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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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Trump’s New Sanctions Plan against Iran Futile, Observers Argue
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Trump’s New Sanctions Plan against Iran Futile, Observers Argue

Sunday 23 August 2026
restrictions, Tehran has built up sprawling networks to keep oil exports flowing, money moving, and indirect trade humming. A Middle East Institute analysis points out that Iran has grown increasingly sophisticated at deploying shadow banking, trade intermediaries, cargo reflagging, route switching, ...
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Economic to Military Pressure: Six Options Turkey Wields against Israel
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Economic to Military Pressure: Six Options Turkey Wields against Israel

Tuesday 25 August 2026 ،
Trade Ministry reaffirmed in March 2026 that exports, imports, transit trade, and free-zone operations with Israel remain halted, with bilateral direct trade now at zero. That makes trade and economic channels one of the tools Ankara already wields as a lever against Israel.  And should tensi ...
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Why’s the New US Economic Campaign against Iran a Failure Story?
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Why’s the New US Economic Campaign against Iran a Failure Story?

Wednesday 26 August 2026 ،
Traders viewed the US effort to push away Iran’s trading partners as more of a sideshow than a game-changer for oil markets. That matters economically, if global oil markets had really expected new sanctions to dramatically slash Iranian exports, we would have seen a significant spike in price ...
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Strait of Hormuz and Iran’s Mode Shift from Reaction to Action
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Strait of Hormuz and Iran’s Mode Shift from Reaction to Action

Tuesday 8 September 2026 ،
restrictions and punishment. The new zone will expand to the US blockade line. At the same time, Tehran is set to unveil a map for an alternative international shipping route through the strategic waterway. Analysts see the move as a calculated bid by Iran to fundamentally reframe the Hormuz equati ...
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Ansarullah and Bab-el-Mandeb: Why’s Israel Rattled by New Geopolitical Reality?
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Ansarullah and Bab-el-Mandeb: Why’s Israel Rattled by New Geopolitical Reality?

Tuesday 15 September 2026 ،
restrictions on vessels tied to the Israeli regime. Those developments made one thing clear: geographic distance between Yemen and the occupied Palestinian territories does not necessarily translate into strategic distance. The Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, a 20-mile-wide chokepoint between Yemen and Djibo ...
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Atlantic Gap in the Final Stage
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Atlantic Gap in the Final Stage

Sunday 20 September 2026 ،
restrictions it places on American forces' use of its bases, and how much it buys from US defense contractors. Allies see the initiative as an attempt to force them to prove ideological loyalty in exchange for American military protection. Even US analysts warn that such scorekeeping conflates m ...
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Al-Houthi: September 21 Uprising Marked a Turning Point in Restoring Yemen’s National Dignity
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Al-Houthi: September 21 Uprising Marked a Turning Point in Restoring Yemen’s National Dignity

Tuesday 22 September 2026 ،
restrictions had caused severe humanitarian and economic suffering. On Palestine, al-Houthi reaffirmed Yemen’s support for the Palestinian cause, describing it as a moral, religious, and national responsibility. He said Yemen would continue supporting Palestinians and confronting Israeli acti ...
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Shalamcheh and Chazabeh Crossings: How’s Border Closure Impacting Iran-Iraq Trade?
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Shalamcheh and Chazabeh Crossings: How’s Border Closure Impacting Iran-Iraq Trade?

Tuesday 22 September 2026 ،
restrictions on commercial and passenger traffic at various points, and on some routes truck movement was capped at set numbers on designated days. The restrictions affected trade directly. S&P Global reported in March 2020 that Iraq's closure of five land borders with Iran had disrupted th ...
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From Chips to Iran War: Xi-Trump’s Hard Discussions
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From Chips to Iran War: Xi-Trump’s Hard Discussions

Friday 25 September 2026 ،
restrictions on advanced chips and the equipment used to make them, seeking to curb China's access to cutting-edge semiconductor technology. Those very restrictions, however, have pushed Beijing to accelerate development of its domestic chip industry. The US holds a key edge in chip design, des ...
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Iranian Parliament Speaker Says Threats to Iran’s Oil Exports and Security Could Have Wider Consequences
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Iranian Parliament Speaker Says Threats to Iran’s Oil Exports and Security Could Have Wider Consequences

Wednesday 30 September 2026 ،
restrictions on Iranian assets, vessels and ports. He warned that any US effort to blockade Iranian ports, restrict air corridors or disrupt commercial routes would prompt economic and military responses. Ghalibaf said Iran would not be intimidated by sanctions, threats or pressure and would respon ...

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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.