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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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Shadow of Missiles Back on Saudi Oil Empire
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Shadow of Missiles Back on Saudi Oil Empire

Wednesday 29 July 2026
sea blockade on Saudi Arabia in the Red Sea show that Ansarullah is transferring the pressure from military to economic areas. This raises a question: Where do the next Yemeni surprises go farther and what new targets can be added to the target list? Saudi oil refineries, export terminals, Red Sea ...
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Final Tehran-Muscat Mechanism for Strait of Hormuz: US not in Agreement
Report

Final Tehran-Muscat Mechanism for Strait of Hormuz: US not in Agreement

Wednesday 26 August 2026 ،
sea mines. Official sources in Tehran confirmed that technical talks between the two sides aimed at working out a permanent maritime corridor, discussing future of administration of the strait, establishing a data sharing mechanism, traffic management, and providing maritime and security services wi ...
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Iran at Eurasia’s Heart: How’s SCO Helping Tehran Cushion American Sanctions?
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Iran at Eurasia’s Heart: How’s SCO Helping Tehran Cushion American Sanctions?

Wednesday 2 September 2026 ،
seat at the table in the SCO's decision-making machinery. From security organization to economic bloc The SCO is no NATO, yet. There is no collective defense clause, no guarantee that an attack on one is an attack on all. Still, security remains a core pillar. Counterterrorism, counter-extremi ...
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Hormuz Mission, a Two-sided Blade for South Korea
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Hormuz Mission, a Two-sided Blade for South Korea

Wednesday 9 September 2026 ،
sea blockade against Iran, a pressure that has proven a big challenge and headache for this not so strong East Asian country. In his reaction to Seoul's decline of call to join anti-Iranian aggression, the US President Donald Trump has recently warned that Washington may review its security com ...
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US Subsurface Eye in Iran’s Hands: Washington Surprised Deep in Hormuz
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US Subsurface Eye in Iran’s Hands: Washington Surprised Deep in Hormuz

Thursday 10 September 2026 ،
sea for about 10 days and carries out much of its mission with a high degree of autonomy. Crucially, the Dive-LD is no mere small reconnaissance sub. According to a report by The War Zone, it was designed for missions including intelligence gathering, surveillance and reconnaissance, preparing inte ...
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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 ،
sea war The Strait of Hormuz, meanwhile, has morphed over the past several months from a vital shipping lane into one of the most dangerous arenas of direct confrontation. What began largely as an air campaign has gradually widened into a broader maritime conflict, with ships and oil tankers now dr ...
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Fifth Fleet: From Safe Base to Story of Loss
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Fifth Fleet: From Safe Base to Story of Loss

Tuesday 15 September 2026 ،
seaborborne oil trade. For Washington, Bahrain is therefore an operational anchor, providing a platform to monitor and control shipping lanes, protect energy infrastructure, provide logistical support, gather intelligence and rapidly deploy forces for large-scale combat operations. The US Navy also ...
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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 ،
mineral and energy resource and one of the youngest populations in the world, Africa is undergoing changes that can transform how it looks like in the international equations. With this in mind, Iran's presence in Africa should not be seen just within the framework of ordinary exporting or expa ...
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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 ،
sea routes, and serious limits in territorial depth have given sea a significance beyond a subordinate operation scene in the Israeli security strategy. For a regime that has a major part of its population and economic hubs in the coastal areas of the Mediterranean and the distance between ground an ...
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Cargo Vessel Carrying 2,500 Containers Sinks After Hitting Mine South of Strait of Hormuz
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Cargo Vessel Carrying 2,500 Containers Sinks After Hitting Mine South of Strait of Hormuz

Thursday 15 October 2026 ،
sea mine and subsequently catching fire ALWAGHT- The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy has reported that a container vessel loaded with over 2,500 containers went down south of the Strait of Hormuz after striking a sea mine and subsequently catching fire. According to the IRGC, the vessel ...

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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.