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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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Turkey-Israel Face-off in Eastern Mediterranean
Paper

Turkey-Israel Face-off in Eastern Mediterranean

Friday 4 September 2026
military coordination, and now shows clear signs of crystallizing into a coherent military alignment in the eastern Mediterranean. It is little wonder, then, that Ankara views such military convergence as a direct threat to its national security and to its position on Northern Cyprus. Turkey conten ...
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BRICS and Test of War: Iran, Energy, and New World Order Equation
Paper

BRICS and Test of War: Iran, Energy, and New World Order Equation

Thursday 17 September 2026 ،
military capacity strained by the war in Ukraine, its most consequential contribution to Iran in a crisis now lies less in hard power than in diplomacy: helping break the sanctions siege through trade and the north-south corridor, and cooperating behind the scenes on military, security and intellige ...
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Latest on Yemen Conflict: Ansarullah Eyeing Progress to Aden
Report

Latest on Yemen Conflict: Ansarullah Eyeing Progress to Aden

Monday 21 September 2026 ،
military map, opening the door to new phase of clashes whose consequences will not be limited to inside Yemen, but spread to impact the national security of Arab countries, international maritime security, and world energy markets. After recent weeks of success in liberating the strategic city of M ...
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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 ،
military wares. Reports have surfaced that several African countries are using Iranian drones, including the Mohajer-6. Such cooperation, while not in itself amounting to a strategic alliance, shows that Iran's defense industry can hold appeal for African states grappling with security threats, ...
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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 ،
military partnership, while China most importantly focuses on investment, infrastructure, trade, and access to resources. However, the difference of the tools does not necessarily mean clash of interests, and signs suggest a king of complementariness between the two approaches is in the making. Sah ...
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Battle for Yemen’s Strategic Belt: Marib, Taiz, and Lahij at One Equation
Analysis

Battle for Yemen’s Strategic Belt: Marib, Taiz, and Lahij at One Equation

Sunday 4 October 2026 ،
military contest over a single province. Controlling it could deliver three things at once: crippling one of the opposition front's most important strongholds, securing access to energy resources, and creating political leverage for future negotiations. Access to Marib's oil and gas has bee ...
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Post-Withdrawal US Security Strategy in Iraq: Five Scenarios
Analysis

Post-Withdrawal US Security Strategy in Iraq: Five Scenarios

Monday 5 October 2026 ،
military presence in this country, but it does not mean Washington will abandon its security and strategic role in Iraq and the broader region. Pieces of evidence show that Washington is moving past the old policy of relying on thousands of military forces and dozens of fixed military based as main ...
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True Security and Political Independence in Iraq Matters after US Military Pullout: Expert
Interview

True Security and Political Independence in Iraq Matters after US Military Pullout: Expert

Tuesday 6 October 2026 ،
military pullout of Iraq on September 30 marked an end to one of the most important chapters of the direct US presence in West Asia. This withdrawal ignited serious debates about how to assess the results of one of the costliest and deadliest American wars in a century among the observers. On the ...
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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 ،
military philosophy. Because the regime lacks sufficient strategic depth, it seeks, should war break out, to push the battlefield as far beyond its own borders as possible. In such a doctrine, the navy, like the air force, is not merely a defensive tool but a means of shifting the arena of conflict ...
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White House War Cover-up Suggests Trump is Empty-handed
Analysis

White House War Cover-up Suggests Trump is Empty-handed

Monday 12 October 2026 ،
military base in Qatar, signaling that war on Iran may be a failure story. Alwaght- Over six months after start of the US-Israeli war of aggression on Iran, there are growing signs of a gap between the White House's official narrative of the war achievements and the reality of the fatal blow Was ...

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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.