seats. Failure to do so would allow the ri ...
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Netanyahu Drags War into Cabinet to Save Power
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Netanyahu Drags War into Cabinet to Save Power

Saturday 29 November 2025 ،
Likud party and Zamir’s standing in the military. The objective is to position himself as the sole power broker who can guarantee stability within the cabinet and among the political and security establishment. He aims to send a clear message to Israeli society that without him at the helm, n ...
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Signs of Israel Losing Its Strategic Equilibrium
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Signs of Israel Losing Its Strategic Equilibrium

Friday 12 December 2025 ،
Likud party in association with religious Zionist parties, Israel began to show signs of structural collapse. For the first time, the political systems' fundamental institutions lost their transitional capability to manage the internal diversity between the secular and religious parties, between ...
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Gaza Model in Lebanon: From Implementation to Failure
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Gaza Model in Lebanon: From Implementation to Failure

Thursday 23 April 2026 ،
Likud party, has vowed that the Litani River, just 30 kilometers from Israel’s northern border, “must become the new yellow line of the north.” The term “yellow line” refers to the land border Israel carved out in Gaza to separate Gazans from the border zones. Despite ...
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Political Storm Heading to Tel Aviv: From Likud Fracture to Election Scenarios
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Political Storm Heading to Tel Aviv: From Likud Fracture to Election Scenarios

Monday 10 August 2026 ،
Likud party can display the fragility of the Israeli regime's political scene. What is happening in Netanyahu’s camp is not the casual, pre-election anxiety, but a real fear of losing the power and more dramatically, the real possibility that Religious Party Zionism, led by current Finance ...
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Elections in Land of Crisis: Netanyahu, Opposition, and Architecture of Israeli Future
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Elections in Land of Crisis: Netanyahu, Opposition, and Architecture of Israeli Future

Thursday 24 September 2026 ،
Likud led by Netanyahu and Yesh Atid led by Gadi Eisenkot, have so far failed to secure 61-seat majority to form a government. A poll was conducted by Lazar on August 19 and 20 and its results were published by Ma'ariv newspaper. With 501 respondents, the poll said that Yesh Atid can secure 26 ...
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Netanyahu’s Speech: A Slap at the UN, a Pain at Home
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Netanyahu’s Speech: A Slap at the UN, a Pain at Home

Saturday 26 September 2026 ،
Likud members, advising them to remove Netanyahu from their options and name a new PM since the world hates Israel because of Netanyahu’s policies. All in all, the image left after Netanyahu's UN speech is not that of the narrative of his so-called victories but that of empty seats and th ...
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Israel’s Opposition Coalition: A Final Nail in the Netanyahu’s Coffin?
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Israel’s Opposition Coalition: A Final Nail in the Netanyahu’s Coffin?

Sunday 27 September 2026 ،
Likud will stop them. Reasons for unity The opposition parties' coalition should not be seen just as a electoral convergence, but it is an outcome of a complex of political, security, and social developments, most important part of which is driven by the Netanyahu’s performance. The fir ...
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As Netanyahu Falters, Israelis Turn Deaf Ear to Trump’s Vote Support Message
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As Netanyahu Falters, Israelis Turn Deaf Ear to Trump’s Vote Support Message

Monday 26 October 2026 ،
Likud Party under Netanyahu and other right-wing parties slipping somewhat. Trump's last-minute efforts appear to have failed to lift his close ally's standing on Israel's political stage. Under such circumstances, a possible Netanyahu defeat could upend the political calculus of the Isr ...
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How’s Iran Becoming Point of Dispute between Netanyahu and His Army Chief?
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How’s Iran Becoming Point of Dispute between Netanyahu and His Army Chief?

Tuesday 27 October 2026 ،
Likud and its right-wing allies in the Tuesday Knesset elections. He, therefore, hoped that launching a third round of war with Iran would postpone the vote for a while and give him more time to shore up his political standing and that of the far-right camp. But the army, on the front line and wary ...

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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.