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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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Moscow: UN Shows Double Standards on Iran; US, Israel Behind UAE Plant Attack
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Moscow: UN Shows Double Standards on Iran; US, Israel Behind UAE Plant Attack

Wednesday 20 May 2026
UAE reactor. Russian Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia told an emergency Security Council briefing that the May 17 drone strike near the UAE's Barakah Nuclear Power Plant, while dangerous, is far from the first attack on a civilian nuclear facility in the Middle East. He reminded the council that in ...
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The Picture Late Pres. Raisi Drew to Talk to Today’s World
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The Picture Late Pres. Raisi Drew to Talk to Today’s World

Friday 22 May 2026 ،
UAE being willing to each deposit $50 billion into the BRICS fund in exchange for the same privilege, an offer that was ultimately rejected. This raises a crucial question: What did the BRICS members see in Iran and in the late President Raisi that led them to accept his demand? During his speech t ...
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Amid Mediators’ Visits to Tehran, Questions Rise about Terms of Any Iran-US Agreement
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Amid Mediators’ Visits to Tehran, Questions Rise about Terms of Any Iran-US Agreement

Sunday 24 May 2026 ،
UAE’s explicit complaints and objections to the latest mediation moves by other Gulf Cooperation Council players, likely Qatar and Saudi Arabia, at this stage, which lay bare the Persian Gulf Arab states’ fears and concerns. Abu Dhabi, for its part, is not in a state of full defensive r ...
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Is Oman Facing a Repeat of the 2017 Qatar Crisis?
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Is Oman Facing a Repeat of the 2017 Qatar Crisis?

Monday 1 June 2026 ،
UAE, and Saudi Arabia cannot tolerate an independent Oman and this is driving their pressures against Muscat. Alwaght- Having thought that all of the Arab countries of the Persian Gulf will align with the US policies regarding the Strait of Hormuz and join the pressures against Tehran, the US Presid ...
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Baghdad Seeking Ways Out of the Strategic Energy Bind
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Baghdad Seeking Ways Out of the Strategic Energy Bind

Sunday 14 June 2026 ،
UAE, and Qatar, Iraq had done little to reduce its dependence on the Strait of Hormuz before the closure. Years of foreign and internal wars had effectively robbed Iraq of any chance to invest in alternative infrastructure. But the moment the crisis hit, Baghdad realized it had virtually no backup r ...
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Yielding to Ceasefire: Why’s Trump Agreed to Iran War End?
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Yielding to Ceasefire: Why’s Trump Agreed to Iran War End?

Tuesday 16 June 2026 ،
UAE, Qatar, and Bahrain are primarily worried about energy security, maritime shipping, and their own economies. As a result, ending the war and reopening the Strait of Hormuz became one of their core demands. The final agreement focuses precisely on reopening the Strait of Hormuz and halting hostil ...
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Rubio’s Difficult Mission to Save "Petrodollar Order" in Persian Gulf
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Rubio’s Difficult Mission to Save "Petrodollar Order" in Persian Gulf

Saturday 27 June 2026 ،
UAE, Kuwait, and Bahrain, the top US diplomat also held a summit with (Persian) Gulf Cooperation Council, closing the meeting with a joint statement. The US stated that the tour's agenda included talking regional issues like the deal Washington signed recently with Tehran, also safe navigation ...
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New Arab View of Post-war and Post-agreement Iran
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New Arab View of Post-war and Post-agreement Iran

Friday 3 July 2026 ،
UAE, rested on containing Iran through coalition-building with the US and relying on Western security umbrellas. But drawn-out proxy conflicts, the vulnerability of energy infrastructure, and spiraling security costs have pushed these countries to rethink that approach. Attacks on oil facilities, re ...
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Oman Facing Tough Dilemma after Iran Duqm Port Message
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Oman Facing Tough Dilemma after Iran Duqm Port Message

Monday 13 July 2026 ،
UAE, ensuring the continuity of the US's military footprint in the area. Because if this, any threat or strike against Duqm is not merely an action against Omani territory, it is a direct message to the US about the vulnerability of its logistics support network and supply lines for naval force ...
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Riyadh’s Strategic Mistake and Ansarullah’s Historic Opportunity: Is Hormuz-Bab-el-Mandeb Equation Brewing?
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Riyadh’s Strategic Mistake and Ansarullah’s Historic Opportunity: Is Hormuz-Bab-el-Mandeb Equation Brewing?

Wednesday 15 July 2026 ،
UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) on Hadhramaut in January last year, the Saudis directly bombed these forces, a development practically leading to collapse of the Aden coalition government. With this new calculus—military, economic, political, and regional—Ansarallah is a ...

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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.