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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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Cooperation Council’s Joint Command Center, Security Loopholes Riddle

Cooperation Council’s Joint Command Center, Security Loopholes Riddle

Sunday 28 November 2021
Peninsula Shield Force. In the past two decades, especially after 2011, the year the region went under fast-moving developments following a series of popular uprisings in the Arab countries, significant geopolitical developments have taken place in the geometry of power and regional coalitions, inc ...
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Cooperation Council’s Will for Unity, Cooperation: How Serious is it?

Cooperation Council’s Will for Unity, Cooperation: How Serious is it?

Saturday 18 December 2021 ،
Peninsula Shield Force.  Recent defense ministers meeting and the decision to set up a unified command center in Riyadh bear witness to these efforts.  The members agreed on economic unity, common defense and security system, coordination of positions to strengthen solidarity and stabili ...
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Israel and Bahrain Sign Security Pact, Opposition Call it "Illegitimate"

Israel and Bahrain Sign Security Pact, Opposition Call it "Illegitimate"

Friday 4 February 2022 ،
Peninsula Shield Force mission.   
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Bahrain Uprising: 11 Years On

Bahrain Uprising: 11 Years On

Tuesday 15 February 2022 ،
Peninsula Shield Force, closing the door to any progress in negotiations.  Bahrain developments' regional and international significance  Bahrain has always attracted the attention of countries such as the US and Saudi Arabia due to its strategic geographical location. In 1971, Bahra ...
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Bin Salman’s Betting on Wrong Horse Normalizing Ties with Tel Aviv

Bin Salman’s Betting on Wrong Horse Normalizing Ties with Tel Aviv

Saturday 11 June 2022 ،
Peninsula with the rise of Yemeni Ansarullah Movement and its domination of the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait are issues that gave Riyadh reasons to see a regional balance in association with Tel Aviv.  The third driver is the economic, technological, and educational benefits he thinks he can make from ...
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800,000 North Koreans Volunteer for War against US: Daily

800,000 North Koreans Volunteer for War against US: Daily

Saturday 18 March 2023 ،
Peninsula.  Most recently, Pyongyang fired its largest intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) into the sea lying between North Korea and Japan. On Friday, the North's state media released information and photos of the launch involving the country's Hwasong-17 ICBM that had taken pl ...
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Bahrain’s Al Khalifa Hands Stained with Yemeni People’s Blood

Bahrain’s Al Khalifa Hands Stained with Yemeni People’s Blood

Sunday 1 October 2023 ،
Peninsula Shield Forces to quell a popular revolution in the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom. So, after relative restoration of calm, Bahrain tried to return the favor of the Saudi masters with participation in the war. As official Bahraini news agency cited defense ministry, the deployment of military su ...
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Palestine Missing in PGGC’s Security, Defense Doctrine

Palestine Missing in PGGC’s Security, Defense Doctrine

Wednesday 15 November 2023 ،
Peninsula. Even after signing of the peace treaty between Egypt and the Israel in 1979, parts of the Sinai desert, the Syrian Golan Heights, and parts of Jordan remained under Israeli occupation.  Under a state of strategic silence, the Cooperation Council states have declined to consider the ...
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Al-Qaeda, a New UAE Pawn in Yemen

Al-Qaeda, a New UAE Pawn in Yemen

Thursday 1 February 2024 ،
Peninsula, had arrived in Al-Maharah province in eastern Yemen to assist the Saudi forces. In the Ma’rib conflicts in 2020, when Ansarullah made gains in this province, the Saudis used Al-Qaeda forces to slow down Ansarallah.  Emirati-Saudi face-off in the south  Using Al-Qaeda to ...
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US-South Korea Drills Provocative, Could Trigger Nuclear War

US-South Korea Drills Provocative, Could Trigger Nuclear War

Tuesday 5 March 2024 ،
Peninsula, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). A spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defense lambasted the joint exercise between Washington and Seoul, dubbed Freedom Shield, which includes double the number of troops participating in the drill compared to last year.  In ...

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Farmers in Poland are on the streets again to protest EU agricultural policies

Farmers in Poland are on the streets again to protest EU agricultural policies