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Yemen`s Ansarullah Knocking at Aden`s Door

The Shia Houthi Ansarullah movement in Yemen is gaining ground.

(SALEM, Ore.) - United Arab Emirates withdrew the first group of its troops from Yemen, and Yemeni Ansarullah (Shia Houthi Ansarullah movement in Yemen.

Shiite rebels, known as Houthis) not only has wrested control over the Saudi town of al-Rabooha, it has also seized control of a strategic area in southern Yemen and now it is behind the gates of Aden.

Disclosure of Mossad Senior Officer

Former Israeli official discloses plan to destabilize Middle eastern countries.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Yossi Alpher, a former senior Israeli intelligence officer, in his latest work called "Periphery: Israel's Search for Middle East Allies," mentions Mossad's role in the destabilization of Islamic countries.

According to the report, in this book, he openly declares that Israel readily expressed support for terrorist groups and even equipped them with advanced weapons and logistics facilities.

Future Ideology of ISIS; Maintaining Caliphate

The idea for establishing a Caliphate, which has gone into effect for over a year and kept its shape and frames to a great extent, is still seen as a point of distinction for the ISIS group.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Generally, ISIS is considered as a significant and at the same time key element of the Takfiri school of thought across the world, and in terms of principles and ideological roots, the group is not different from movements such as Al-Qaeda.

But some ideological characteristics like being anti-Shiite, focusing on close enemy rather than remote enemy, wide-range excommunication, great intolerance, and the Caliphate plan make ISIS stand out noticeably of the other Takfiri groups.

Al-Nusra Reportedly Plans to Reactivate Dormant Groups in Iraq

Terrorist group battling Syrian government plans to raise the stakes.

(SALEM, Ore.) - A commander of the Jabhat al-Nusra group announced that they plan to activate those inactive groups in South and Middle Euphrates in Iraq.

According to the report, Al-Nusra Front aims to start activities from Syria to Iraq through Jund al-Islam (Soldiers of Islam), and this is while ISIS announced his firm opposition to this plan and it has threatened Jund al-Islam not to establish any cooperation with Al-Nusra Front.

Israeli Defense Minister`s Remarks on Negotiation with Hamas

Moshe Yaalon believes the five year window will see the minimization of resistance groups.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon stated that a long-term truce with Hamas movement can provide sustainable security for Israel.

Based on this report, he stressed that if the cease-fire is achieved for at least 5 years full security will be provided to Israel, and threats of terrorist (resistance) groups in Gaza, including Hamas and Jihad, etc. shall be minimized during this time.

Has Iran Abandoned Objective to `Annihilate` Israeli Regime?

The membership of Palestine at the United Nations is a significant step.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Despite opposition and sabotage by the Israeli regime on Iran's nuclear negotiation process for gaining more concessions, as soon as the nuclear deal was finalized and it was approved by the US Congress, the Israeli Regime's officials suddenly reversed their position and proclaimed that the nuclear deal is generally to the advantage of the Israel's security.

They believed that the nuclear deal would create a new era in Iran's stance towards the annihilation of the Israeli regime.

Lieberman: Netanyahu Must Apologize and Resign from his Position

"We've lost all our political partners. Israeli Prime Minister is unpopular with the people of Europe and the world." - former Israeli foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman

(SALEM, Ore.) - Yisrael Beiteinu Chairman and former Israeli foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman, strongly attacked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and called upon him to apologize to the Israeli people.

He also said that due to incompetence and the escalation of security and economic problems... Netanyahu should resign.

Saudi Arabia Vitiates Political Dialogues on Lebanon

To compensate for failures and to keep its financial sponsor, the country has chosen the Saudis as the only alternative.

(SALEM, Ore.) - In the aftermath of Lebanese parliament speaker Nabih Berri's initiative to start talks between the parties and political factions in Lebanon to avoid a social crisis, the Saudi Embassy in Lebanon openly opposed these negotiations and has taken two different stances to thwart the talks.

According to reports, the Embassy of Saudi Arabia on one hand, prevents Lebanese Forces from entering the talks and on the other hand, has obliged the Al- Mustaqbal Movement to participate in these discussions.

Why Does the Israeli Regime Seek to Divide Al-Aqsa Mosque?

Against the Israeli regime’s will, massive coverage of the Palestinian protests in the West Bank and the occupied territories has continued, in a way that some of the media have called the new wave of protests as Intifada III.

(Alwaght English News) - The spatiotemporal division of the holy sites between Zionists and Palestinians would prepare the ground for the Israeli army’s domination over them and full-scale Judaization of these holy places.

This appears to be the plan the Israeli regime is struggling to put into effect, using different excuses, as it was the case in the division of the Ibrahimi Mosque, also know Cave of the Patriarchs.

Beirut`s Explosion: The Sunni-Shia Bellum Sanctum Returns to Hezbollah`s Security Zone

There are at least 46 fatalities from the rush hour terrorist bombings.

(Burj al-Barajneh camp, BEIRUT) - At least 46 confirmed deaths as families claim the bodies of their departed loved ones and nearly 250 wounded, many seriously, are being treated at the three Shia run hospitals, Al-Sahel, Bahman and Al-Rassoul Al-Aazam in this observer’s south Beirut neighborhood of Haret Hreik.

Bahman Hospital recorded 20 deaths, and treated approximately 100 victims, approximately 20 percent of whom are in critical condition.