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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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Fact-check: Have China and Russia Left Iran Alone in Confrontation of the US?
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Fact-check: Have China and Russia Left Iran Alone in Confrontation of the US?

Saturday 23 May 2026
navigation, and imaging systems, above all else. Without precise satellite data, effectively targeting US bases in the region or monitoring Washington’s naval movements would be severely limited. It was in this context that China’s role in the war came to the fore. Although Beijing con ...
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How’s Iranian Shahed-136 Drone Changed the Face of Modern Wars?
Analysis

How’s Iranian Shahed-136 Drone Changed the Face of Modern Wars?

Tuesday 2 June 2026 ،
navigation system, including the ability to install a SIM card, along with a composite fuselage, a new warhead, and upgraded electro-optical sensors (optical and thermal imaging). Lancet, meanwhile, has a shorter range than Shahed and also carries a smaller warhead. It is designed mostly for front-l ...
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Four Strategic Messages of Iran’s Missile Strikes at Israel
Paper

Four Strategic Messages of Iran’s Missile Strikes at Israel

Monday 8 June 2026 ،
navigation for the Israeli enemy in the Red Sea is now completely banned, and any enemy movement following this declaration will be considered a military target by Yemeni forces. This move by Sana'a marks a highly significant shift in the logic of future tensions. In the previous war, Iran fir ...
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Battle for Hormuz: Why’s Recent US-Iran Trade of Fire Decisive?
Analysis

Battle for Hormuz: Why’s Recent US-Iran Trade of Fire Decisive?

Monday 29 June 2026 ،
navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, future of war, and the security order in the region. A look at the sequence of reports on these developments shows that the main argument is caused by the different views of the US and Iran to one of the core terms of the memorandum of understanding (MoU): The mec ...
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From Red Sea to Black Sea: Geopolitical Impacts of Ukraine’s Attack on Iran’s Ship in Caspian Sea
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From Red Sea to Black Sea: Geopolitical Impacts of Ukraine’s Attack on Iran’s Ship in Caspian Sea

Monday 27 July 2026 ،
navigation were no longer confined to Russian-flagged ships. But Zelensky’s own words aside, the strike on the Iranian commercial vessel was almost certainly carried out with full awareness of its consequences, and well beyond the narrow scope of economic blows against Moscow. One of its prim ...
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Big Blow to the Heart of US Spying System in West Asia
Report

Big Blow to the Heart of US Spying System in West Asia

Tuesday 1 September 2026 ،
navigation tech and likely sharing intelligence with Russia, inflicted billions of dollars in damage on critical CIA facilities and other American spy installations from Riyadh to Sulaymaniyah. The scale of the destruction dwarfs any comparable incident in the agency's history, and it has left o ...
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US Subsurface Eye in Iran’s Hands: Washington Surprised Deep in Hormuz
Report

US Subsurface Eye in Iran’s Hands: Washington Surprised Deep in Hormuz

Thursday 10 September 2026 ،
navigation system, and technical architecture. American sources said that even if this system is not technologically secret and next-generation, it still is a modern and active system serving the US Navy, and getting information about its capabilities and limits is valuable to Iran and other rival ...
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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 ،
navigation is not only a military matter and directly relates to Israeli trade and energy. This comes while during recent inter-Yemeni clashes, Ansarullah resistance movement, which has been holding the capital Sana'a and much of northern Yemen since 2014, has managed to make quick progress on b ...
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Yemen’s Missile Lock on Saudi Airports Deals Blows to Kingdom’s Aviation Industry
Report

Yemen’s Missile Lock on Saudi Airports Deals Blows to Kingdom’s Aviation Industry

Saturday 10 October 2026 ،
navigation activity there had been disrupted. Saree also threatened that humanitarian flights to and from Riyadh airport would only be permitted if they received authorization from the humanitarian operations coordination center in Sanaa. Saudi Arabia's General Authority of Civil Aviation also ...
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IRGC Warns Ships Disabling Tracking Systems of Decisive Action in Strait of Hormuz
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IRGC Warns Ships Disabling Tracking Systems of Decisive Action in Strait of Hormuz

Sunday 11 October 2026 ،
navigation and identification systems switched off would be considered hostile and face decisive action ALWAGHT- The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy warned on Sunday, October 11, that vessels navigating the Strait of Hormuz with their navigation and identification systems switched off wo ...

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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.