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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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Latest on Yemen Conflict: Ansarullah Eyeing Progress to Aden
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Latest on Yemen Conflict: Ansarullah Eyeing Progress to Aden

Monday 21 September 2026
energy markets. After recent weeks of success in liberating the strategic city of Mokha, the Yemeni armed forces have continued to push forward in a bid to consolidate their gains and fully control the regions overlooking the Red Sea fron the north to the west and southwest. Fierce clashes on new ...
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Africa: Iran’s Strategic Opportunity to Break the Barriers
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Africa: Iran’s Strategic Opportunity to Break the Barriers

Monday 21 September 2026 ،
energy resource and one of the youngest populations in the world, Africa is undergoing changes that can transform how it looks like in the international equations. With this in mind, Iran's presence in Africa should not be seen just within the framework of ordinary exporting or expanding diplom ...
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US Has no Choice but to Accept Iranian Conditions: Iran’s MP
Analysis

US Has no Choice but to Accept Iranian Conditions: Iran’s MP

Saturday 26 September 2026 ،
crisis becomes, for the US, for its president, and for his accomplices. One of Iran's key moves during this period has been to discredit Washington's military and political claims, a campaign that has chipped away at the credibility of American officials' statements and narratives, layin ...
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Iran Flights Embargo and Test of Iraq’s Sovereignty
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Iran Flights Embargo and Test of Iraq’s Sovereignty

Monday 28 September 2026 ،
energy, consumer goods and services. Still, if the flight suspension drags on, it will surely inflict losses on religious tourism, medical tourism and the hotel industry, particularly on the Iraqi side. After all, travelers who fly to Iraq tend to be hotel patrons, unlike the lower-income pilgrims ...
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Syriafication of Sahel Region: Powers Wrestling to Redefine Strategic Foothold
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Syriafication of Sahel Region: Powers Wrestling to Redefine Strategic Foothold

Tuesday 29 September 2026 ،
energy, and industrialization under the Belt and Road Initiative, along with their shared participation in frameworks like BRICS, shows that Moscow and Beijing have common interests. Another example is the Russian and Chinese firms operating in diamond extraction in the Central African Republic, wh ...
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Europe on a Powder Keg: Protests Spreading from France to Others
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Europe on a Powder Keg: Protests Spreading from France to Others

Tuesday 6 October 2026 ،
energy crisis and economic pressures, are confronting severe budget constraints. In France, the government is scrambling to rein in its deficit and push through cost-cutting programs, yet those very austerity policies have become a driving force behind the escalating unrest. If European governments ...
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Israeli Navy: From Protecting Coasts to Addressing Threats in Distant Waters
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Israeli Navy: From Protecting Coasts to Addressing Threats in Distant Waters

Saturday 10 October 2026 ،
energy, trade routes, controlling the Eastern Mediterranean, addressing regional threats, and maintain power to retaliate, and provide the power to carry out operations in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean.  Sea, Israeli strategic depth without territorial depth  Since its founding, the Israe ...
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Bessent’s Prediction Gone Wrong: Economic Resilience in Iran, Collapse Delusion in the US
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Bessent’s Prediction Gone Wrong: Economic Resilience in Iran, Collapse Delusion in the US

Wednesday 14 October 2026 ،
The US seems far from knowing Iran and the experience of resilience and resistance it has developed in over 47 years. Alwaght- Two weeks ago, the US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent claimed that Iran would have nothing left to bargain with in another two weeks and was shipping its last oil cargoes t ...
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Hormuz, Tehran’s Deterrence Lever against American Threats
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Hormuz, Tehran’s Deterrence Lever against American Threats

Saturday 17 October 2026 ،
energy, oil prices, and the international economic stability. Iran’s tightening grip on this key waterway is part of a broader calculation in which Tehran wants Washington to know that any military escalation would not stay confined to the battlefield and could impose real economic and politi ...
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IRGC Warns Further Attacks on Iran Could Spark Worldwide Energy Crisis
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IRGC Warns Further Attacks on Iran Could Spark Worldwide Energy Crisis

Monday 19 October 2026 ،
energy markets into a severe crisis. IRGC spokesman Brigadier General Hossein Mohebbi warned that any renewed US military action against Iran would trigger a much stronger response and could cause a severe global energy crisis. He claimed Washington lacked the military capacity to launch another su ...

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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.