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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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Humiliated Superpower: How US Levers Are Going Dull in Push to Reopen Strait of Hormuz
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Humiliated Superpower: How US Levers Are Going Dull in Push to Reopen Strait of Hormuz

Thursday 30 April 2026
losses: Tehran holds upper hand in diplomacy The recent conflict played out across multiple fronts—military, intelligence, economic, media, and political. On the political and diplomatic stage, the US brought all its weight to bear, including its permanent seat on the UN Security Council, to ...
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Strait of Hormuz Instability and Its Cascading Impact on Airline Operations
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Strait of Hormuz Instability and Its Cascading Impact on Airline Operations

Sunday 3 May 2026 ،
losses among carriers worldwide. Spirit Airlines became the first major victim of the crisis as military tensions in the Strait of Hormuz disrupted one of the world's most critical oil export chokepoints. Fears of reduced oil supply sent energy prices soaring, triggering a dramatic and unpreced ...
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Collapse of a Dream? Emirates Union May Be Teetering on the Edge
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Collapse of a Dream? Emirates Union May Be Teetering on the Edge

Tuesday 5 May 2026 ،
loss of tourism revenues, and halt of oil revenues. Add to these the crisis in the home and foreign policy.  On the domestic political front, the recent war has ripped open an old wound, threatening the federation’s cohesion as old rivalries among the emirates resurface. According to un ...
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Strait of Hormuz Crisis Triggers Downturn in Global LNG Market
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Strait of Hormuz Crisis Triggers Downturn in Global LNG Market

Wednesday 6 May 2026 ،
losses elsewhere. These developments highlight the acute sensitivity of the global LNG market to geopolitical events, as any disruption in strategic chokepoints like the Strait of Hormuz can rapidly reverse growth trajectories. If the current situation persists, it could have far-reaching implicatio ...
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Araghchi’s Mission in Beijing amid Hormuz Strait Blockade and Energy Crisis
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Araghchi’s Mission in Beijing amid Hormuz Strait Blockade and Energy Crisis

Thursday 7 May 2026 ،
loss to China can play into the hands of the Beijing’s strategic interests. Chinese view is that if Washington makes a landslide gain in West Asia region, it can apply the same model to press China in East Asia.  Meanwhile, the Taiwan Strait is of high sensitivity to China and Beijing is ...
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Iran-Turkey Trade Has $30 Billion Annual Potential
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Iran-Turkey Trade Has $30 Billion Annual Potential

Monday 11 May 2026 ،
losses due to the aggression. Turkish Ambassador Hicabi Kırlangıç, for his part, emphasized the illegality of the US and Israeli attacks, arguing they violate international law and the UN Charter. He expressed hope that Iran-US negotiations will yield positive results for the Iranian people. ...
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US Releases 53mn Barrels from Oil Reserve Amid Iran War Fallout
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US Releases 53mn Barrels from Oil Reserve Amid Iran War Fallout

Tuesday 12 May 2026 ،
loss of around one billion barrels, while OPEC production has reportedly fallen by 830,000 barrels per day in April. Major energy companies including Aramco, BP, and Shell are already benefiting from the price surge. Meanwhile, US warships attempting to approach Iranian waters in recent weeks to br ...
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From Hegemony to Hormuz: The US Decline and Rise of Multipolar World Order
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From Hegemony to Hormuz: The US Decline and Rise of Multipolar World Order

Monday 18 May 2026 ،
loss in Afghanistan marked the first crack in the American hegemony and unipolar world order, showing that the great powers can no longer easily foist their will on the nations using military force. Next, particularly after the humiliating exit from Afghanistan in 2021, driven by direct talks with ...
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Amid Mediators’ Visits to Tehran, Questions Rise about Terms of Any Iran-US Agreement
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Amid Mediators’ Visits to Tehran, Questions Rise about Terms of Any Iran-US Agreement

Sunday 24 May 2026 ،
losses on the US. The first loss is the failure to meet the military goals of war. The second loss is failure to reopen the Strait of Hormuz using force. And the third one is the failure to bring Iran to its knees using sea blockade. So, Iran essentially sees no reason to back away from its red li ...
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Iran Must Keep the Blade of Hormuz Strait on Trump’s Head
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Iran Must Keep the Blade of Hormuz Strait on Trump’s Head

Thursday 28 May 2026 ،
losses. In the middle of the talks, Trump bombed Iran’s nuclear sites, with his move not condemned by the Western countries or even the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which has a intrinsic duty to do so. The US political history suggests that when this country directed a challeng ...

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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.