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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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Leader’s Advisor Warns UAE Against Challenging Iran
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Leader’s Advisor Warns UAE Against Challenging Iran

Saturday 3 October 2026
UAE to avoid confrontation with Tehran ALWAGHT- A senior adviser to Iran’s Leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei, has urged the UAE to avoid confrontation with Tehran, particularly over Iran’s claim to three Persian Gulf islands. He argued that the UAE lacks Iran’s historical d ...
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Battle for Yemen’s Strategic Belt: Marib, Taiz, and Lahij at One Equation
Analysis

Battle for Yemen’s Strategic Belt: Marib, Taiz, and Lahij at One Equation

Sunday 4 October 2026 ،
UAE have recently pushed to unify their forces, particularly in Hadramawt, in a bid to open a front from the east and relieve pressure on the coastal region. Taken together, a look at the map of conflict shows that the scattered fighting does not mean Ansarullah lack a coherent war strategy. Sana&# ...
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How Have Drones Transformed Yemen War?
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How Have Drones Transformed Yemen War?

Tuesday 6 October 2026 ،
UAE, and later in attacks tied to the Red Sea. These drones are broadly designed for sustained flight over long distances. The Wa'id drones were also built for Ansarallah's long-range strikes and fall broadly into the one-way attack category, designed to deliver an explosive payload to its ...
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Pakistan, Turkey Unreluctant to Directly Join Yemen War, Syria’s Al-Jolani Risks Sending Forces to Death in Yemen: Expert
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Pakistan, Turkey Unreluctant to Directly Join Yemen War, Syria’s Al-Jolani Risks Sending Forces to Death in Yemen: Expert

Tuesday 13 October 2026 ،
UAE, to cut off the presence of foreign forces in this country, and to put an end to their destructive role-playing in Yemen. And the second goal of the Yemenis is to end the oppressive siege of Yemen, a siege that has lasted more than ten years and has imposed a heavy pressure on the Yemeni people. ...
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Ansarullah’s Control of Saudi Airspace Sounds Economic Alarm in Riyadh
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Ansarullah’s Control of Saudi Airspace Sounds Economic Alarm in Riyadh

Friday 16 October 2026 ،
UAE and Qatar to announce that all flights to the kingdom are suspended until further notice. Dozens of international airlines have also halted flights to Riyadh, with one wave of cancellations lasting only days while others stretch for months or even into next year. Air traffic tracking websites ...
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Iran’s Diplomacy amid War: Muslim World and Palestinian Question
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Iran’s Diplomacy amid War: Muslim World and Palestinian Question

Tuesday 20 October 2026 ،
UAE and Bahrain normalized ties with Tel Aviv in 2020 under Trump-brokered Abraham Accords, a process later extended to Morocco. The official texts of these agreements are on record in the UN Treaty Collection and official government sources. Critics of that trajectory argue that normalization with ...
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Iran’s Sovereignty over Hormuz: The Road to Transform Iranian Ports into a Regional Hub
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Iran’s Sovereignty over Hormuz: The Road to Transform Iranian Ports into a Regional Hub

Thursday 22 October 2026 ،
UAE has become one of the key centers of goods distribution in the world. Success of this port indicates that geographical location becomes an economic value when it is run by advanced services and trade confidence. Yet, Jebel Ali's sea access to the Indian Ocean runs through the Strait of Horm ...
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Amid Burgeoning Crisis, Iraq’s Kurdistan is Haunted by Two-administration System
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Amid Burgeoning Crisis, Iraq’s Kurdistan is Haunted by Two-administration System

Saturday 7 November 2026 ،
UAE's website The National, accused the PUK and Bafel Talabani of weakening democratic institutions. He rejected the idea of separating Sulaymaniyah from the region, saying: The Kurdistan Region is not the property of any individual or political party, and no one has the right to decide its futu ...
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Why Have UAE-hosted Russian-Ukraine Talks Failed?
Analysis

Why Have UAE-hosted Russian-Ukraine Talks Failed?

Wednesday 11 November 2026 ،
Territorial disputes and even European pessimism set up obstacles to a peace deal between Moscow and Kiev. Alwaght- After months of failure by international mediators, top of them the US, to push Russia and Ukraine toward de-escalation and a return to the negotiating table, a new round of trilateral ...
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Joint Persian Gulf Command Center: Goals, Capacities, and Challenges
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Joint Persian Gulf Command Center: Goals, Capacities, and Challenges

Thursday 12 November 2026 ،
UAE military analyst, believes otherwise: Establishing an advanced command in Kuwait with appropriate force support marks a shift from coordination and consultation to a level closer to operations management and field planning. Such a step could speed up intelligence-sharing, improve coordination of ...

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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.