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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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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
US at its center has gradually lost its functionality. Earlier in this century, the the US with invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 and then Iraq in 2003 intended to consolidate its hegemony in the world. Such politicians as Condoleezza Rice openly talked about the New Middle East and the Greater Middl ...
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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 ،
US-Israeli aggression on Iran has left the fate of one of the most important energy arteries through which 20 percent of the world energy flows in a state of ambiguity for an uncertain time. When Iran announced it took control of the Strait of Hormuz, regardless of how this control is planned to be ...
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Eurasia Amid Iran War: Economy, Security and Rivalry of Corridors
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Eurasia Amid Iran War: Economy, Security and Rivalry of Corridors

Sunday 24 May 2026 ،
US-Israeli war on Iran has drawn the whole world attention to the Persian Gulf as the heart of the tension, this war has its impacts going beyond the borders of conflict, fundamental impacts that can seriously alter regional orders in mid terms. Among the regions that directly and indirectly have s ...
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As Netanyahu Escalates Lebanon Aggression, He Faces Three Risks
Analysis

As Netanyahu Escalates Lebanon Aggression, He Faces Three Risks

Saturday 30 May 2026 ،
US agreement On top of these issues, regional developments are also playing a major role in driving Tel Aviv’s escalatory behavior. Reports about progress in Iran-US talks and the two sides reaching preliminary understandings on certain points of contention have caused clear anxiety in Tel Av ...
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Israel Military Deployment to Jordan Borders: Aims and Consequences
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Israel Military Deployment to Jordan Borders: Aims and Consequences

Monday 15 June 2026 ،
Gaza has tried to move its security belt beyond its borders now is looking to the eastern front and is starting new activities in the West Bank and near the Jordanian borders. In this relation, the Israeli Army Radio reported that the Israeli military has established permanent posts and bases in th ...
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World Militaries Copying Iran Model for Drone Power
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World Militaries Copying Iran Model for Drone Power

Saturday 27 June 2026 ،
US Council on Foreign Relations, in a post-Iran-Israel war analysis, described Iran's drone model as precise mass and concluded that the future of conflict will hinge on the widespread deployment of low-cost, high-accuracy systems. Iran, a model grabbing attention of world armies The recent wa ...
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Failure Upon Start: Fate of June 26 Movement in Gaza
Analysis

Failure Upon Start: Fate of June 26 Movement in Gaza

Monday 29 June 2026 ،
Gaza war unfolds, in recent weeks a group calling itself June 26 Movement issued calls for Gaza people to take to the streets on June 26 and protest against Hamas, the resistance movement that has been holding Gaza since 2007. However, reports suggested that the call did not receive major reception ...
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Armenian Genocide: New Israeli Card in Geopolitical Contest with Turkey
Analysis

Armenian Genocide: New Israeli Card in Geopolitical Contest with Turkey

Thursday 2 July 2026 ،
US during Trump's first term. So, by formally recognizing the Armenian genocide, and by extension, drawing closer to Yerevan, Israel may well be laying the groundwork for a similar push: leveraging that moral and political capital to eventually gain broader acceptance for Al-Quds (Jerusalem) as ...
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Hamas Gaza Govt. Dissolution: Aims and Effects
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Hamas Gaza Govt. Dissolution: Aims and Effects

Thursday 16 July 2026 ،
Gaza, the coastal enclave's reality keeps to be a far cry from the post-war revival promised under the Sharm el-Sheikh agreement and reconstruction, return to pre-war normalcy, and economic renewal remain elusive. Against that backdrop, Hamas’s announcement that it is dissolving its govern ...
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What’s Behind Postponing Netanyahu’s Planned US Visit?
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What’s Behind Postponing Netanyahu’s Planned US Visit?

Tuesday 21 July 2026 ،
US and Israel as Netanyahu shows grows defiant of Trump. Alwaght- When a visit gets canceled, it is rarely just about the visit itself. Sometimes, postponing a diplomatic meeting is a tell, a sign of fractures that can no longer be hidden. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's canceled vi ...

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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.