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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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Latest on Yemen Conflict: Ansarullah Eyeing Progress to Aden
Report

Latest on Yemen Conflict: Ansarullah Eyeing Progress to Aden

Monday 21 September 2026
Persian Gulf crude exports to alternative routes. Saudi Arabia in particular has come to rely on pipelines and Red Sea shipping to bypass Hormuz, sending 4 to 5 million barrels per day to international markets through the Yanbu port before Ansarallah declared a naval blockade in response to the 11- ...
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Shalamcheh and Chazabeh Crossings: How’s Border Closure Impacting Iran-Iraq Trade?
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Shalamcheh and Chazabeh Crossings: How’s Border Closure Impacting Iran-Iraq Trade?

Tuesday 22 September 2026 ،
Persian Gulf states or by sea. The longer the closures last, however, the harder it becomes to replace the Iranian route for goods that can not be quickly sourced elsewhere. A product shipped by truck directly from an Iranian factory to Iraq may, via alternative routes, first have to be moved to a ...
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Exit from Iraq: US Superpower Image Shattered with a Strategic Defeat
Analysis

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

Friday 2 October 2026 ،
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 from Iraq is not a de ...
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Power of Resistance Forced the US Out of Iraq: Expert
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Power of Resistance Forced the US Out of Iraq: Expert

Friday 2 October 2026 ،
Persian Gulf to global markets, could bring about very heavy economic costs and consequences for the US and its allies, and even for the global economy. Alwaght: How do you see the tensions with Iran having influenced the US decision to pull its forces out of Iraq? Zaree: The Americans thought tha ...
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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 ،
Persian Gulf states, the Israeli regime, and other US partners. In this model, Washington can hand off the bulk of its security interests to regional governments while retaining the ability to intervene quickly. In this regard, Nate Swanson, director of the Iran Strategy Project at the Atlantic Cou ...
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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 ،
Persian Gulf Arab monarchies.  Kazemi Qomi said the Iraqi government acknowledges these threats and that the country’s entire border must be under the control of the central government. Referring to the debate over “weapons discipline,” he stressed that both the Iraqi govern ...
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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 ،
Persian King Xerxes arrived in Athens and the people of Athens for several days kept behind the gates the biggest empire of that time.  Rubio’s remark about Iran’s standing as the greatest empire of its time slipped out unwittingly, but it laid bare a deeper truth: Washington&rsquo ...
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White House War Cover-up Suggests Trump is Empty-handed
Analysis

White House War Cover-up Suggests Trump is Empty-handed

Monday 12 October 2026 ،
Persian Gulf and also limitation of the Congress access to these military infrastructures amid heightened pressures on the media for censorship have promoted a question: How much is Washington worried about huge consequences of any new military adventure against Iran and the influence of the public ...
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Three Cases That Brought Pakistan’s Munir to Tehran
Analysis

Three Cases That Brought Pakistan’s Munir to Tehran

Wednesday 21 October 2026 ،
Persian Gulf overland trade with neighbors has become one of the foremost governance priorities in Iran's foreign policy. Because of its impact on the critical component of economic resilience, the issue is indirectly bound up with the fate of the war. That is why, on this trip, resolving the bo ...
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Iran’s Sovereignty over Hormuz: The Road to Transform Iranian Ports into a Regional Hub
Analysis

Iran’s Sovereignty over Hormuz: The Road to Transform Iranian Ports into a Regional Hub

Thursday 22 October 2026 ،
Persian Gulf have pushed the region's maritime trade and transit equations to new heights. Escalation of clashes, rising risks to the shipping in the Persian Gulf, and growing transportation costs have once again shown how much the security of the trade routes can influence the economic position ...

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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.