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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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Four Strategic Messages of Iran’s Missile Strikes at Israel
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Four Strategic Messages of Iran’s Missile Strikes at Israel

Monday 8 June 2026
Yemeni armed forces Major General Yahya Saree in a statement published this morning asserted: As part of countering US and Israeli aggression against the axis of jihad and resistance in Iran, Palestine, Lebanon, Iraq, and Yemen, and in line with the unity of battlefields, Yemen’s armed forces ...
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War of Corridors amid Iran War: Shadow American Fight against China and Russia
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War of Corridors amid Iran War: Shadow American Fight against China and Russia

Thursday 23 July 2026 ،
Yemeni attacks on Red Sea shipping, volatility in the eastern Mediterranean, the suspension of Arab-Israeli normalization talks, and mounting threats to regional infrastructure have all undercut the political and security assumptions that IMEC was built upon. Paradoxically, however, the very same t ...
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Why’s UAE Gone Silent in Renewed Saudi-Yemeni Escalation?
Analysis

Why’s UAE Gone Silent in Renewed Saudi-Yemeni Escalation?

Monday 27 July 2026 ،
Yemeni battlefields, and the prospect of being mired in a protracted, open-ended conflict, carries consequences far beyond the military theater. Rising insecurity and instability would not only strain Riyadh’s security credibility but also disrupt the very investment climate and megaproject ro ...
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Shadow of Missiles Back on Saudi Oil Empire
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Shadow of Missiles Back on Saudi Oil Empire

Wednesday 29 July 2026 ،
Yemeni surprises go farther and what new targets can be added to the target list? Saudi oil refineries, export terminals, Red Sea ports, pipeline networks, power plants, international airports and logistics hubs are now all in Sana'a cross hairs. The message is clear: the longer the blockade of ...
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What’s Behind US-Saudi Attack on Iraq?
Report

What’s Behind US-Saudi Attack on Iraq?

Thursday 30 July 2026 ،
Yemeni government had already claimed responsibility for that attack. That has led to accusations that the US used the drone incident as a pretext to hit Iraqi territory and target resistance factions. This is not the first time Washington has resorted to such reasoning to strike resistance forces, ...
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Mecca Agreement: Seeking Security in Mirage of a Sunni Bloc
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Mecca Agreement: Seeking Security in Mirage of a Sunni Bloc

Saturday 8 August 2026 ،
Yemeni Ansarullah's drone and missile attacks have once again put Saudi Arabia in one of its most sensitive security times, in the holy city of Mecca in a location that was picked targeted and symbolic, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and Pakistani Prime ...
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Big Absentee of Mecca Agreement: Why Did Egypt not Join Saudi Defense Pact?
Analysis

Big Absentee of Mecca Agreement: Why Did Egypt not Join Saudi Defense Pact?

Saturday 8 August 2026 ،
Yemeni factions, and even within the framework of the Yemen cease-fire, it launched direct flights between Cairo and Sana'a at the request of the Yemeni government and the UN to alleviate humanitarian suffering. The move made clear that Egypt, for all its ties to Saudi Arabia, has preserved its ...
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Hormuz not to Reopen until Assassination, Blockade, and War End
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Hormuz not to Reopen until Assassination, Blockade, and War End

Tuesday 11 August 2026 ،
Yemenis have decided at this juncture to prevent ships from transiting the Bab el-Mandeb Strait in order to force the Saudis to reconsider their blockade of Yemen. Additionally, by striking blows against Saudi-allied militias in Yemen, they have effectively foiled Saudi Arabia's plan to undermin ...
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Yemen War’s New Rules: Saudi Sticks to Old Playbook
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Yemen War’s New Rules: Saudi Sticks to Old Playbook

Monday 17 August 2026 ،
Yemeni actors (with Saudi and Emirati backing), and the broader regional competition. Weak spot of Saudi strategy Riyadh’s main challenge is that it needs a big and inclusive war to turn the tide in its favor. But this exactly brings about what Saudi Arabia is trying to escape: Return of war ...
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Hormuz and Bab-el-Mandeb: Two Chokepoints, One Equation
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Hormuz and Bab-el-Mandeb: Two Chokepoints, One Equation

Saturday 12 September 2026 ،
Yemeni airspace. But the kingdom’s belligerent move handed Ansarallah the opening it needed. Drawing on the valuable experience of the maritime blockade on the Israeli regime during the Gaza war, the resistance movement seized on Riyadh’s ceasefire violation to announce a new equation, & ...

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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.