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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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Discrimination against Arab Allies: Why Does UAE Matter More to US Security Umbrella?
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Discrimination against Arab Allies: Why Does UAE Matter More to US Security Umbrella?

Thursday 7 May 2026
UAE over other Arab allies as Abu Dhabi is key to the lie interests. Alwaght- The recent war in the Persian Gulf has seriously transformed many of the political and security equations of the past. One of noticeable changes is the UAE being dragged to the US-Iran conflict. That is the reason why exce ...
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Araghchi’s Mission in Beijing amid Hormuz Strait Blockade and Energy Crisis
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Araghchi’s Mission in Beijing amid Hormuz Strait Blockade and Energy Crisis

Thursday 7 May 2026 ،
UAE being the top trade partners and main energy suppliers.  On the other hand, over the past two years, China has dramatically ramped up its investments in Persian Gulf Arab countries, pouring in tens of billions of dollars. In 2024 alone, Beijing registered around $39 billion in its Belt and ...
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Red Sea to Strait of Hormuz: The Unraveling of American Hegemony
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Red Sea to Strait of Hormuz: The Unraveling of American Hegemony

Monday 11 May 2026 ،
UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, and Bahrain—alongside arms deals exceeding $14 billion since the ceasefire. He concluded that after reaching a dead end in direct confrontation with Iran, Washington is now seeking to use these countries as tools, adopting the option of limited war and managing the battle t ...
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Iran Describes Its Counterproposal to US as ‘Reasonable and Responsible’
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Iran Describes Its Counterproposal to US as ‘Reasonable and Responsible’

Monday 11 May 2026 ،
UAE—will further complicate the situation. Baghaei emphasized that the Strait of Hormuz was open before the February 28 war and that the core problem lies in the US-Israeli aggression against Iran. He also rejected allegations that Iran is a bullying power, instead describing Iran as a respons ...
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Emerging Reports of Damage to US Bases Explain Why Trump Demanded Ceasefire
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Emerging Reports of Damage to US Bases Explain Why Trump Demanded Ceasefire

Monday 18 May 2026 ،
UAE, and Saudi Arabia The Washington Post recently revealed that Iranian airstrikes have destroyed or damaged at least 228 US military facilities or pieces of equipment across the Middle East since the war began on February 28. Based on satellite imagery analyzed by the American newspaper, the dam ...
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From Hegemony to Hormuz: The US Decline and Rise of Multipolar World Order
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From Hegemony to Hormuz: The US Decline and Rise of Multipolar World Order

Monday 18 May 2026 ،
UAE, and Qatar, a trust that led him to effectively ask Iran to pull its forces out of Syria.  Then came Hamas’s Operation Al-Aqsa Storm on October 7, 2023, and the ensuing war in Gaza, laying bare another dimension of American strategic failure. Through the “Deal of the Century&rd ...
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What Are the Consequences of US Kidnapping Iraq’s Resistance Commander?
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What Are the Consequences of US Kidnapping Iraq’s Resistance Commander?

Tuesday 19 May 2026 ،
UAE, or Jordan, and then handed over to the US. If Turkey’s intelligence agency, the MIT, is proven to have played a role in this operation, relations between the resistance groups and Ankara will enter a far more tense phase. Even before this, their ties were already fragile, strained by a s ...
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Pipeline VS. Strait: How’s Riyadh Aspiring to Bypass Strait of Hormuz?
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Pipeline VS. Strait: How’s Riyadh Aspiring to Bypass Strait of Hormuz?

Tuesday 19 May 2026 ،
UAE to start looking for ways to bypass Hormuz altogether. In April 2026, Saudi Arabia’s railway authority announced five new trade routes linking various parts of the kingdom to the Red Sea. Riyadh and Abu Dhabi have also unveiled a joint effort to create an alternative corridor bypassing th ...
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WSJ and NYT Fact-Check Trump’s Claims on Delaying Strikes Against Iran
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WSJ and NYT Fact-Check Trump’s Claims on Delaying Strikes Against Iran

Tuesday 19 May 2026 ،
UAE, and Qatar, citing ongoing serious negotiations. However, following Trump's latest retreat, media reports emerged questioning the real motives behind his decision. The Wall Street Journal quoted Arab diplomatic sources saying these regional countries were completely unaware of any plan for ...
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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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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.