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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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Tehran-Cairo Ties Hostage to Egyptian Internal Differences: Expert
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Tehran-Cairo Ties Hostage to Egyptian Internal Differences: Expert

Thursday 17 October 2024
Saudi Arabia to send messages amid escalating tensions in the region. Some sources said that Araghchi is conveying a message from Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian about measures taken to calm the situation in the region.  Araghchi will meet the Egyptian President Abdul Fattah el-Sisi, in ...
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How’s Al-Azhar Alone Saving Face of Arab World with its Pro-Resistance Stances?
Report

How’s Al-Azhar Alone Saving Face of Arab World with its Pro-Resistance Stances?

Monday 21 October 2024 ،
Saudi media propaganda. The Saudi MBC Media Group which over the past year has been a platform publishing Israeli propaganda, on Friday published a report on resistance leaders and commanders like Hezbollah's Sayyed Nasrallah, Iran's General Qassam Soleimani, Iraq's Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis ...
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Can Syria Collapse Scenario Be Applied to Yemen’s Ansarullah?
Analysis

Can Syria Collapse Scenario Be Applied to Yemen’s Ansarullah?

Monday 16 December 2024 ،
Saudi-affiliated cabinet ambassador to the United States, presented three proposed measures for the new US strategy in Yemen during his appearance in the US Senate, including: Classifying the Houthis as foreign terrorist organizations similar to Lebanon's Hezbollah, supporting government forces ...
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Amid Anti-Hezbollah Plots, Will Lebanon’s "Golden Equation" End?
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Amid Anti-Hezbollah Plots, Will Lebanon’s "Golden Equation" End?

Thursday 16 January 2025 ،
Saudis agreed on army chief Aoun, a relatively moderate figure. Aoun accepts Hezbollah conditions Mr Afghahi commented on Hezbollah's condition for green light to Aoun, saying that in the first round of elections in the Lebanese parliament, Aoun did not secure majority and the reason was that ...
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Iran and Qatar: A Model of Friendly Relations
Analysis

Iran and Qatar: A Model of Friendly Relations

Saturday 22 February 2025 ،
Saudi crisis with Qatar, which led to a blockade on the tiny Arab emirate, became a turning point in a upscale of political, security and economic relations of Tehran and Doha.  In the 2017 (P) GCC crisis, Iran came to the aid of Qatar against the blockading countries and, by providing basic n ...
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What’s behind Lavrov’s Tehran Visit?
Report

What’s behind Lavrov’s Tehran Visit?

Tuesday 25 February 2025 ،
Saudi Arabia. Although Iran and Russia's positions on the situation in the Ukraine war and its solution have not been completely aligned from the beginning, and Tehran, while declaring neutrality in the conflict, has considered negotiation without Western interference as the best solution to fi ...
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Iraq’s PMF in Trump’s Game with Iran
Analysis

Iraq’s PMF in Trump’s Game with Iran

Tuesday 1 April 2025 ،
Saudi Arabia. 2. Undermining the Axis of Resistance in Iraq and the region  Since the US invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq, the political and security balance system in the West Asian region has undergone major developments, such as the Islamic Awakening of 2011 and Hamas’s Operation Al- ...
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Boiled Frog: How’s US Consuming Syria’s Al-Jolani in a Gradual Trust-making Process?
Analysis

Boiled Frog: How’s US Consuming Syria’s Al-Jolani in a Gradual Trust-making Process?

Monday 26 May 2025 ،
Saudi Arabia, praising al-Jolani and mentioning Syria sanctions lift actually a carrot shown to encourage new Syrian leader to act within the framework of the US policies. Such an approach reflects a targeted duality that is part of the same carrot-and-stick policy. Putting these elements together, ...
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Israel Plans to Deny Access to West Bank for Rare Saudi-Led Delegation
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Israel Plans to Deny Access to West Bank for Rare Saudi-Led Delegation

Saturday 31 May 2025 ،
Saudi Arabia to enter the West Bank ALWAGHT- Israel reportedly stated it will not permit an Arab delegation led by Saudi Arabia to enter the West Bank. Israel has rejected a planned visit by a high-level Arab ministerial delegation to the West Bank, calling it a “provocative” move aimed ...
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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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Exclusive: A mirror named the Persian Gulf: Reflecting the continuity of Iranian identity

Exclusive: A mirror named the Persian Gulf: Reflecting the continuity of Iranian identity