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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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Turkey the Missing Piece of US’s "Geopolitical Containment Belt"
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Turkey the Missing Piece of US’s "Geopolitical Containment Belt"

Saturday 11 July 2026
Resistance, we should not read this visit simply through the lens of US-Turkey bilateral ties. Instead, we should frame it as part of Washington’s broader pivot: moving from a “direct confrontation” strategy to one of “regional balance engineering.” The latest war on I ...
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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 ،
Resistance and carrying out punitive actions against the adversaries. Ansarullah, from breaking the siege to gaining the opportunity to expel Saudi Arabia from Yemen  Saudi Arabia's uncalculated strike on Sana'a airport handed Ansarallah a golden opportunity, a chance to break free fr ...
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What’s the Agenda of Iraqi PM’s Tehran Visit?
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What’s the Agenda of Iraqi PM’s Tehran Visit?

Thursday 23 July 2026 ،
Resistance actors. Baghdad is therefore trying to walk a fine line: preventing Iraq from being pulled into direct confrontation while also keeping internal disputes from spiraling into a full-blown security crisis. Therefore, Iran can provide a reliable path to al-Zaydi’s government to evade ...
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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 ،
Resistance's playbook, which is confronting the occupation, holding onto militant arms, and rejecting normalization with Israeli regime.  In an October 27, 2025, interview with Al Jazeera, he said: We are a people under occupation, and under international law, resisting occupation is our r ...
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What’s Behind US-Saudi Attack on Iraq?
Report

What’s Behind US-Saudi Attack on Iraq?

Thursday 30 July 2026 ،
Resistance. Over the past several months, sporadic clashes between American forces and Iraqi militant groups have repeatedly triggered tit-for-tat attacks and ratcheted up tensions across the country. The airstrikes came just hours after Washington claimed to have intercepted a ballistic missile at ...
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Saudi Arabia’s Vicious Circle of Coalition-Making: What Does Past Experience Tell Riyadh?
Analysis

Saudi Arabia’s Vicious Circle of Coalition-Making: What Does Past Experience Tell Riyadh?

Sunday 2 August 2026 ،
Resistance, particularly Hezbollah, with backing from terrorist organizations like ISIS. That, too, fizzled. These failures suggest that Saudi Arabia's centralized decision-making structure and unilateralist approach have consistently undermined its ability to forge lasting, effective coalitions ...
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Bombing in Lebanon, Talking in Italy: Why Does Negotiating with Tel Aviv not Work?
Analysis

Bombing in Lebanon, Talking in Italy: Why Does Negotiating with Tel Aviv not Work?

Wednesday 5 August 2026 ،
axis of conflict for decades. Beirut has repeatedly accused Tel Aviv of breaching its airspace, launching cross-border strikes, and occupying pockets of territory along the frontier, even after previous ceasefire agreements. That long history has left a deep imprint on public opinion here, with bro ...
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Hezbollah’s New Strategy for Managing Potential Tensions with New Syria
Analysis

Hezbollah’s New Strategy for Managing Potential Tensions with New Syria

Thursday 6 August 2026 ،
Resistance, and the new Syrian government, now embedded in the Arab fold, share at least one common interest: steering clear of crises whose only beneficiary is Israel. At this moment, Tel Aviv needs regional turbulence more than ever to deflect attention from its own domestic political and security ...
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An Arbaeen of Vengeance
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An Arbaeen of Vengeance

Friday 7 August 2026 ،
Resistance remains unshaken. This year's Arbaeen showed that the deep connection between these peoples and the Ahl al-Bayt and the eternal principles of Ashura runs far deeper than any efforts to sow discord or division among Muslims. This colossal gathering proved once again that Imam Hussein& ...
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Hormuz not to Reopen until Assassination, Blockade, and War End
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Hormuz not to Reopen until Assassination, Blockade, and War End

Tuesday 11 August 2026 ،
Resistance and the Sunni axis. Naturally, the Sunni axis includes Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Pakistan, and some other regional countries. Therefore, there is currently a shared concern among regional countries about the policies of the Zionist regime, and this agreement can be seen as a step toward prese ...

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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.