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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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IRGC: Iran Vows to Maintain Control of Strait of Hormuz
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IRGC: Iran Vows to Maintain Control of Strait of Hormuz

Monday 13 July 2026
intervention in the Strait of Hormuz, saying Washington must be held accountable for its actions. He reaffirmed Iran's determination to maintain sovereignty and control over the strategic waterway, adding that Iran would compel foreign powers to respect its position and claiming the country wou ...
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Riyadh’s Strategic Mistake and Ansarullah’s Historic Opportunity: Is Hormuz-Bab-el-Mandeb Equation Brewing?
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Riyadh’s Strategic Mistake and Ansarullah’s Historic Opportunity: Is Hormuz-Bab-el-Mandeb Equation Brewing?

Wednesday 15 July 2026 ،
intervention agreement—and ultimately, cut Riyadh out of Yemen for good. Geopolitical bomb of Bab-el-Mandeb  In such conditions, Bab-el-Mandeb is not merely a sea crossing in south of the Red Sea, but the second angle of the emerging geopolitical equation in the region, one whose first ...
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Trump’s Hormuz Gamble Fails: Why Do Markets No Longer Trust Washington’s Promises?
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Trump’s Hormuz Gamble Fails: Why Do Markets No Longer Trust Washington’s Promises?

Sunday 19 July 2026 ،
intervention capacity they once did. That means any fresh supply disruption will have a far more dramatic impact on oil prices than in the past. In other words, this new wave of price hikes could prove much harder to contain than previous shocks, because much of the reserve cushion and crisis-respo ...
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Why’s UAE Gone Silent in Renewed Saudi-Yemeni Escalation?
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Why’s UAE Gone Silent in Renewed Saudi-Yemeni Escalation?

Monday 27 July 2026 ،
intervention to avoid costs of a rejuvenated confrontation. Yemen developments in UAE's favor The UAE’s calculated silence on the latest round of Yemen’s war is less a sign of neutrality than a reflection of deep strategic rifts with Saudi Arabia over the political and security fut ...
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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 ،
interventions, and save collective security in Eurasia. Members of this organization know well that if respect to sovereignty of countries is undermined and unilateral strikes go politically unanswered, this will pose threats to security of members prospectively. From this viewpoint, supporting Ira ...
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Why’s not Iran Involved Russia and China in Region’s Security-Military Equations?
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Why’s not Iran Involved Russia and China in Region’s Security-Military Equations?

Saturday 1 August 2026 ،
intervention from either power nor sought to tie its own deterrence to their military footprint. This should be seen as one of the clearest signs of maturity in the Islamic Republic’s defense doctrine, a doctrine built over the past two decades on the principle of “self-reliance in deter ...
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Badakhshan Turmoil an Opportunity for Hezb-e-Islami
Analysis

Badakhshan Turmoil an Opportunity for Hezb-e-Islami

Saturday 1 August 2026 ،
intervention has dramatically upped the security and political ante for the Taliban. Still, the coming days will tell whether this analysis holds up on the ground, or whether Habib-ur-Rahman’s rhetoric has been blown out of proportion by the media. 
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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 ،
intervention in Yemen in March 2015, it boasted of a nine-nation Arab and Islamic coalition that would upend the battlefield and defeat Ansarullah. Saudi media at the time billed the alliance as a decisive force that would end Ansarullah's rule for good. But subsequent events proved that battlef ...
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US Aggression Against Iran Behind Hormuz Insecurity
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US Aggression Against Iran Behind Hormuz Insecurity

Tuesday 11 August 2026 ،
interventions, while both sides agreed to continue diplomatic consultations.
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Ghalibaf in Baghdad: Iran-Iraq Ties Strengthened Against Foreign Interference
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Ghalibaf in Baghdad: Iran-Iraq Ties Strengthened Against Foreign Interference

Wednesday 19 August 2026 ،
intervention and instability.

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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.