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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 Persian Gulf to Lebanon: How Will War Stop?
Interview

From Persian Gulf to Lebanon: How Will War Stop?

Friday 5 June 2026
geopolitical strengths, Iran managed to put the US in a very tough spot, and in a wartime situation, that kind of pressure ended up costing the Americans and their allies dearly. That is when they came forward with a ceasefire proposal, and in the end, they accepted Iran’s terms to lock it in. ...
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Return of Missiles to Skies of Persian Gulf
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Return of Missiles to Skies of Persian Gulf

Thursday 11 June 2026 ،
geopolitical risks and potential oil supply disruptions. While diplomatic efforts to contain the crisis continue, she notes that recent military escalations have made the prospect of war and instability a major factor influencing energy markets once more. The markets’ main concern is not just ...
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American Diplomatic Coup in Baghdad: What’s Driving US Special Envoy’s Visit to Iraq?
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American Diplomatic Coup in Baghdad: What’s Driving US Special Envoy’s Visit to Iraq?

Friday 19 June 2026 ،
geopolitical roadmap explicitly targeting the Axis of Resistance, one that would fundamentally reorient Iraq's strategic trajectory toward the West. This visit to Washington must be read as a quiet diplomatic coup by the US— a bid to transform the Iraqi government into a comprehensive agen ...
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Security Belts from Lebanon to Syria: Objectives and Consequences of New Israeli Strategy
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Security Belts from Lebanon to Syria: Objectives and Consequences of New Israeli Strategy

Thursday 25 June 2026 ،
geopolitical reality on the common borders with neighboring countries; one Tel Aviv leaders call security belts, designed to change official borders and to impose new security order on West Asia. The Israeli army now occupies 800 square kilometers of Lebanon territory, over 60 percent of Gaza, and ...
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Armenian Genocide: New Israeli Card in Geopolitical Contest with Turkey
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Armenian Genocide: New Israeli Card in Geopolitical Contest with Turkey

Thursday 2 July 2026 ،
geopolitical bargaining chip and a tool for settling regional scores. Though the cabinet greenlit the plan only days ago, and it still needs final Knesset approval to become official policy, the political will to go down this road had been taking shape for months. The clearest signal came back in l ...
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New Arab View of Post-war and Post-agreement Iran
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New Arab View of Post-war and Post-agreement Iran

Friday 3 July 2026 ،
geopolitical lessons. Those lessons have made one thing abundantly clear: the notion of a removable Iran was never realistic. Over the past several years, the dominant strategy among Persian Gulf Arab states, especially Saudi Arabia and the UAE, rested on containing Iran through coalition-building ...
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Will the Iran-US War Resume? Three Scenarios That Could Shape What Comes Next
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Will the Iran-US War Resume? Three Scenarios That Could Shape What Comes Next

Wednesday 8 July 2026 ،
geopolitical rivalry? Security tensions in the Persian Gulf have intensified over the past 72 hours, with reciprocal strikes between Iran and the United States, increased military deployments, rising oil prices, and growing concerns over the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait fueling fea ...
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Washington–Tehran War of Image and Prestige over the Strait of Hormuz
Analysis

Washington–Tehran War of Image and Prestige over the Strait of Hormuz

Tuesday 14 July 2026 ،
geopolitical competitions of recent years. The reason behind continued clashes is clear: None of the two wants to back down from its stated postures. Actually, the Strait of Hormuz case has gone beyond a technical or legal issue, becoming a matter of image and prestige. Any withdrawal of their posi ...
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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 ،
geopolitical map of the region. In this connection, Jordan that until recently has been marginal to the West Asian security dynamics in recent developments has shifted from a passive player to one of the most important centers for the US command, logistics, and force deployment, a change of role th ...
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What’s the Agenda of Iraqi PM’s Tehran Visit?
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What’s the Agenda of Iraqi PM’s Tehran Visit?

Thursday 23 July 2026 ،
geopolitical realities and Iran’s undeniable weight in the country’s security, economic, and political equations. Against that backdrop, it is certain that the visit is under the influence of the military tensions of the US and Iran as the two main actors of the Iraqi developments. Acco ...

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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.