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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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Israel Military Deployment to Jordan Borders: Aims and Consequences
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Israel Military Deployment to Jordan Borders: Aims and Consequences

Monday 15 June 2026
reasons, among them geopolitical ones. Alwaght- The Israeli regime that in recent years through expansion into Lebanon, Syria, and Gaza has tried to move its security belt beyond its borders now is looking to the eastern front and is starting new activities in the West Bank and near the Jordanian bo ...
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Yielding to Ceasefire: Why’s Trump Agreed to Iran War End?
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Yielding to Ceasefire: Why’s Trump Agreed to Iran War End?

Tuesday 16 June 2026 ،
reasons Trump moved toward an agreement with Iran was the economic toll of the war. After more than three months of conflict, global energy prices surged, inflation fears rose in the US, and markets faced widespread uncertainty. Reuters reported that the deal with Iran immediately drove down oil pri ...
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New Security Arrangements in Strait of Hormuz: Why’s Oman Cautious?
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New Security Arrangements in Strait of Hormuz: Why’s Oman Cautious?

Tuesday 30 June 2026 ،
reasons for Oman's caution is its legal obligations. The Omani outlet Muscat Daily has reported that Oman is a signatory to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) 1982 and believes any legal or security regime in the Strait of Hormuz must comply with its provisions, especially the prin ...
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Iran’s New Operational Tactics and Algorithms in the Battle of South
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Iran’s New Operational Tactics and Algorithms in the Battle of South

Wednesday 29 July 2026 ،
reasons for the halt in operations against Iran was the rapid consumption of interceptor missiles during the counter-barrage, warning that sustaining such a pace could strain the American missiledefense stockpiles. NBC News, citing Trump government officials, revealed that the American military, fo ...
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Mecca Agreement: Seeking Security in Mirage of a Sunni Bloc
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Mecca Agreement: Seeking Security in Mirage of a Sunni Bloc

Saturday 8 August 2026 ،
reasons, the Mecca agreement for now looks less like the birth of a new Islamic NATO and more like a political signal, a show of convergence in the face of regional security crises. And whether that show translates into action on the ground remains very much in doubt.
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Big Absentee of Mecca Agreement: Why Did Egypt not Join Saudi Defense Pact?
Analysis

Big Absentee of Mecca Agreement: Why Did Egypt not Join Saudi Defense Pact?

Saturday 8 August 2026 ،
reasons behind Egyptian absence in Mecca coalition: The presence of old rival of Egypt, Turkey. Though Ankara-Cairo relations have improved in recent years, their strategic gaps are yet to be bridged. They remain at loggerheads over cases like Libya, Eastern Mediterranean, and Muslim Brotherhood. So ...
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Mecca Agreement Could Suggest US-designed Regional Order a Failure Story
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Mecca Agreement Could Suggest US-designed Regional Order a Failure Story

Wednesday 12 August 2026 ،
reasons, all hold critical stances toward Israeli policies. Should the agreement expand in the future, its capacity to upend the region's security equations and constrain Israeli influence would only grow, a trajectory running directly counter to US objectives in the region. For the Trump admin ...
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Iraq’s Weapons Restriction: A Project with Aspects beyond Simply Disarming Resistance Groups
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Iraq’s Weapons Restriction: A Project with Aspects beyond Simply Disarming Resistance Groups

Saturday 15 August 2026 ،
reasons to keep their weapons. If Baghdad wants to restrict military powers of the Kurdistan forces without an inclusive political deal, it can turn into a federal tension. And If the plan focuses solely on the resistance factions, it will essentially overlook a vast swath of Iraq's armed realit ...
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Trump Turkey Escape Scandal: New Life under Shadow of Vengeance
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Trump Turkey Escape Scandal: New Life under Shadow of Vengeance

Saturday 15 August 2026 ،
reasons, they later reported. Notably, the White House at the time insisted Trump had flown on the usual presidential aircraft, a claim that would later unravel. Weeks after the news broke, Trump himself confirmed that the Secret Service had ordered the plane swap. The leak of the covert operation ...
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Yemen War’s New Rules: Saudi Sticks to Old Playbook
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Yemen War’s New Rules: Saudi Sticks to Old Playbook

Monday 17 August 2026 ،
reasons a final agreement remains so elusive. Outlook between ceasefire and full-scale Under these conditions, the most likely scenario is a continuation of the gray zone: neither a final political settlement takes shape, nor does the war return to the intensity of its early years. In this scenar ...

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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.