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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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Iran and UAE Foreign Ministers Express Concern Over Worsening Regional Situation
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Iran and UAE Foreign Ministers Express Concern Over Worsening Regional Situation

Saturday 22 March 2025
Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan discussed escalating regional tensions in a phone call on Friday. They focused on Israel’s renewed war on Gaza and US military strikes in Yemen, both of which have led to significant civilian casualties. Araghchi condemned Israel’s actions as a violation of t ...
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Iraq Raises Alarm Over Renewed ISIS Threat in Syria
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Iraq Raises Alarm Over Renewed ISIS Threat in Syria

Monday 14 April 2025 ،
Abdullah Ocalan for the group’s dissolution. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan emphasized continued cooperation with Iraq in addressing regional security and counterterrorism. He reaffirmed that the PKK is outlawed in Iraq and stressed the importance of its disbandment. Fidan also expresse ...
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What’s behind Al-Jolani’s UAE Visit?
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What’s behind Al-Jolani’s UAE Visit?

Tuesday 15 April 2025 ،
Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE's FM, and then went to Al Shati Palace for talks with Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE's ruler, to show that the Emiratis also see this trip as a special opportunity to get closer to the new rulers of Damascus. The Syrian presidential office announ ...
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Why’s Jordan Banned MB after 8 Decades of Activity?
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Why’s Jordan Banned MB after 8 Decades of Activity?

Sunday 27 April 2025 ،
Abdullah II of Jordan accused the Brotherhood leaders of being “wolves in sheep’s clothing.” Despite the MB's commitment to non-violence, their protests have sometimes turned violent, with protesers clashing with police. In March 2014, police clashed with demonstrators who int ...
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Yemen’s Air Defense a Tough Test for US Air Superiority
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Yemen’s Air Defense a Tough Test for US Air Superiority

Saturday 3 May 2025 ،
Abdullah Saleh, who ruled from 1990 until his resignation in 2012, Yemen had a set of air and missile defense systems that were mainly supplied from the former Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc countries. These weapons included short-range air defense missiles such as the Sam-7, Sam-14 and Sam-16. Howev ...
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Stripped of Excuse, Will Turkey Remove Forces from Iraq after PKK Disarming?
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Stripped of Excuse, Will Turkey Remove Forces from Iraq after PKK Disarming?

Wednesday 14 May 2025 ،
Abdullah Ocalan, every now and then Turkish bombers are heard to fly over some towns and villages of Duhok in the north. Najib Khaled, a resident of Balafeh in Deraluk district of Duhok told Al-Hurra of Turkish drones continuing to fly over these regions.  Iraqis' push to expel the Turkish ...
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Nuclear Riddle in $1 Trillion US-Saudi Deal
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Nuclear Riddle in $1 Trillion US-Saudi Deal

Wednesday 14 May 2025 ،
Abdullah Nuclear City. In the next step, it has sought technology transfer by signing MoUs with South Korea, France and Argentina. The project to build two 100-megawatt research reactors with South Korea’s assistance, which is scheduled to be operational by 2025, is the first practical step in ...
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Syria-Israel Normalization Pending between Al-Sharaa’s Willingness and Netanyahu’s Worry
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Syria-Israel Normalization Pending between Al-Sharaa’s Willingness and Netanyahu’s Worry

Thursday 3 July 2025 ،
Abdullah, director of the Department of Policy Analysis at the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, held that although an agreement between the two sides in Tel Aviv and Damascus is possible, this does not mean an immediate normalization.  I believe that an agreement can be reached between th ...
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From Ethiopia to Indonesia as Destinations: Has the Grand Migration of Gazans Started?
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From Ethiopia to Indonesia as Destinations: Has the Grand Migration of Gazans Started?

Sunday 20 July 2025 ،
Abdullah II of Jordan about relocating more than “one and a half million Palestinians” to Jordan and Egypt until “this place is cleared.” He did the same in a phone call with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. However the White House walked back from the idea after mas ...
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Why’s Iranian Branch of PKK not Disarmed?
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Why’s Iranian Branch of PKK not Disarmed?

Monday 28 July 2025 ،
Abdullah Ocalan as their absolute and undisputed leader. The PJAK and the PKK are one sect with two different names, and despite the claims of the PJAK and its supporting umbrella, the PKK who consider themselves supporters of democracy and freedom of the Kurdish people, we see actions of violence a ...

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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.