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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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Big Absentee of Mecca Agreement: Why Did Egypt not Join Saudi Defense Pact?
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Big Absentee of Mecca Agreement: Why Did Egypt not Join Saudi Defense Pact?

Saturday 8 August 2026
Turkish presence another reason Egypt is absent  Another factor should not be ignored in probing the reasons behind Egyptian absence in Mecca coalition: The presence of old rival of Egypt, Turkey. Though Ankara-Cairo relations have improved in recent years, their strategic gaps are yet to be b ...
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Hormuz not to Reopen until Assassination, Blockade, and War End
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Hormuz not to Reopen until Assassination, Blockade, and War End

Tuesday 11 August 2026 ،
Turkish officials have stated that this agreement is not directed against regional countries. Of course, we should also note that a general concern has emerged among regional countries regarding the expansionism of the Zionist regime, and the 'Mecca Agreement' is a collective measure to coun ...
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Mecca Agreement Could Suggest US-designed Regional Order a Failure Story
Analysis

Mecca Agreement Could Suggest US-designed Regional Order a Failure Story

Wednesday 12 August 2026 ،
Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler said that the structure of this pact technically resembles the article 5 of NATO: An attack on one member will be considered am attack on the whole bloc. Tel Aviv’s concern The significance of this pact, from the Israeli perspective, becomes clear the mom ...
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Transit and Energy Cooperation with Neighbors: Iran’s Alternative Way to Circumvent Blockade
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Transit and Energy Cooperation with Neighbors: Iran’s Alternative Way to Circumvent Blockade

Monday 17 August 2026 ،
Turkish gas demand peaks. That makes renewal a high-stakes decision for both Ankara and Tehran. Turkey's energy minister, Alparslan Bayraktar, has already signaled his country's intent, saying Ankara wants the flow of Iranian gas to continue without interruption and that renewal talks are u ...
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Ankara and Tel Aviv: Is Syria a Potential Ankara-Tel Aviv Clash Ground?
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Ankara and Tel Aviv: Is Syria a Potential Ankara-Tel Aviv Clash Ground?

Saturday 22 August 2026 ،
Turkish military role have elevated to new heights. So, the Israeli attack on Abu al-Duhur military base of Syria on Tuesday should be read as the latest development in this confrontation. At least eight strikes hit the airstrip and base facilities, damaging key infrastructure, according to reports ...
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Economic to Military Pressure: Six Options Turkey Wields against Israel
Analysis

Economic to Military Pressure: Six Options Turkey Wields against Israel

Tuesday 25 August 2026 ،
Turkish military infrastructure on its northern border. Last week's Israeli airstrike on the Abu al-Duhur airbase in northwestern Syria marked a new phase in this confrontation. Tel Aviv cast the attack as a preemptive measure to block the deployment of Turkish forces, calling it a direct threa ...
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Syrian Kurds after SDF Dissolution: Between Integration and Maintaining Influence
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Syrian Kurds after SDF Dissolution: Between Integration and Maintaining Influence

Friday 28 August 2026 ،
Turkish pressure. Ankara has long branded the SDF as the Syrian wing of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), and views a large armed Kurdish force on its southern border as an existential security threat. That concern only intensified after PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan moved to end the group's ...
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US Forces Withdrawal from Iraq: Why Are Kurds Worried?
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US Forces Withdrawal from Iraq: Why Are Kurds Worried?

Tuesday 1 September 2026 ،
Turkish-backed forces to move in, upending the security situation and ultimately leading to the collapse of the autonomous administration there. Kurdish refusal to cooperate with Trump's request for coordinated ground operations with the US may also be a factor in the stripping of air defenses ...
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Turkey-Israel Face-off in Eastern Mediterranean
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Turkey-Israel Face-off in Eastern Mediterranean

Friday 4 September 2026 ،
Turkish influence in the eastern Mediterranean, it is poised to push the regional rivalry between Ankara and Tel Aviv into a new and more sensitive phase. In Turkey's view, the deployment of David's Sling and Spyder air defense systems on Greek Islands, and even Cyprus where Turkey and Greec ...
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Possible Syria Membership to Mecca Pact: What Are Its Geopolitical Challenges and Motivations?
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Possible Syria Membership to Mecca Pact: What Are Its Geopolitical Challenges and Motivations?

Sunday 13 September 2026 ،
Turkish military power in Syria, while Ankara views Zionist attacks on Syrian territory and Tel Aviv's efforts to impose security constraints there as a threat to its own interests. In such conditions, Syrian accession to the pact can elevate the competition between Turkey and Israeli regime fr ...

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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.