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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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Crackdown on Muharram: Taliban Continue Religious Suppression of Shiite Community
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Crackdown on Muharram: Taliban Continue Religious Suppression of Shiite Community

Monday 22 June 2026
Council had earlier urged the Taliban to secure Muharram ceremonies against threats from terror groups like ISIS-Khorasan, which has repeatedly targeted the Shiite community with deadly attacks. Yet Shiite leaders and ordinary citizens keep asking the same question: What possible security risk coul ...
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Rubio’s Difficult Mission to Save "Petrodollar Order" in Persian Gulf
Analysis

Rubio’s Difficult Mission to Save "Petrodollar Order" in Persian Gulf

Saturday 27 June 2026 ،
Council, closing the meeting with a joint statement. The US stated that the tour's agenda included talking regional issues like the deal Washington signed recently with Tehran, also safe navigation of ships through the Strait of Hormuz, and the regional stability. Separate from this stated age ...
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Palestine’s Place in Martyred Leader’s Worldview
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Palestine’s Place in Martyred Leader’s Worldview

Wednesday 8 July 2026 ،
Council, who attended the funeral ceremony in Tehran, described Ayatollah Khamenei as the father of the world's oppressed and stressed that he remained faithful to the Palestinian cause and the resistance until his final moments, paying a heavy price to support the resistance movements. These s ...
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Riyadh’s Strategic Mistake and Ansarullah’s Historic Opportunity: Is Hormuz-Bab-el-Mandeb Equation Brewing?
Analysis

Riyadh’s Strategic Mistake and Ansarullah’s Historic Opportunity: Is Hormuz-Bab-el-Mandeb Equation Brewing?

Wednesday 15 July 2026 ،
Council (STC) on Hadhramaut in January last year, the Saudis directly bombed these forces, a development practically leading to collapse of the Aden coalition government. With this new calculus—military, economic, political, and regional—Ansarallah is a different beast. In the coming da ...
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Al-Hayya Elected Leader of Hamas: Continuing Sinwar’s Path or Starting a New Chapter?
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Al-Hayya Elected Leader of Hamas: Continuing Sinwar’s Path or Starting a New Chapter?

Saturday 25 July 2026 ،
Political and struggle record of al-Hayya Al-Hayya was born on November 5, 1960, in Gaza City, during Egypt’s administrative control over the strip. He has seven children; four have been killed in the struggle for the Palestinian cause. Osama and Hamza in previous Gaza wars, Homam in an Israe ...
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Why’s UAE Gone Silent in Renewed Saudi-Yemeni Escalation?
Analysis

Why’s UAE Gone Silent in Renewed Saudi-Yemeni Escalation?

Monday 27 July 2026 ،
Council (STC) were forced to cede parts of their strongholds in Hadhramaut to the Riyadh-backed government, a retreat that amounted to a major setback for Abu Dhabi’s flagship regional project. So neither the UAE nor the STC have any appetite to join the current fight, whose main outcome woul ...
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Twilight of US Hegemony: Decline Felt at Home
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Twilight of US Hegemony: Decline Felt at Home

Monday 24 August 2026 ،
Council, argued: Rebuilding some of these installations does not make much practical sense. Having to finance repairs for facilities we don't actually need could accelerate the drawdowns already underway. The war of aggression against Iran has taught the US a bitter lesson. After 22 years, the ...
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Ali Al-Taher Capture Toll a Hyperbole, Hezbollah in Proper Conditions: Analyst
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Ali Al-Taher Capture Toll a Hyperbole, Hezbollah in Proper Conditions: Analyst

Wednesday 16 September 2026 ،
Council Resolution 1701 serving as the primary basis for the truce.  Turning to post-ceasefire developments, he stressed that Tel Aviv adhered to neither the spirit nor the content of the ceasefire. The truce was violated more than 10,000 times, and over 500 Lebanese citizens, including a numb ...
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Mecca Attack amid War of Narratives: Three Clues to Settle the Riddle
Analysis

Mecca Attack amid War of Narratives: Three Clues to Settle the Riddle

Saturday 19 September 2026 ،
Political Office member Hizam al-Assad said that the claims about attacking Mecca is a repeated lie already made and nobody will be deceived anymore. Meanwhile, the religious importance of Mecca triggered fast circulation of the incident, drawing attention to it beyond a usual military attack. The ...
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UN Report on Minab School War Crime a Nightmare to US
Analysis

UN Report on Minab School War Crime a Nightmare to US

Sunday 20 September 2026 ،
Council’s findings as credible and takes the responsibility to protect civilians very seriously. For specific questions about US military operations, the department referred reporters to the US Department of War. Washington’s official position, then, is to reject the credibility of the ...

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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.