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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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New Iran Missile a Nightmare to US Bases from Al Udaid to Diego Garcia
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New Iran Missile a Nightmare to US Bases from Al Udaid to Diego Garcia

Wednesday 7 May 2025
Saudi Arabia failed to prevent the Ansarullah attack on Aramco oil facilities in 2019. Radar systems: US radars are mainly optimized for tracking fixed-path missiles and have difficulty tracking missiles that constantly change their path. In fact, the new generation of Iranian missiles have the abi ...
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Failed Mission: Tel Aviv Running into Impasse on Yemen
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Failed Mission: Tel Aviv Running into Impasse on Yemen

Monday 12 May 2025 ،
Saudi Arabia against Sana'a from 2015 to 2023, ground offensive is hardly an appealing option. A ground offensive would be a suicide mission that could end in a similar way to the international community's involvement in Afghanistan, Grund said. 
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Hunger for Petrodollars: What to Expect from Trump’s Persian Gulf Tour?
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Hunger for Petrodollars: What to Expect from Trump’s Persian Gulf Tour?

Tuesday 13 May 2025 ،
Saudi Arabia in the coming hours to start his Persian Gulf tour that will see him also visiting Qatar and the UAE. This visit is coming as West Asia is in a state of geopolitical tensions and the policies of Trump's administration in many cases are unclear and it is expected that the framework o ...
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Pulse of Syria Energy in Trump’s Hands
Report

Pulse of Syria Energy in Trump’s Hands

Monday 2 June 2025 ،
Saudi Arabia, the meeting was the first between an American president and his Syrian counterpart in 25 years. The last one was between Hafez al-Assad, Bashar's father, and Bill Clinton in 2000. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as host also joined the meeting between the two presidents and ...
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Caught Between Iran and US, What Path Will Saudi Arabia Pick?
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Caught Between Iran and US, What Path Will Saudi Arabia Pick?

Friday 11 July 2025 ،
Saudi Arabia is subject to a strategic test. In recent years, the Saudis have attempted to moderate their aggressive foreign policy of the past, which was primarily represented by the war on Yemen, and now they present the image of an expedient actor inclined to control possible chaos in the region ...
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Pakistan and Iran Boosting Strategic Ties Under Arbaeen Cooperation
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Pakistan and Iran Boosting Strategic Ties Under Arbaeen Cooperation

Wednesday 16 July 2025 ،
Saudi-led Arab coalition in Yemen war in 2015. The country has also voiced its clear opposition to the issue of normalizing relations with the Israeli regime and has always defended the rights of the Palestinian people. Regarding the Gaza war, Pakistan has repeatedly reiterated its support for the ...
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What’s behind Moves to Destabilize Yemen’s Al Mahra?
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What’s behind Moves to Destabilize Yemen’s Al Mahra?

Thursday 17 July 2025 ،
Saudi-backed Presidential Leadership Council. This independence of position has kept Al Mahra away from massive conflicts and security crises that encompassed other provinces. The tribes’ reluctance to allow foreign interference and their emphasis on maintaining local sovereignty have played ...
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Pezeshkian’s Pakistan Visit a New Window to Closer Strategic Ties
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Pezeshkian’s Pakistan Visit a New Window to Closer Strategic Ties

Saturday 2 August 2025 ،
Saudi Arabia, approaching India as Pakistan’s long-standing enemy, US pressures, and the process of normalizing relations between some Arab countries and the Israeli regime as factors influential in Islamabad’s reconsideration of its geopolitical priorities and moving towards more balanc ...
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Hezbollah’s Arms Remain a Red Line
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Hezbollah’s Arms Remain a Red Line

Sunday 3 August 2025 ،
Saudi Arabia’s deceitful game to weaken Hezbollah Beside the direct American pressures to weaken Hezbollah, the Saudi role in this direction is effectively increasing. Having had tense relations with Hezbollah, Saudi Arabia is striving to prepare the ground for disarming it using diplomatic ...
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Larijani’s Iraq, Lebanon Tour: Security Diplomacy to Check US Plans
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Larijani’s Iraq, Lebanon Tour: Security Diplomacy to Check US Plans

Saturday 16 August 2025 ،
Saudi dictates.  The second issue is the declaration of the Islamic Republic's support for maintaining the security, stability, and territorial integrity of all of Lebanon with all its ethnicities and religions, and within the framework of Iran's stable and permanent policy towards dev ...

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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.