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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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UN chief rejects military solution in South Sudan
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UN chief rejects military solution in South Sudan

Tuesday 10 March 2015
Addis Ababa to convince the two sides to settle issues, among them power sharing . The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday unanimously adopted a US-drafted resolution to impose sanctions on the two conflicting sides in South Sudan . The security situation in South Sudan deteriorated steadil ...
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Gulen’s Role on Socio-Political Developments of Turkey
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Gulen’s Role on Socio-Political Developments of Turkey

Sunday 31 July 2016 ،
Addis Ababa and operates in fields like schools, trade, investment, media and so on. This enterprise has opened an auto plant in the Turkish city of Konya which is one of the most important economic centers of this country, 170 representatives from 27 countries attended the opening ceremony of this ...
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Egypt-Saudi Relation Further Deteriorated over Ethiopian Dam Visit
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Egypt-Saudi Relation Further Deteriorated over Ethiopian Dam Visit

Wednesday 21 December 2016 ،
Addis Ababa in less than a week. Relations between Cairo and Riyadh have soured since Egypt voted in favor of a UN Security Council draft resolution by Russia regarding the Syrian war. On Saturday, Egyptian news commentator Mohamed Ali Khayr called on Riyadh to review its policies before it can on ...
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Saudi, Qatar Alliance against Egypt, will other Arabs Follow?
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Saudi, Qatar Alliance against Egypt, will other Arabs Follow?

Friday 23 December 2016 ،
Addis Ababa on Sunday in a first-of-its-kind move after four years of broken relations between the two countries. In 2015, Qatar launched investments worth $500 million in factories and industrial facilities in Ethiopia.  The Qatari FM’s visit to Ethiopia came three days after a visit by ...
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Tensions in Israeli-Egyptian Ties after Aoun’s Visit
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Tensions in Israeli-Egyptian Ties after Aoun’s Visit

Friday 17 February 2017 ،
Addis Ababa Netanyahu said: The objective of constructing Ethiopia’s controversial Renaissance Dam on the Nile not electricity, but cultivating Ethiopia by an Israeli sponsorship, and that Israel will direct the water of the Nile to wherever the Ethiopians wish. Therefore, there are many facto ...
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Reasons for Worsening Sudan, Egypt Diplomatic Row
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Reasons for Worsening Sudan, Egypt Diplomatic Row

Wednesday 31 May 2017 ،
Addis Ababa and Khartoum that Cairo is ready to use all means necessary to defend its interests. The Eritrean President, Isaias Afeworki has meanwhile downplayed reports alleging his country’s deepened ties with Egypt are intended to sabotage the construction of Ethiopia’s massive hydro- ...
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Saudi-Led Regimes Bribed, Threatened African States to Isolate Qatar
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Saudi-Led Regimes Bribed, Threatened African States to Isolate Qatar

Friday 20 October 2017 ،
Addis Ababa July 4. Media reports indicated that Algeria rebuked Egypt for its attempts to coerce African countries to adopt stances against Qatar during the African Summit. Diplomatic sources say African leaders who attended the summit in Ethiopia agreed that the continent should not meddle in the ...
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Egypt’s President el Sisi Escalates Tensions with Ethiopia Over Nile Waters
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Egypt’s President el Sisi Escalates Tensions with Ethiopia Over Nile Waters

Saturday 18 November 2017 ،
Addis Ababa demand an “equitable” distribution of water among all of the riparian countries. Additionally, Egypt's neighbor and fellow Arab League member, Sudan is backing Ethiopia thus moving the conflict to new levels. Other Nile Basin countries namely South Sudan, Kenya, Uganda a ...
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Emir of Qatar Starts Africa Tour to Counter Saudi Influence
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Emir of Qatar Starts Africa Tour to Counter Saudi Influence

Wednesday 20 December 2017 ،
Addis Ababa July 4. Diplomatic sources say African leaders who attended the summit in Ethiopia agreed that the continent should not meddle in the crisis between Qatar and the four Saudi-led regimes.  
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Qatar’s Emir Grants $100 Million in Africa Tour
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Qatar’s Emir Grants $100 Million in Africa Tour

Monday 25 December 2017 ،
Addis Ababa July 4. Diplomatic sources say African leaders who attended the summit in Ethiopia agreed that the continent should not meddle in the crisis between Qatar and the four Saudi-led regimes. Blow to Saudis This wass the third foreign tour the Qatari Emir undertook after a blockade was imp ...

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Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution

Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution