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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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Does F-35 Sale to Riyadh Make a Real Strategic Difference?
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Does F-35 Sale to Riyadh Make a Real Strategic Difference?

Saturday 22 November 2025
arms deal between a global power and a key regional player. In reality, it sends stark signals, both overt and covert, about the future balance of power in the Persian Gulf, Riyadh's place in US security strategy, and the emerging contours of a new great game across West Asia.  The deal cu ...
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US, Israel Strategy for Lebanon Is Failed State
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US, Israel Strategy for Lebanon Is Failed State

Thursday 27 November 2025 ،
arms, and pressuring the government to disarm the resistance movement.
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US Military Cargo Flown from UAE To Israel
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US Military Cargo Flown from UAE To Israel

Sunday 30 November 2025 ،
arms to Israeli-held areas. The Center for International Policy said Israel received more than $4.2 billion in US military equipment from October 2023 to May 2025. The continued weapons supply has sparked debate in the United States, with growing calls for investigations into Washington’s rol ...
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What Are Hezbollah’s Options in Response to Israeli Assassination of Senior Comdr.?
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What Are Hezbollah’s Options in Response to Israeli Assassination of Senior Comdr.?

Monday 1 December 2025 ،
arms to be exclusively in the hands of the army, the government practically proposes diplomacy as a root solution to deal with the Israeli aggression and retaking the five points Israeli military still holds since its incursion into Lebanon last year. This approach is widely sold to the world and sp ...
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Has Peace between Turkey and PKK Run into a Deadlock?
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Has Peace between Turkey and PKK Run into a Deadlock?

Tuesday 2 December 2025 ،
arms and embark on democratic processes to advance the aspirations of the Kurds. Responding to the 76-year-old leader, the group in May officially announced it's armed struggle against Turkey and then gradually removed forces from Turkish soil to northern Iraq. In a symbolic ceremony, 30 of the ...
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UAE in Africa: Rise of Arab Neo-imperialist Power Worrisome to Traditional Powers
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UAE in Africa: Rise of Arab Neo-imperialist Power Worrisome to Traditional Powers

Thursday 4 December 2025 ،
arms sales as a tool for cementing alliances. Deals such as the sale of 71-meter corvettes to the Angolan navy, delivery of armored vehicles to the Democratic Republic of Congo to defend the city of Goma, light armored vehicle sales to Senegal, and the establishment of a joint armored vehicle produc ...
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Hamas Open to Ceasefire, Defends Oct. 7 Attacks: “History Didn’t Start Oct. 7”
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Hamas Open to Ceasefire, Defends Oct. 7 Attacks: “History Didn’t Start Oct. 7”

Monday 8 December 2025 ،
arms without achieving a sovereign state would be an act of surrender, and that international law upholds their right to resist military occupation. The fundamental gap remains: Hamas seeks a ceasefire that leads to a Palestinian state and is willing to discuss conditional, temporary measures regar ...
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Trump’s Doctrine: An Analysis of US Hegemonic Decline
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Trump’s Doctrine: An Analysis of US Hegemonic Decline

Wednesday 10 December 2025 ،
arms-control regime's. Yet hollowing out institutional frameworks shrinks the US soft-power reach and leaves room for China and Russia to shape the emerging global order. West Asia, the management of crisis instead of engineering the order  In Trump's doctrine, West Asia, or Middle Ea ...
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Signs of Israel Losing Its Strategic Equilibrium
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Signs of Israel Losing Its Strategic Equilibrium

Friday 12 December 2025 ،
arms or a failure of deterrence; the issue lies in the political structure and the mindset that makes its decisions. This is why the current crisis represents the most dangerous moment in this regime's history: it is now the regime itself that is making the errors that are dismantling its own f ...

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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.