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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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Security Belts from Lebanon to Syria: Objectives and Consequences of New Israeli Strategy
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Security Belts from Lebanon to Syria: Objectives and Consequences of New Israeli Strategy

Thursday 25 June 2026
siege, and the persistence of conflict ensured that Palestinian resistance groups were not only not eliminated, but also they became the dominant players on the Palestinian scene. And today, despite occupying more than 60 percent of Gaza and pushing to carve out new security belts, there is no guara ...
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Yemen Warns of ‘Airport for Airport, Siege for Siege’ Response
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Yemen Warns of ‘Airport for Airport, Siege for Siege’ Response

Tuesday 14 July 2026 ،
siege for siege policy. Yemeni officials said the strike on Abha International Airport was retaliation for the Saudi attack on Sanaa Airport. Yemeni officials believe military developments are favoring the Yemeni Armed Forces and warned that any broader Saudi involvement could prompt expanded strik ...
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Riyadh’s Strategic Mistake and Ansarullah’s Historic Opportunity: Is Hormuz-Bab-el-Mandeb Equation Brewing?
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Riyadh’s Strategic Mistake and Ansarullah’s Historic Opportunity: Is Hormuz-Bab-el-Mandeb Equation Brewing?

Wednesday 15 July 2026 ،
sieged airport and the Ansarallah leadership's resolve to shatter the American-Saudi siege. That chokehold, a toxic leftover from the Saudi-Emirati aggression backed by Washington, had persisted in blatant disregard for the new realities on the ground in Yemen and the broader region, not to ment ...
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Hamas Gaza Govt. Dissolution: Aims and Effects
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Hamas Gaza Govt. Dissolution: Aims and Effects

Thursday 16 July 2026 ،
siege, but no side can decide on the arms of resistance since they are a legitimate right as long as Palestine is occupied by the Israeli regime. Other Palestinian groups, including Islamic Jihad, have taken similar stances, asserting that disarming is a red line. From the Palestinian perspective, ...
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Bab-el-Mandeb Under Siege: Saudi Yemen Blockade Turns against Riyadh
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Bab-el-Mandeb Under Siege: Saudi Yemen Blockade Turns against Riyadh

Saturday 25 July 2026 ،
siege on Yemen, sealing its ports and airports to all essential goods. But now things have changed. Ansarullah resistance movement, which for years bore the brunt of a land, sea, and air blockade, announced last Monday that they have placed Riyadh under their own naval siege. According to internatio ...
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Saudi Oil Tanker Targeted in Yemen Attack in Red Sea
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Saudi Oil Tanker Targeted in Yemen Attack in Red Sea

Wednesday 5 August 2026 ،
siege of Yemen.
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Iraq Disarming Project: End of a Security Order or Start of Home Confrontation?
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Iraq Disarming Project: End of a Security Order or Start of Home Confrontation?

Tuesday 11 August 2026 ،
sieges, and finally, calibrated military action. This sequencing matters. The al-Zayidi government knows full well that a direct military confrontation with all groups at once could backfire spectacularly. Without political consensus behind it, a military operation could push rival factions to set ...
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Transit and Energy Cooperation with Neighbors: Iran’s Alternative Way to Circumvent Blockade
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Transit and Energy Cooperation with Neighbors: Iran’s Alternative Way to Circumvent Blockade

Monday 17 August 2026 ،
siege. Under this scenario, oil could move through Iran's rail network into Pakistan and then onward to the ports of Karachi, Gwadar, or other coastal terminals on the Indian Ocean, bound for China and other East Asian markets. Such a corridor would reduce Iran's dependence on the Strait of ...
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Economic to Military Pressure: Six Options Turkey Wields against Israel
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Economic to Military Pressure: Six Options Turkey Wields against Israel

Tuesday 25 August 2026 ،
siege. On August 21, Turkey announced Ankara asked a Red Notice of Interpol for Netanyahu, who is already under risk of arrest by ICC for war crimes in Gaza. The charges include genocide, crimes against humanity, torture, stripping freedom, and abduction. Based on a report by Modern Diplomacy, the m ...
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Regional-Palestinian Backing Prevent Hamas Elimination from Gaza Dynamics
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Regional-Palestinian Backing Prevent Hamas Elimination from Gaza Dynamics

Tuesday 25 August 2026 ،
siege on Gaza, Palestinians refuse to bend to the Israeli regime's demand to sideline Hamas from governing the Strip. These talks make clear that Palestinian factions, and nearly the entire Palestinian public, regard Hamas as a deeply rooted, enduring force in the arena of resistance. Though t ...

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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.