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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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Is Beijing Unseating Washington in West Asia?
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Is Beijing Unseating Washington in West Asia?

Monday 31 August 2026
maritime operations. This partnership allows Arab states to reduce their reliance on any single supplier and gives them greater leverage in security negotiations with Washington. In other words, the Arab states want more options on the table. Why does the UAE need China? One main driver pushing th ...
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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 ،
maritime routes to them. In response, the Israeli navy raised its alert level and braced for any potential developments at sea. Konstantinos Filis, a professor at the American College of Greece and director of the Institute of Global Affairs, said the recent period of calm between Athens and Ankara ...
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Drop Site Reports US Construction of New Military Base in Bosaso, Somalia
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Drop Site Reports US Construction of New Military Base in Bosaso, Somalia

Saturday 5 September 2026 ،
maritime security. A new facility in the strategic port city of Bosaso could allow US aircraft to conduct strikes and surveillance operations directly from the region. The planned base would mark a significant expansion beyond the existing US counterterrorism campaign. Bosaso's location on the ...
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Iran Plans to Establish New Maritime Restriction Zone Beyond Strait of Hormuz, SNSC Chief Says
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Iran Plans to Establish New Maritime Restriction Zone Beyond Strait of Hormuz, SNSC Chief Says

Monday 7 September 2026 ،
maritime zone beyond the Strait of Hormuz in the coming days ALWAGHT- Iran is set to designate a new restricted maritime zone beyond the Strait of Hormuz in the coming days, with vessels entering the area without prior coordination with Tehran facing potential inclusion on an Iranian sanctions list. ...
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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 ،
maritime blockade on the Israeli regime during the Gaza war, the resistance movement seized on Riyadh’s ceasefire violation to announce a new equation, “siege for siege”, aimed at ending the cruel naval blockade. The stakes could hardly be higher. With the Strait of Hormuz unsafe ...
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Araghchi Says Oman Agreement Won’t Reopen Strait of Hormuz
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Araghchi Says Oman Agreement Won’t Reopen Strait of Hormuz

Sunday 13 September 2026 ،
maritime route through the Strait of Hormuz. He stressed that any agreement with Oman would not by itself lead to the reopening of the waterway. Araghchi said Iran's condition for reopening the strait is for the United States to return to its commitments under the Islamabad memorandum of unders ...
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Oman Meeting of Regional Foreign Ministers Canceled at Saudi Arabia’s Request
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Oman Meeting of Regional Foreign Ministers Canceled at Saudi Arabia’s Request

Monday 14 September 2026 ،
maritime security following weeks of negotiations. He said Tehran and Muscat will determine how to formally announce the agreement, while stressing Iran remains committed to regional dialogue. Baghaei said a planned meeting of regional foreign ministers in Oman was an opportunity to address safe na ...
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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 ،
maritime corridors, the route that runs from the Red Sea through Bab-el-Mandeb and on to the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean. For this reason, any expansion of Iran's ties with East African nations, Yemen, the Horn of Africa, and Indian Ocean coastal states must be seen on a larger map. If su ...
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Araghchi Sets Out 7-Day Hormuz Reopening Plan Tied to US Compliance
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Araghchi Sets Out 7-Day Hormuz Reopening Plan Tied to US Compliance

Saturday 26 September 2026 ،
maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz ALWAGHT- Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi has laid out a seven-day mechanism for restoring maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, saying the process would commence as soon as Washington formally agrees to Tehran’s terms under ...
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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 ،
maritime environment means creating a kind of strategic depth, something its territorial geography lacks.  In this connection, the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has recently visited a naval base in Ashdod port city and talked about plans to boost naval power on the surface and subs ...

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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.