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Ansarullah
A Zaidi Shiite movement operating in Yemen. It seeks to establish a democratic government in Yemen.
Shiite
represents the second largest denomination of Islam. Shiites believe Ali (peace be upon him) to be prophet"s successor in the Caliphate.
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
A regional political u n i o n consisting of Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq.
Taliban
Taliban is a Sunni fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan. It was founded by Mohammed Omar in 1994.
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 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
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
Refers to a revival of the Islam throughout the world, that began in 1979 by Iranian Revolution that established an Islamic republic.
Al-Qaeda
A militant Sunni organization founded by Osama bin Laden at some point between 1988 and 1989
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Wednesday 30 April 2025
Vision 2030. Alwaght- While only five years are left to the date set for realization of lofty dream of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for a modernized kingdom, the Saudi government on Friday published its annual report on the progress made towards the Vision 2030 on the 9th anniversary of an ...
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Hunger for Petrodollars: What to Expect from Trump’s Persian Gulf Tour?
Tuesday 13 May 2025
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Vision plan, as the decline in global oil prices and the cost of large development projects have increased Saudi Arabia's budget deficit, and the crown prince is seeking to strengthen cooperation with Washington in the areas of finance and investment to advance his ambitious investment program.
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Iran and Arab Monarchies in Trump’s Eyes: What’s the True Development?
Sunday 18 May 2025
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Vision 2030 plan - such as the NEOM project and the Line City - have been the main sources of the emergence of media perceptions of the economic progress in these countries; the same media image that Trump also used as a basis for his claims.
But the reality is that neither the media reflection of ...
Report
Vulnerable Security: Huge Saudi Military Deals only Sink Riyadh Deeper in Reliance on West
Thursday 22 May 2025
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Vision 2030 the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced in 2016. Such massive military purchases can add another budget challenge, so $142 billion is equivalent to 176 percent of the country's total defense budget in 2024, which shows that even in the best of circumstances, these costs must b ...
Analysis
New Red Sea Bridge a Saudi Push to Win Battle of Corridors
Monday 9 June 2025
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Vision 2030 and reduce its economy’s dependence on oil. In recent years, the country has sought to create new economic centers and diversify its revenue sources by developing large-scale projects such as Neom in its northwest, but these projects will be of no avail without connection to global ...
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Caught Between Iran and US, What Path Will Saudi Arabia Pick?
Friday 11 July 2025
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Vision 2030 plan as it understood the economic and security consequences of continued tensions in the Persian Gulf.
However, during this same period, the competition behind the scenes continued in a different form with Saudi interference in the crises in Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq, where Iran has had ...
Interview
European Recognition of Palestinian State a Political Show: Analyst
Wednesday 24 September 2025
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Vision 2030 and to establish a strategic bloc against the Axis of Resistance. On the other hand, it sees itself as the leader of the Islamic world and a supporter of the Palestinian cause and cannot completely ignore this role. To some extent, Saudi Arabia has been covertly encouraging Persian Gulf ...
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What’s behind Saudi Plan to Strengthen Its Lebanon Influence?
Sunday 16 November 2025
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Vision 2030. Given these financial headwinds, Riyadh's ability to deliver substantial aid, particularly for reconstruction, remains highly questionable.
A fundamental contradiction also lies at the heart of Saudi policy: While proposing to equip the Lebanese army to counter threats from Tel Avi ...
Report
Bin Salman’s US Visit the Launching Pad for Future US-Saudi Ties
Monday 17 November 2025
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Vision, a plan aimed at cutting Riyadh’s reliance on oil revenues and developing the kingdom technologically. The Persian Gulf monarchy is making massive investments in data centers and digital infrastructure, allocating over $21 billion solely for data center development. This is complemented ...
Analysis
With Multi-billion Plans Collapsing, Saudi Megaprojets Prove a Failure Story
Wednesday 19 November 2025
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Vision 2030, whose main aim was to reduce reliance on the oil revenues and create a diversified, sustainable, and competitive economy on the world stage.
At the start of the 2010s, the kingdom faced a set of profound economic challenges: a near-total reliance on oil, soaring unemployment, inefficie ...
