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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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Riyadh Meeting and Re-engineering Southern Yemen Dynamics
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Riyadh Meeting and Re-engineering Southern Yemen Dynamics

Tuesday 27 January 2026
Saudi-backed forces launched heavy attacks on the positions of the STC forces and the Hadhrami Elite Forces, who are supported militarily and logistically by the UAE, in Hadhramaut, Shabwa, abd Al-Mahrah. The aim of the campaign was to push back these forces, and particularly end the direct presence ...
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Pakistan’s Growing Military-Security Influence in Arab World
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Pakistan’s Growing Military-Security Influence in Arab World

Wednesday 10 June 2026 ،
Saudi-backed security arrangements across the southern Arabian Peninsula. Strategically, Yemen is no mere regional crisis for Islamabad. It is part of a much larger equation: the security of the Makran Sea, the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, and the world’s vital energy shipping lanes. That explains w ...
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Saudi Arabia’s Vicious Circle of Coalition-Making: What Does Past Experience Tell Riyadh?
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Saudi Arabia’s Vicious Circle of Coalition-Making: What Does Past Experience Tell Riyadh?

Sunday 2 August 2026 ،
Saudi-backed government of Aden never returned to Sana'a, Ansarullah were not defeated, and Saudi Arabia fell short of its core goals. Ultimately, it was Sana'a government that forced Riyadh to the negotiating table and compelled it to dial back its military operations. Then there is the ev ...
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Saudi Drone Shot Down by Yemeni Forces Over Ta’izz
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Saudi Drone Shot Down by Yemeni Forces Over Ta’izz

Sunday 6 September 2026 ،
Saudi-backed forces in Yemen. Saree said the attack used a Yemeni-made precision ballistic missile. Tensions have intensified across Ta’izz, with reports of drone attacks, artillery exchanges and clashes in several areas. The developments come amid broader tensions between Yemen and Saudi Ara ...
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Yemeni Forces Push Back Saudi Troops in al-Jawf’s al-Yatama
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Yemeni Forces Push Back Saudi Troops in al-Jawf’s al-Yatama

Tuesday 8 September 2026 ،
Saudi-backed troops who entered Souq al-Yatama in al-Jawf province, using flanking and ambush tactics to destroy military vehicles and armored units. They said the area had been cleared and that remaining forces were being pursued. Separately, Ansarullah said it had halted another Saudi-backed adva ...
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Mokha Capture: A Red Sea Balance Shifter
Analysis

Mokha Capture: A Red Sea Balance Shifter

Saturday 12 September 2026 ،
Saudi-backed forces from parts of the western coast. This is not merely the fall of a city. Mokha sits at a point that links Yemen's western coast to the maritime equations of the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab. 1. The Western Coast: A Front Reactivated The 2022 ceasefire had effectively reduced t ...
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YAF Extends Strategic Presence from Al-Mokha Toward Bab al-Mandab
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YAF Extends Strategic Presence from Al-Mokha Toward Bab al-Mandab

Saturday 12 September 2026 ،
Saudi-backed forces from six districts in Taiz and Hodeidah. The operation reportedly began on September 3 and covered about 5,400 square kilometers. The gains are strategically significant because al-Mokha lies about 75 kilometers from Bab al-Mandab, a major maritime chokepoint connecting the Red ...
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Hormuz and Bab-el-Mandeb: Two Chokepoints, One Equation
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Hormuz and Bab-el-Mandeb: Two Chokepoints, One Equation

Saturday 12 September 2026 ،
Saudi-backed proxy forces struck Sana'a airport. The fragile balance Riyadh had sought to maintain, keeping Yemen’s vital economic arteries under its thumb and sustaining unlimited pressure on Sana'a, collapsed overnight. After a high-level Sana'a delegation attended the funeral of ...
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Early Fall: Why’s Anti-Ansarallah Front Collapsed This Soon?
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Early Fall: Why’s Anti-Ansarallah Front Collapsed This Soon?

Sunday 13 September 2026 ،
Saudi-backed mercenaries from Perim island and Bab-el-Mandeb region, marking one of the fastest collapses of the defense lines of the militias backed by Riyadh. New Arab reports that this loss derives not only from fire and strength upper hand of Ansarullah resistance movement but also from a combin ...
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Latest on Yemen Conflict: Ansarullah Eyeing Progress to Aden
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Latest on Yemen Conflict: Ansarullah Eyeing Progress to Aden

Monday 21 September 2026 ،
Saudi-backed Aden government. Alwaght- Yemen's Ansarullah advances into the western coastal regions and seizure of Bab-el-Mandeb region have redrawn a major part of Yemen military map, opening the door to new phase of clashes whose consequences will not be limited to inside Yemen, but spread to ...

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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.