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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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Israel Reconstruction Uncertain Five Months after War with Iran
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Israel Reconstruction Uncertain Five Months after War with Iran

Tuesday 2 December 2025
Middle East Eye report reveals that approximately 50,000 damage claims have been filed with Israel’s property tax authority, with 39,000 related to residential property damage. Estimates circulated in Israeli media indicate that Iran’s missile strikes inflicted total losses of around 5 ...
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Is Lebanese Forces Party Pushing for a Coup Through FM Raji?
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Is Lebanese Forces Party Pushing for a Coup Through FM Raji?

Saturday 6 December 2025 ،
Middle East Center states: “Shiites today feel their fate is more intertwined with Hezbollah than ever before.” In such a climate, the Lebanese Forces’ political project for engineering power does not align with Lebanon’s social and security realities; yet, the attempt to im ...
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Will Hadhramaut Battle Change Yemen Map?
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Will Hadhramaut Battle Change Yemen Map?

Sunday 7 December 2025 ،
Middle East Game Developments in eastern Yemen can also be read in the context of renewed Western thinking on how to handle the Yemen case within the broader vision of a “new Middle East”, particularly after the failure of military tools in eight years of war against Sana’a, and ...
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Trump’s Doctrine: An Analysis of US Hegemonic Decline
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Trump’s Doctrine: An Analysis of US Hegemonic Decline

Wednesday 10 December 2025 ،
Middle East as called by the West, loses its key position it had during the Cold War and post 11/9, and decreases to a costly, less cost-effective region where continuation of the US presence has not produced a new order but waste of the American resources. Therefore, Washington's strategy hing ...
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Armenia Growing Hasty about TRIPP Corridor
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Armenia Growing Hasty about TRIPP Corridor

Tuesday 16 December 2025 ،
Middle Corridor, ensuring seamless connectivity between Europe, the South Caucasus, and Central Asia.” He added that the project would expand regional links, deliver economic benefits across the region, and become another critical factor in advancing peace between Baku and Yerevan. These clai ...
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Araghchi: Iran and Russia Hold Aligned Positions on Global Affairs
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Araghchi: Iran and Russia Hold Aligned Positions on Global Affairs

Wednesday 17 December 2025 ،
Middle East developments. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi praised the continuous and multidimensional cooperation between Tehran and Moscow across political, economic, cultural, defense, and security sectors. He highlighted shared positions on nearly all international matters, Russia’ ...
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Iran and Pakistan Work Together to Advance Regional Stability
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Iran and Pakistan Work Together to Advance Regional Stability

Monday 22 December 2025 ،
Middle East. The conversation also emphasized the continuation of diplomatic consultations with other regional countries aimed at maintaining peace and stability. This reflects Tehran and Islamabad’s shared interest in addressing regional challenges, including security threats, border stabili ...
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Israelis Bearing the Brunt of Netanyahu’s Warmongering
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Israelis Bearing the Brunt of Netanyahu’s Warmongering

Thursday 25 December 2025 ،
Middle East Monitor, Israel’s economy eked out a meager growth of around 1 percent in 2024, falling short of earlier forecasts and indicating that investment and exports have been hampered by wartime tensions. Official reports and historical data corroborate this downward trend. For instance, ...
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FM Fidan, the Mysterious Man of Turkish Foreign Policy
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FM Fidan, the Mysterious Man of Turkish Foreign Policy

Saturday 27 December 2025 ،
Middle East. This idea manifests in the Gaza case, where his emphasis on a potential Turkish presence signifies an attempt to transform the Palestinian crisis into a platform for legitimacy of Turkish regional role. Even his response regarding Hamas’s disarmament, dismissing it as not a curren ...
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Somaliland, Israel’s New Gamble in Horn of Africa
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Somaliland, Israel’s New Gamble in Horn of Africa

Sunday 28 December 2025 ،
Middle East, Africa, and Europe. From Tel Aviv’s perspective, cooperation with Somaliland translates into securing these crucial shipping lanes and preventing potential disruptions to commercial maritime traffic. Over the past two years, amid the fallout from genocidal Israeli war on Gaza, Is ...

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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.