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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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What’s behind Cairo-Tel Aviv Deal to Hand Over Red Sea Islands to Saudi Arabia?
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What’s behind Cairo-Tel Aviv Deal to Hand Over Red Sea Islands to Saudi Arabia?

Tuesday 7 June 2022
Red Sea islands of Tiran and Sanafir to Saudi Arabia, according to the Jerusalem Post. The Israeli newspaper further said that the agreement will be unveiled during US President Joe Biden's imminent visit to the region. Here are some questions: Why does the Israeli regime accept the security mea ...
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Bin Salman’s Betting on Wrong Horse Normalizing Ties with Tel Aviv
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Bin Salman’s Betting on Wrong Horse Normalizing Ties with Tel Aviv

Saturday 11 June 2022 ،
Red Sea islands of Tiran and Sanafir. Earlier, Riyadh allowed a group of Israeli businessmen to travel to Saudi Arabia.  Bin Salman's real goals  The normalization is driven by three major goals.  Certainly, bin Salman's personal ambitions and the need for assurance of smoo ...
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Israeli Long Shot to Dominate Red Sea
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Israeli Long Shot to Dominate Red Sea

Sunday 31 July 2022 ،
Red Sea via control over Yemeni Island of Socotra by boosting cooperation with the Emiratis. Alwaght- Eight years ago, Saudi Arabia and the UAE launched a bloody military action against Yemeni nation under the ruse of restoring to rule the government of Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi. Now, however, all of ...
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How’s Abu Dhabi Giving Away Yemen’s Socotra Island to Tel Aviv?
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How’s Abu Dhabi Giving Away Yemen’s Socotra Island to Tel Aviv?

Sunday 30 October 2022 ،
Red Sea has long given the Yemeni islands an important place in the security strategies of the Israeli regime. Socotra Island, with an area of 3,796 square kilometers, is a very important area. It is located at the entrance to the Gulf of Aden and the Strait of Bab-el-Mandeb and plays a vital role i ...
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Sharm El-Sheikh Climate Conf. Gives Arab, Israeli Officials Opportunity to Renew Pacts
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Sharm El-Sheikh Climate Conf. Gives Arab, Israeli Officials Opportunity to Renew Pacts

Wednesday 9 November 2022 ،
The Sharm El-Sheikh meeting was a technical one but its political aspect overshadowed it as Arab officials found opportunity to meet Israelis. Alwaght- After holding 26 global meetings on climate change, representatives from 200 countries have gathered in the Egyptian resort city of Sharm El-Sheikh ...
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How’s Bin Salman Seeking to Fuel Normalization with Gas Project?
Analysis

How’s Bin Salman Seeking to Fuel Normalization with Gas Project?

Tuesday 7 February 2023 ،
Red Sea and Gulf of Aqaba coasts. Though the project is in the early stages, it can greatly warm the economic relations between Riyadh and Tel Aviv, especially after the reports that Riyadh issued permits to Israeli tourists to enter the two Red Sea islands of Tiran and Sanafir.  The Saudis pl ...
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US Building Foothold in Yemen’s Resource-rich Al-Mahrah Province
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US Building Foothold in Yemen’s Resource-rich Al-Mahrah Province

Monday 6 March 2023 ،
Red Sea and Indian Ocean, domination of the sea enables more secure and comfortable Israeli maritime trade.  To increase its spying activities and dominate the world’s most significant shipping route in Yemen’s south, the Israeli regime is seeking presence in the country’s co ...
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Yemen County Suffering from War, Hopeful about Peace
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Yemen County Suffering from War, Hopeful about Peace

Sunday 26 March 2023 ،
Red Sea in the West.  Yemen, which was undeveloped and poor even before the war because of being ruled by governments mainly submissive to Saudi Arabia and the US, now and after an eight-year war and blockade is in its worst humanitarian conditions with a population of nearly 33 million.  ...
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Turkey’s Security Architect Now Leading Foreign Policy Apparatus
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Turkey’s Security Architect Now Leading Foreign Policy Apparatus

Tuesday 6 June 2023 ،
Red Sea games.  Concerning Ukraine war, Turkey in the first months of war tried to pose as a peace seeker via its mediatory efforts, but the Russian-Western tensions are too deep to be defused by Ankara. Still, under Fidan, Turkey will ramp up its diplomatic efforts for a solution to Ukraine c ...
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Eilat-Eshdod Railway, An Israeli Project to Sideline Suez Canal
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Eilat-Eshdod Railway, An Israeli Project to Sideline Suez Canal

Sunday 6 August 2023 ،
Red Sea, is the only Israeli access way to the Red Sea. If this 350-kilometer long rail route is built, ships traveling from the Persian Gulf and East Asia to Europe and the West will dock at Eilat port, and their cargoes will be transported by trains from Eilat to Ashdod port and from there to Euro ...

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Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution

Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution