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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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Is Horn of Africa Becoming New Flashpoint after New Rivaling Agreements?
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Is Horn of Africa Becoming New Flashpoint after New Rivaling Agreements?

Thursday 12 February 2026
Saudi Arabia and Qatar rush for security deals with Somalia after Israel recognized Somaliland breakaway region as independent state with Emirati help. Alwaght- Signing a military cooperation agreement between Saudi Arabia and Somalia in Riyadh only a few weeks after a similar Somalian agreement wit ...
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Global Media Attention on Iranian Leader’s New Statements amid New Talks with the US
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Global Media Attention on Iranian Leader’s New Statements amid New Talks with the US

Wednesday 18 February 2026 ،
Saudi-run news channels Al Arabiya and Al Hadath focused their coverage on two main angles: Trump's inability to destroy Iran and the folly of pre-judging the outcome of negotiations, in an effort to present a dual image of the political and military messages embedded in the remarks. Meanwhile, ...
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Will Hariri Come Back to Lebanon’s Politics?
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Will Hariri Come Back to Lebanon’s Politics?

Wednesday 18 February 2026 ،
Saudi Arabia. Alwaght- Like every year, the former Lebanese PM Saad Hariru has returned to the country to mark anniversary of his father's assassination. During this year's ceremony, he made an important speech. This comes as years of living in the UAE has made his presence in the Lebanese p ...
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How Would the World Look Like if Strait of Hormuz Closed?
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How Would the World Look Like if Strait of Hormuz Closed?

Saturday 21 February 2026 ،
Saudi Arabia's Abqaiq oil facility, a devastating attack attributed to Yemen's Ansarullah resistance movement, offered a stark preview. It showed just how vulnerable Persian Gulf energy infrastructure is to precision strikes. And then there is the naval threat. A US Navy captain aboard a wa ...
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Trump Administration Pushes Ahead with Saudi Nuclear Deal, Does Not Rule Out Enrichment
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Trump Administration Pushes Ahead with Saudi Nuclear Deal, Does Not Rule Out Enrichment

Saturday 21 February 2026 ،
Saudi Arabia ALWAGHT- A new report says the Trump administration has notified Congress that it is pursuing a civilian nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia that may ignore the strict non-proliferation conditions usually required in US deals. A Reuters report says the US and Saudi Arabia a ...
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Why Are Arabs and Turkey against US War on Iran?
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Why Are Arabs and Turkey against US War on Iran?

Saturday 21 February 2026 ،
Saudi Arabia and Qatar and Turkey in the past few weeks have stepped up their diplomatic moves to prevent a new war in the region, and even Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has made it clear Ankara is against any American military action against Tehran. These same concerns and opposition to w ...
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Washington an Agent for Greater Israel Project
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Washington an Agent for Greater Israel Project

Monday 23 February 2026 ،
Saudi Arabia and Iraq, Huckabee responded without hesitation. It would be nice if Israel could have all of it, he stated. That specific piece of land we are talking about, Israel, is land that God gave to the people he chose through Abraham. The ambassador's remarks detonated like a bomb across ...
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Pakistan-Afghanistan Borders Remain Insecure as Bilateral Distrust Dominates
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Pakistan-Afghanistan Borders Remain Insecure as Bilateral Distrust Dominates

Tuesday 24 February 2026 ،
Saudi Arabia, ultimately failed to yield a lasting resolution.  The story of Kabul-TTP cooperation To explore the reason behind continuation of this confrontation, we should look into the deeper and tense relations between Kabul and Islamabad; relations that for years have fluctuated between ...
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Oil, Trade, and Tariffs: The Middle East at the Center of Geoeconomic Tensions
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Oil, Trade, and Tariffs: The Middle East at the Center of Geoeconomic Tensions

Tuesday 24 February 2026 ،
Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Kuwait. Sanctions on Iranian oil further reshaped regional crude flows, reinforcing Persian Gulf producers’ role in Asian markets while amplifying price uncertainty. In response, Middle Eastern states—especially in the Persian Gulf—have pursued a strateg ...
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Latest Information on US Military Formation amid Threats of War with Iran
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Latest Information on US Military Formation amid Threats of War with Iran

Tuesday 24 February 2026 ،
Saudi Arabia, Jordan, or the UAE. However, shortly after the Times report was published, Fox News pushed back, quoting an unnamed but reliable US official who flatly dismissed the claims as inaccurate. US military equipment amassment  Amid the floods of contradictory reports, open source dat ...

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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.