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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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Exit from Iraq: US Superpower Image Shattered with a Strategic Defeat
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Exit from Iraq: US Superpower Image Shattered with a Strategic Defeat

Friday 2 October 2026
Arab states of the Persian Gulf; a plan that could have created an alternative deterrence mechanism against Iran through an advanced American military force working alongside the forces of allied Arab countries. In his conclusion, the American expert stresses that the withdrawal of the Americans fr ...
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Power of Resistance Forced the US Out of Iraq: Expert
Interview

Power of Resistance Forced the US Out of Iraq: Expert

Friday 2 October 2026 ،
Arabia and Jordan, as well as ongoing developments in Yemen where the Axis of Resistance has made meaningful gains, we hope that in the future, we see the US and its European allies pull out of the region. 
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Where have American Forces and Military Equipment Gone after Iraq Withdrawal?
Report

Where have American Forces and Military Equipment Gone after Iraq Withdrawal?

Saturday 3 October 2026 ،
New Arab in September reported that final exit included Patriots and C-RAMs in the autonomous Kurdish region.  What happened to drones and intelligence systems?  The issue was not only missiles and air defense systems. American capability in Iraq was not limited merely to the number of s ...
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Battle for Yemen’s Strategic Belt: Marib, Taiz, and Lahij at One Equation
Analysis

Battle for Yemen’s Strategic Belt: Marib, Taiz, and Lahij at One Equation

Sunday 4 October 2026 ،
New America think tank's Future Security program, described to Al Jazeera as a defining moment in terms of Yemen's internal dynamics. He cautioned, however, that the fight for Marib will be hard, because the Aden-based government's forces will treat it as an existential battle. Marib ...
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Post-Withdrawal US Security Strategy in Iraq: Five Scenarios
Analysis

Post-Withdrawal US Security Strategy in Iraq: Five Scenarios

Monday 5 October 2026 ،
Arab states closer to Israel, a dynamic that could help Washington build a kind of regional balance against Iran. The analysis suggests that in the eyes of some American experts, Washington may come to rely less on a heavy presence in Iraq and more on a network of regional partners. Under such a m ...
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US Ouster from Iraq Prelude to Its Expulsion from the Region: Former Iranian Amb. to Iraq
Interview

US Ouster from Iraq Prelude to Its Expulsion from the Region: Former Iranian Amb. to Iraq

Monday 5 October 2026 ،
New 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 ...
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How Have Drones Transformed Yemen War?
Report

How Have Drones Transformed Yemen War?

Tuesday 6 October 2026 ،
Arabia and the UAE, and later in attacks tied to the Red Sea. These drones are broadly designed for sustained flight over long distances. The Wa'id drones were also built for Ansarallah's long-range strikes and fall broadly into the one-way attack category, designed to deliver an explosive ...
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Israeli Navy: From Protecting Coasts to Addressing Threats in Distant Waters
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Israeli Navy: From Protecting Coasts to Addressing Threats in Distant Waters

Saturday 10 October 2026 ،
Arab partners east of Bab-el-Mandeb.  As a result, weakness in the Indian Ocean could leave Tel Aviv facing a dilemma which is to either absorb pressure against ships linked to it, or move toward military confrontation. Dependence on foreign suppliers as the hidden weakness of Israeli naval p ...
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Pakistan, Turkey Unreluctant to Directly Join Yemen War, Syria’s Al-Jolani Risks Sending Forces to Death in Yemen: Expert
Interview

Pakistan, Turkey Unreluctant to Directly Join Yemen War, Syria’s Al-Jolani Risks Sending Forces to Death in Yemen: Expert

Tuesday 13 October 2026 ،
Arabia is desperate to get otherd on board in its war on Yemen, but its allies have their own reservations. Alwaght- War in Yemen has become the center of gravity of regional and international developments as its aspects are fast expanding. While the Yemeni forces are tightening the noose in air and ...
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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 ،
New York Times, in a recently published report, also noted the economic damage and the strain on ordinary Iranians, but wrote that Tehran has adapted to sanctions by building informal trade networks, selling oil to China, using a shadow fleet, reducing its dependence on imports, and conducting indir ...

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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.