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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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Why’s UAE Gone Silent in Renewed Saudi-Yemeni Escalation?
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Why’s UAE Gone Silent in Renewed Saudi-Yemeni Escalation?

Monday 27 July 2026
round of Yemen’s war is less a sign of neutrality than a reflection of deep strategic rifts with Saudi Arabia over the political and security future of southern Yemen, rifts that have become one of the most consequential fault lines between the two former allies in recent years. The ceasefire ...
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Strait of Hormuz Stalemate: Geography Logic Beats Military Power
Analysis

Strait of Hormuz Stalemate: Geography Logic Beats Military Power

Monday 10 August 2026 ،
rounds, like Strait of Hormuz crisis. But the primary reason Washington keeps coming up short is geography. Iran does not just dominate the northern coastline of the Strait of Hormuz, but also it operates an extensive network of missile batteries, drone systems, underground facilities, and strategi ...
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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 ،
round for their integration into the regular army. This approach showed itself in the presented official government plan, where it stresses on reforming security structure, restricting arms to state institutions, and increasing capabilities of the security forces of the country. However, the restr ...
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Failed Witkoff-Kushner Mission: Ukraine War in Diplomatic Standoff
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Failed Witkoff-Kushner Mission: Ukraine War in Diplomatic Standoff

Wednesday 9 September 2026 ،
rounds and the two sides are still at loggerheads over some issues like territories and the future security arrangements. Even the Washington-backed 20-point peace proposal presented by Kiev has not managed to fill the gap and in addition to the fact that the Ukrainian side does not trust Trump' ...
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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 ،
round of documents about Pentagon's cover-up on the number of casualties in the Iranian missile strikes on the American bases in the Persian Gulf and also limitation of the Congress access to these military infrastructures amid heightened pressures on the media for censorship have promoted a que ...
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Pakistan, Turkey Unreluctant to Directly Join Yemen War, Syria’s Al-Jolani Risks Sending Forces to Death in Yemen: Expert
Interview

Pakistan, Turkey Unreluctant to Directly Join Yemen War, Syria’s Al-Jolani Risks Sending Forces to Death in Yemen: Expert

Tuesday 13 October 2026 ،
round going? How real and how propagandistic are the reports published by Western and Arab media of advances by the mercenaries? Zarean: After the heavy and surprising blow that Yemeni fighters dealt to the Saudi and Emirati mercenaries, they, too, tried to mobilize all their forces and capabilitie ...
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Istanbul Meeting, A Frustration to Delusion of anti-Iranian Coalition
Analysis

Istanbul Meeting, A Frustration to Delusion of anti-Iranian Coalition

Monday 26 October 2026 ،
round of war, the meeting of foreign ministers of Turkey, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt in Istanbul beyond an ordinary gathering carried an important message about limits of the US and Israeli regime's strategy to continue the destabilizing policy. Emphasizing on diplomatic solution to the ...
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As Netanyahu Falters, Israelis Turn Deaf Ear to Trump’s Vote Support Message
Analysis

As Netanyahu Falters, Israelis Turn Deaf Ear to Trump’s Vote Support Message

Monday 26 October 2026 ،
round of hostilities. Trump's message came as Axios reported that Netanyahu had in recent days asked Trump to intensify his public support for his election campaign. An American source told Axios in this regard that the White House views Netanyahu's escalated actions as a sign of desperatio ...
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US Sea Blockade Rendered Ineffective as Iran Runs labyrinthine Circumvention Network
Analysis

US Sea Blockade Rendered Ineffective as Iran Runs labyrinthine Circumvention Network

Saturday 31 October 2026 ،
round show that reality is a far cry from what the White House claims. Trump recently asserted that under US military control, more oil is now being exported through the Strait of Hormuz than before the war, but the upward trajectory of oil prices shows that global oil supply has shrunk, because if ...
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Israel Vote Shattered Netanyahu’s Victory Discourse, Transformed Political Polarity: Expert
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Israel Vote Shattered Netanyahu’s Victory Discourse, Transformed Political Polarity: Expert

Tuesday 3 November 2026 ،
round Netanyahu, yet this narrative failed to deliver. Netanyahu not only failed to hold on to his previous Knesset seats, but also his coalition's seats dropped from 67 to 53. The regional affairs expert said Netanyahu resorted to tactics such as polarization to drive the election campaign, bu ...

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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.