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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
economic infrastructure, particularly ports and maritime commerce. That phase of the conflict began when Ukraine first struck Russian commercial ships and associated maritime transport infrastructure. Using unmanned attack systems, Kiev launched operations aimed at crippling Russia's ability to ...
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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 ،
economic fallout from disrupted shipping routes and mounting threats to its energy infrastructure, is now scrambling to rally a broad array of nations to forge a new front in the Red Sea and Bab-el-Mandeb.  Last week, Major General Turki Al-Malki, spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition, declare ...
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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 ،
economic and geopolitical weight for Turkey. A significant portion of its trade with Africa, and its access to areas of influence in the Horn of Africa, flows through this maritime corridor. Continued insecurity along that waterway directly threatens Ankara's economic and strategic interests. N ...
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Iran Prepared to Confront US Economic Warfare, IRGC Spox Says
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Iran Prepared to Confront US Economic Warfare, IRGC Spox Says

Sunday 23 August 2026 ،
economic warfare. IRGC spokesman Brigadier General Mohsen Mohebbi said the United States’ decision to wage an intensified economic war on Iran amounts to an admission of defeat in the military arena. He said Washington has been conducting economic warfare against Iran for 47 years through san ...
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Why’s the New US Economic Campaign against Iran a Failure Story?
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Why’s the New US Economic Campaign against Iran a Failure Story?

Wednesday 26 August 2026 ،
economic campaign against Iran. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the goal of the new measures is to cut off every source of revenue for Iran and seal the routes that allow Tehran to sell oil, move its money around, and bring its earnings back home. He also called on countries and companies do ...
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Amid Transforming Muslim Political Power in the US, AIPAC is Declining
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Amid Transforming Muslim Political Power in the US, AIPAC is Declining

Thursday 27 August 2026 ،
economic, political, and cultural areas, and, in deeper study layers, to identify and survey the political and social changes inside the society. In the US, which is home to one of the most intricate and diverse electoral systems on the planet, and where political and social currents invariably sen ...
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Turkey-Israel Face-off in Eastern Mediterranean
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Turkey-Israel Face-off in Eastern Mediterranean

Friday 4 September 2026 ،
economic collaboration has, with Washington's backing, steadily morphed into security and military coordination, and now shows clear signs of crystallizing into a coherent military alignment in the eastern Mediterranean. It is little wonder, then, that Ankara views such military convergence as ...
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Duel over Sea Blockade: What’s Iran’s New Tactic in Economic War?
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Duel over Sea Blockade: What’s Iran’s New Tactic in Economic War?

Sunday 6 September 2026 ،
economic arteries through a tightening naval blockade, hoping to trigger internal collapse. Tehran, in turn, is focused on evading sanctions and the blockade while grinding out a war of attrition through economic resilience. So if US warships are gradually pushed farther back without suffering catas ...
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Mokha Capture: A Red Sea Balance Shifter
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Mokha Capture: A Red Sea Balance Shifter

Saturday 12 September 2026 ،
economic capacity. Controlling it brings Ansarallah closer to one of the most sensitive nodes in the region's maritime geography, thereby increasing its deterrence and bargaining power. 2: Pressure on Saudi energy export routes. This development is particularly significant for Riyadh, because S ...
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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 ،
economic arteries under its thumb and sustaining unlimited pressure on Sana'a, collapsed overnight. After a high-level Sana'a delegation attended the funeral of the Islamic Revolution’s martyred leader, Ansarallah made a pivotal decision: to begin actual flights from the airport, forma ...

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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.