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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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Mokha Capture: A Red Sea Balance Shifter
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Mokha Capture: A Red Sea Balance Shifter

Saturday 12 September 2026
Middle East, and Europe. Reuters has emphasized that Bab-el-Mandeb is vital for transporting Persian Gulf oil and fuel to the Mediterranean as well as for trade in Asian goods. Mokha's importance, therefore, exceeds the city's own economic capacity. Controlling it brings Ansarallah closer t ...
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Possible Syria Membership to Mecca Pact: What Are Its Geopolitical Challenges and Motivations?
Analysis

Possible Syria Membership to Mecca Pact: What Are Its Geopolitical Challenges and Motivations?

Sunday 13 September 2026 ،
Middle Eastern NATO. Because scope and form of members' response to an attack on any one of them remain unclear, and its defense commitment does not necessarily mean automatic entry by all members into war. Within such a framework, examining the possibility of Syria's accession takes on add ...
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Saudi Arabia Vs. Yemen: End of No-peace, No-war Game
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Saudi Arabia Vs. Yemen: End of No-peace, No-war Game

Monday 14 September 2026 ،
The Saudis must face a new fact and that is Yemen can no longer sit on its hands and watch being chocked to death. Alwaght- Since its beginning, Yemen war was supposed to be a short-period military operation to restore the Saudi-favored political equations in Yemen, but eight years of conflict have ...
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US Ouster from Iraq Prelude to Its Expulsion from the Region: Former Iranian Amb. to Iraq
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US Ouster from Iraq Prelude to Its Expulsion from the Region: Former Iranian Amb. to Iraq

Monday 5 October 2026 ،
Middle East” project, Kazemi Qomi said the Americans pursued four objectives there: first, shaping Iraq’s political system on an American model; second, making the US military presence permanent; third, fully Americanizing Iraq’s armed forces; and fourth, managing Iraq’s fore ...
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Claim of Civilizational War With Iran: Why’s Rubio Distorting History?
Analysis

Claim of Civilizational War With Iran: Why’s Rubio Distorting History?

Monday 12 October 2026 ،
Middle East studies at Johns Hopkins University, told Al Jazeera that Rubio's speech was aimed at casting Iran as a common enemy that could once again rally the US and Europe around a single axis. Washington, he said, wants to put the Iran threat at the center of Western cooperation, displacing ...
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Bessent’s Prediction Gone Wrong: Economic Resilience in Iran, Collapse Delusion in the US
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Bessent’s Prediction Gone Wrong: Economic Resilience in Iran, Collapse Delusion in the US

Wednesday 14 October 2026 ،
Middle East Institute gathering in March 2024 that when American sanctions pile up unilaterally, the strategy's effectiveness erodes. Charles W. Dunne, a former American diplomat and scholar at the Arab Center Washington DC, has said in media interviews that from a Western or American standpoin ...
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Hormuz, Tehran’s Deterrence Lever against American Threats
Analysis

Hormuz, Tehran’s Deterrence Lever against American Threats

Saturday 17 October 2026 ،
Middle East Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, told The Washington Post that Iran retains the ability to influence how much oil exits through the passage. The assessment underscores that Tehran can still wield its geographic position as leverage in the pressure equation. How ...
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Egypt’s Yemen War Dilemma: Balancing Political Reservations and Strategic Interests
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Egypt’s Yemen War Dilemma: Balancing Political Reservations and Strategic Interests

Tuesday 20 October 2026 ،
Middle East Institute in Washington, likewise told AFP on September 14 that Mohammed bin Salman is seeking guarantees that Egypt will intervene if necessary to protect Bab-el-Mandeb. Still, she described Cairo's stance as cautious, saying Egypt will not enter a military confrontation that does n ...
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Macron and France Bearing the Fallout of Iran War and Consequent Energy Crisis
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Macron and France Bearing the Fallout of Iran War and Consequent Energy Crisis

Tuesday 20 October 2026 ،
Middle East and from a war that the US and Israeli regime launched in February against Iran.  This is a conflict France did not take part in, and we are bearing its consequences, he stressed. The remarks, reported by Le Monde, amount to a plain acknowledgment that the war's fallout has re ...
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Netanyahu’s Transition from Ben-Gurion Doctrine to His Own
Analysis

Netanyahu’s Transition from Ben-Gurion Doctrine to His Own

Wednesday 21 October 2026 ،
Middle East Center, told Al Jazeera that this framework cultivates existential fears in society, making Israeli voters feel they need a decisive leader. The timing of the doctrine's rollout carries particular political weight: Netanyahu is fighting to stay in power amid widespread domestic crit ...

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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.