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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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Ansarullah and Bab-el-Mandeb: Why’s Israel Rattled by New Geopolitical Reality?
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Ansarullah and Bab-el-Mandeb: Why’s Israel Rattled by New Geopolitical Reality?

Tuesday 15 September 2026
Gulf of Aden, and Indian Ocean and each actor that can influence its security and navigation would actually have a key geopolitical leverage for pressure. So, for the Israeli regime whose foreign trade is dependent on a considerable part of the maritime routes, consolidation of Ansarullah's gain ...
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BRICS and Test of War: Iran, Energy, and New World Order Equation
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BRICS and Test of War: Iran, Energy, and New World Order Equation

Thursday 17 September 2026 ،
Gulf and Red Sea regions, Iran's presence at the highest level lent the Delhi summit outsized, two-way significance. Tehran brought to the table its weight as a decisive player in energy markets and West Asian stability, while also carrying its own expectations for a forceful seat among non-West ...
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Mecca Attack amid War of Narratives: Three Clues to Settle the Riddle
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Mecca Attack amid War of Narratives: Three Clues to Settle the Riddle

Saturday 19 September 2026 ،
Gulf Cooperation Council and the Arab League, and new Arab cooperation and security arrangements with countries such as Pakistan and Turkey. Yet for all the regional and extra-regional pacts Riyadh belongs to, it has in practice scored no success in building an effective coalition capable of defend ...
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Top Security Official: US Must Meet Seven Conditions to End Conflict with Iran
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Top Security Official: US Must Meet Seven Conditions to End Conflict with Iran

Sunday 20 September 2026 ،
Gulf, Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea. Rezaei also pointed to Iran’s control over the Strait of Hormuz, saying the waterway has remained closed since the second conflict. He said the closure followed US airstrikes and a naval blockade, after which Iranian forces carried out attacks against US ta ...
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Latest on Yemen Conflict: Ansarullah Eyeing Progress to Aden
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Latest on Yemen Conflict: Ansarullah Eyeing Progress to Aden

Monday 21 September 2026 ،
Gulf of Aden and is one of the world's busiest shipping corridors between Europe and Asia and constitutes a vital route for oil, gas, and container ships transiting to and from Suez Canal. Under normal conditions, roughly 12 to 15 percent of global trade has historically passed through this nar ...
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Africa: Iran’s Strategic Opportunity to Break the Barriers
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Africa: Iran’s Strategic Opportunity to Break the Barriers

Monday 21 September 2026 ،
Gulf of Aden, and the Indian Ocean, this continent shifts from an economic market to a geopolitical variable. East Africa and the Horn of Africa sit near one of the world's most vital maritime corridors, the route that runs from the Red Sea through Bab-el-Mandeb and on to the Gulf of Aden and t ...
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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 ،
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 port, th ...
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Lavrov Condemns Assassination of Ayatollah Khamenei as ‘Unacceptable’ Coercive Act
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Lavrov Condemns Assassination of Ayatollah Khamenei as ‘Unacceptable’ Coercive Act

Saturday 26 September 2026 ،
Gulf and help resolve the crisis surrounding the strategic waterway. He stressed the need for greater trust among Iran and Persian Gulf states, warning that continued regional clashes threaten global navigation and trade. Lavrov also highlighted the Palestinian issue, saying the international commu ...
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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 ،
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 declaratio ...
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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 ،
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 that with d ...

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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.