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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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World Militaries Copying Iran Model for Drone Power
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World Militaries Copying Iran Model for Drone Power

Saturday 27 June 2026
air-defense missiles that can cost tens of times more. That imbalance has pushed many militaries to a stark conclusion: drones can upend the very calculus of warfare. Analysts call this the economics of war, which means inflicting crippling costs on the enemy with bargain-price equipment and weapon ...
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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 ،
airbase, and Israel later targeted a Hamas leadership meeting on Qatari soil with missiles. That is precisely the bind many Arab states find themselves in. In Qatar's case, the US lacked the air defense capacity to fully repel Iran's attack. And when it came to the Israeli strike, reports su ...
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Battle for Hormuz: Why’s Recent US-Iran Trade of Fire Decisive?
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Battle for Hormuz: Why’s Recent US-Iran Trade of Fire Decisive?

Monday 29 June 2026 ،
airbase used by the American military. On the opposite side, CENTCOM announced it had hit Iranian military surveillance infrastructure, communications systems, air defense positions, drone depots, and naval mining capabilities. Strategic significance of clashes The location of the ships targeted i ...
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What Does Egypt Seek Behind The Octagon Project?
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What Does Egypt Seek Behind The Octagon Project?

Sunday 12 July 2026 ،
air, naval, and air defense forces. Why did Egypt build The Octagon? Investigations by Al-Ahram, Al Jazeera, and analyses published by Arab think tanks show that Cairo is following four main objectives behind building this complex.  First: Unifying armed forces command. Military experts argu ...
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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 ،
airport and the Ansarallah leadership's resolve to shatter the American-Saudi siege. That chokehold, a toxic leftover from the Saudi-Emirati aggression backed by Washington, had persisted in blatant disregard for the new realities on the ground in Yemen and the broader region, not to mention the ...
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US Ground Offensive likely, Trump’s Ultimate Strategy Is Containing China: Expert
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US Ground Offensive likely, Trump’s Ultimate Strategy Is Containing China: Expert

Thursday 16 July 2026 ،
airs expert Hassan Hanizadeh, discussing with him the dimensions of the renewed confrontation. Hanizadeh believes that the US is seeking dominance over the Strait of Hormuz and its ultimate objective is to deprive China of West Asia oil. Possible surprise ground offensive or occupation of islands ...
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What Does Destroying Jordan Airbase Mean in Iran-US War Equations?
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What Does Destroying Jordan Airbase Mean in Iran-US War Equations?

Monday 20 July 2026 ،
air assets, shattering American safety assumption. Alwaght- Over the past years, whenever there was a talk about the US military bases in West Asia, the eyes went to the American facilities in Qatar, Bahrain, the UAE, and Kuwait as the backbones of the air support and logistics of the US military in ...
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Why Are the US Casualties in the Iran War Rising?
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Why Are the US Casualties in the Iran War Rising?

Monday 20 July 2026 ،
air-defense systems, proves immensely difficult, forcing Washington to spread its defensive assets thin across multiple fronts. That dilution of capability, in turn, has left certain bases dangerously exposed and vulnerable.  2. Military bases within Iran's missile range  Observers n ...
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Ditching Its S-400s, What Will Turkey Do with Defense Challenges against Rivals?
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Ditching Its S-400s, What Will Turkey Do with Defense Challenges against Rivals?

Wednesday 22 July 2026 ،
air defense with Western supplies, but West is yet uncertain Turkey is a true ally. Alwaght- Years after Turkey’s purchase of the S-400 air defense system from Russia tore open one of the deepest rifts in NATO history, the case has reached its final stage. Once hailed as a symbol of Turkey&rsq ...
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IRGC Reports Disabling Multiple Radar Systems in Kuwait
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IRGC Reports Disabling Multiple Radar Systems in Kuwait

Wednesday 22 July 2026 ،
air defense assets in Kuwait, including long-range radar installations, satellite communications systems, missile defense radars, an FPS-117 radar, a Patriot air defense system, and facilities at Ahmad al-Jaber Airbase. The IRGC said the operations were carried out in response to what it described ...

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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.