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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 Red Sea to Black Sea: Geopolitical Impacts of Ukraine’s Attack on Iran’s Ship in Caspian Sea
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From Red Sea to Black Sea: Geopolitical Impacts of Ukraine’s Attack on Iran’s Ship in Caspian Sea

Monday 27 July 2026
defense of Western security interests in the region. Ukraine seizing the opportunity to move closer to Arab monarchies As regional tensions have escalated, Kiev has sought to leverage the Persian Gulf Arab states' anxieties over potential Iranian retaliation as an opening to deepen its politic ...
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Eastern View of SCO to Aggression against Iran
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Eastern View of SCO to Aggression against Iran

Tuesday 28 July 2026 ،
defense under Article 51 of the UN Charter. India's S. Jaishankar, by contrast, struck a more guarded note—reflecting New Delhi's warm ties with Washington and Tel Aviv, expressing concern over escalating hostilities and urging restraint on all sides. The foreign ministers of Kazakhs ...
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Pakistan-Kuwait Defense Agreement and Its Geopolitical Aspects
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Pakistan-Kuwait Defense Agreement and Its Geopolitical Aspects

Thursday 30 July 2026 ،
defense partners. Abdulbasit, a security analyst, contends that the US security guarantees in the region have eroded, driving Persian Gulf monarchies toward a diversify partners strategy. The escalation of military tensions in the region and attacks on US targets in Kuwait have convinced the countr ...
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India, from an Importer of Israeli Arms to Israel’s Strategic Partner
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India, from an Importer of Israeli Arms to Israel’s Strategic Partner

Saturday 1 August 2026 ،
defense cooperation has become a cornerstone of their bilateral relationship. New Delhi, long the world’s largest arms importer, has turned to Tel Aviv as one of its most vital defense partners, drawn by rapid access to advanced military technology, drones, missile defense systems, and intelli ...
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Saudi Arabia’s Vicious Circle of Coalition-Making: What Does Past Experience Tell Riyadh?
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Saudi Arabia’s Vicious Circle of Coalition-Making: What Does Past Experience Tell Riyadh?

Sunday 2 August 2026 ،
defense coalition to enhance cooperation and commonly counter threats in the Bab-el-Mandeb, Red Sea, sbd the Gulf of Oman.  Riyadh claimed that by the end of the meeting, 14 countries, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, Yemen’s internationally recogniz ...
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From Oil to Development Road: Obstacles Ahead of Major Iraq-Turkey Agreements
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From Oil to Development Road: Obstacles Ahead of Major Iraq-Turkey Agreements

Tuesday 4 August 2026 ،
defense industry products to Iraqi forces, emphasizing that Iraq's security and stability are a direct extension of Turkey's national security. He also pointed to ongoing military and security dialogue aimed at combating terrorist threats and achieving a region entirely free of terrorism. T ...
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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 ،
defense agreement. Alwaght- While 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 T ...
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Big Absentee of Mecca Agreement: Why Did Egypt not Join Saudi Defense Pact?
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Big Absentee of Mecca Agreement: Why Did Egypt not Join Saudi Defense Pact?

Saturday 8 August 2026 ،
defense pact among Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan signed recently in Mecca comes as the security crises and war in West Asia have eroded the regional countries' trust in the US-formulated security structures and now many regional powers are moving to establish more independent mechanisms of ...
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Iran FM Spox: Israel Is Region’s ‘Greatest Security Threat’
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Iran FM Spox: Israel Is Region’s ‘Greatest Security Threat’

Monday 10 August 2026 ،
cooperation among countries in the region. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said regional countries should strengthen their security through cooperation rather than relying on foreign powers. Referring to the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement among Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Türk ...
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Mecca Agreement Could Suggest US-designed Regional Order a Failure Story
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Mecca Agreement Could Suggest US-designed Regional Order a Failure Story

Wednesday 12 August 2026 ،
defense pact by Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey is not just making a military alliance, rather, it can signal rise of a new security formation in West Asia that at the end of the road would seriously challenge the US and Israeli regime's interests and lofty ambitions.  Signed last week ...

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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.