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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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Mokha Capture: A Red Sea Balance Shifter
Analysis

Mokha Capture: A Red Sea Balance Shifter

Saturday 12 September 2026
The recent developments in Yemen show that the country's war, after more than four years of relative calm, has entered a different phase. Ansarallah resistance movement, which has been holding much of the north since 2014, has recently seized control of the port city of Mokha on the Red Sea coas ...
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UAE-Algeria Rift Is Beyond a Diplomatic Gap
Report

UAE-Algeria Rift Is Beyond a Diplomatic Gap

Saturday 12 September 2026 ،
The ministry further added that the North African countries exercised utmost responsibility and self-restraint and spared no initiative to draw attention of the Emirati side and warn it about the serious consequences of its hostile and provocative actions. The Algeria announced Wednesday that it is ...
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Hormuz and Bab-el-Mandeb: Two Chokepoints, One Equation
Paper

Hormuz and Bab-el-Mandeb: Two Chokepoints, One Equation

Saturday 12 September 2026 ،
The significance of this development lies in the fact that Bab-el-Mandeb and Strait of Hormuz are not two separate routes, but two linked rings in the chain of energy transit and world trade, so much so that their simultaneous disruption can seriously restrict the alternative shipping options. Sign ...
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Possible Syria Membership to Mecca Pact: What Are Its Geopolitical Challenges and Motivations?
Analysis

Possible Syria Membership to Mecca Pact: What Are Its Geopolitical Challenges and Motivations?

Sunday 13 September 2026 ،
The prospect of Syria joining the Mecca agreement raises questions about the implications of its potential membership. Joining this emerging security pact could bring strategic benefits both to Damascus and to its current members, while also introducing political and security complexities that could ...
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Early Fall: Why’s Anti-Ansarallah Front Collapsed This Soon?
Analysis

Early Fall: Why’s Anti-Ansarallah Front Collapsed This Soon?

Sunday 13 September 2026 ،
The fast advances of the Yemeni Ansarullah forces in western coast regions has not stopped seizing the strategic city of Mokha, and continued with the retreat of the Saudi-backed mercenaries from Perim island and Bab-el-Mandeb region, marking one of the fastest collapses of the defense lines of the ...
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Fifth Fleet: From Safe Base to Story of Loss
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Fifth Fleet: From Safe Base to Story of Loss

Tuesday 15 September 2026 ،
The US lost one of its biggest military infrastructures in West Asia in Bahrain as Iran decided to hit its operational heart. Alwaght- Though the US President Donald Trump claimed that the Iranian missile strikes on the American bases in the Persian Gulf have not inflicted meaningful damage on these ...
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Ansarullah and Bab-el-Mandeb: Why’s Israel Rattled by New Geopolitical Reality?
Paper

Ansarullah and Bab-el-Mandeb: Why’s Israel Rattled by New Geopolitical Reality?

Tuesday 15 September 2026 ،
The significance of Bab-el-Mandeb lies not solely in its geographical location. The strait is located in the linking point of the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Indian Ocean and each actor that can influence its security and navigation would actually have a key geopolitical leverage for pressure. So, fo ...
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Mecca Attack amid War of Narratives: Three Clues to Settle the Riddle
Analysis

Mecca Attack amid War of Narratives: Three Clues to Settle the Riddle

Saturday 19 September 2026 ،
The false-flag operations that have been ordinary in Ukraine and West Asia conflicts have become a tactic to advance political and propaganda agenda of various sides in recent years.  Here is where the main issue forms: If we place this incident within the broader arc of the war and the region ...
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Peshmerga Unification Project: End of a Partisan Military or Start of Redefining Kurdistan Region’s Power?
Paper

Peshmerga Unification Project: End of a Partisan Military or Start of Redefining Kurdistan Region’s Power?

Tuesday 22 September 2026 ،
The project and its success is tied to an array of home and foreign factors. Alwaght- The unification of the Peshmerga forces in Iraq's Kurdistan region these days presents itself as one of the salient security developments of the autonomous Kurdish region. O the surface, it may look like a mili ...
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Elections in Land of Crisis: Netanyahu, Opposition, and Architecture of Israeli Future
Paper

Elections in Land of Crisis: Netanyahu, Opposition, and Architecture of Israeli Future

Thursday 24 September 2026 ،
The scheduled October 27 election of the Israeli regime is approaching as the political race inside this regime is not just over who will be the next prime minister or how the combination of the ruling coalition will look like. Rather, the multi-front wars, economic crisis, heightened international ...

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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.