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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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Challenges to Possible Massive Israeli Operation in Yemen
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Challenges to Possible Massive Israeli Operation in Yemen

Thursday 26 December 2024
Saudi-Emirati coalition on Yemen, as well as the one-year attacks by the US and Britain, has shown that Ansarallah is unstoppable. If Ansarallah has been controllable, the US would never have given the credit to Israel and could have introduced itself as the protector of Red Sea shipping security w ...
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New Syria: Economic Challenges or Opportunities for Turkey?
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New Syria: Economic Challenges or Opportunities for Turkey?

Tuesday 31 December 2024 ،
Saudi Arabia do not consider the increase of influence of Turkey and the Muslim Brotherhood in the Arab world to be to their advantage, and the remarks of the advisor to the president of the UAE bear the best witness to this. In addition, Saudi Arabia and the Emirates have been busy attracting forei ...
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What’s Motivating US Military Stay in Syria Post-Assad?
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What’s Motivating US Military Stay in Syria Post-Assad?

Wednesday 15 January 2025 ،
Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Oman, and Iraq. Despite a parliamentary bill calling for official US withdrawal from Iraq, Pentagon still holds about 2,500 forces in Iraq.  These bases have extensive protection equipment, including air defense systems to protect against missiles and drones.  How ...
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Outlook of Ansarullah-Israel Confrontation after Gaza Ceasefire
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Outlook of Ansarullah-Israel Confrontation after Gaza Ceasefire

Monday 20 January 2025 ،
Saudi-Emirati coalition and the one-year attacks of the US and Britain on Yemen did not achieve any success.  Also, Netanyahu government plans to use spying as an option to penetrate Yemen and get information on the country's weapons arsenal and leaders in addition to military option. Last ...
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Iran and Qatar: A Model of Friendly Relations
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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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Iran and Sudan: Emerging Partnership in Horn of Africa
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Iran and Sudan: Emerging Partnership in Horn of Africa

Wednesday 26 February 2025 ،
Saudi Arabia and rivals backed by the UAE.  Sudan had earlier even participated in the Saudi-led military coalition against Yemen, but with the changing domestic and regional conditions and as it understands global realities and gets out of the yoke of Arab regimes, it is seeking to improve re ...
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How’s Ukraine Becoming Pawn for Trump’s Big Game?
Analysis

How’s Ukraine Becoming Pawn for Trump’s Big Game?

Sunday 2 March 2025 ،
Saudi Arabia and the agreement to de-escalate made them fully aware of the risk of facing a new moment of Yalta, where a few months before the end of the WWII, the leaders of the US, the Soviet Union, and Britain in the Crimean Peninsula drew up a new security framework for Europe and the world by d ...
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Hezbollah’s Smart New Tactic against Plots Seeking Its Disarmament
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Hezbollah’s Smart New Tactic against Plots Seeking Its Disarmament

Wednesday 5 March 2025 ،
Saudi newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat, Joseph Aoun, the new Lebanese president and former army commander, emphasized before his first trip to Saudi Arabia that our goal is for the government to be held accountable alone. These are the duties of the government, and no one else is allowed to fulfill its nat ...
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As Ansarullah Deadline Ends, Yemen Nightmare Returns to Israelis
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As Ansarullah Deadline Ends, Yemen Nightmare Returns to Israelis

Monday 17 March 2025 ،
Saudi Arabia, are trying to prevent an escalation in the region, but if Tel Aviv attacks Gaza and Yemen again, it is likely that the normalization talks between Riyadh and Tel Aviv will be stop. In this case, Israel will grow more isolated and international pressure to stop the war in Gaza will buil ...
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Heavy American Bombing: Will Yemen Back Down from Pro-Palestinian Support?
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Heavy American Bombing: Will Yemen Back Down from Pro-Palestinian Support?

Sunday 23 March 2025 ،
Saudi-led Arab coalition against Yemen, the Saudis frequently used American-provided bombs. These attacks, which continued until 2022, never caused the Yemeni forces to back down. On September 26, 2019, Amnesty International published a report pointing to the use of US-made bombs in deadly attacks a ...

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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