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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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Greece New US Launching Pad in Heartland

Greece New US Launching Pad in Heartland

Wednesday 11 April 2018
Aegean Sea just miles away from the Turkish waters over which Turkey and Greece are at loggerheads. Some reports also emerged about US program to build a base in Kalymnos island in southwestern Greece and another one in Syros island southeast of the country. The US ambassador to Athens Geoffrey R. P ...
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Is Trump Pushing Turkey into China’s Arms?

Is Trump Pushing Turkey into China’s Arms?

Sunday 12 August 2018 ،
Aegean Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea ports is extremely tempting for China. China’s Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), provides the funding for TANAP (Trans-Anatolia Natural Gas Pipeline) energy pipeline project that sends gas from Azerbaijan to Europe through Turkey and Georgia. Chi ...
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Greece, Turkey Tensions Rise Over Aegean Islets

Greece, Turkey Tensions Rise Over Aegean Islets

Thursday 27 December 2018 ،
Aegean Sea Alwaght- Greece’s top military brass fired off a set of unusually stern warnings to Turkey, threatening to crush its troops if they dare to land on any disputed islet in the Aegean Sea – but Ankara didn’t mince its words either. Reacting to reported violations of Greek ...
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Turkey Conducts Largest Naval Drill in its History

Turkey Conducts Largest Naval Drill in its History

Thursday 28 February 2019 ،
Aegean Sea, and the eastern Mediterranean simultaneously, giving Turkey a chance to show off its recently-upgraded fleet, which includes over a dozen assault boats and frigates in addition to corvettes, mine hunting boats, patrol boats, and submarines. Turkish-made Bayraktar and ANKA drones and jet ...
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Migrants Flock to Greece as Turkey Opens Floodgates

Migrants Flock to Greece as Turkey Opens Floodgates

Sunday 1 March 2020 ،
Aegean islands, living in severely overcrowded camps and filthy conditions. Last week, clashes broke out on Lesbos between riot police and locals protesting over a plan to create closed detention centers to house the migrant population. Locals say the islands are suffering a disproportionate burden ...
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Turkey Holds Military Drills in Aegean Sea amid Tensions with Greece

Turkey Holds Military Drills in Aegean Sea amid Tensions with Greece

Sunday 23 August 2020 ،
Aegean Sea, amid escalating tensions with Greece in the eastern Mediterranean Sea over gas and oil exploration. Alwaght- Turkish army has carried out military drills in the Aegean Sea, amid escalating tensions with Greece in the eastern Mediterranean Sea over gas and oil exploration. The Turkish De ...
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New Lira Slump Makes Turkish Road to Economic Recovery Bumpy

New Lira Slump Makes Turkish Road to Economic Recovery Bumpy

Friday 11 June 2021 ،
Aegean, and Mediterranean Seas is highly tempting for China. Therefore, in the not-too-distant future, tight Ankara-Beijing economic partnership looks likely.  
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Inter-NATO Gap Deepening as Turkey-Greece Rift Unfolds

Inter-NATO Gap Deepening as Turkey-Greece Rift Unfolds

Tuesday 11 October 2022 ،
Aegean Sea in recent years and their leaders are threatening each other with direct war, have widened the chasm within NATO. Ankara and Athens relations have been strained over some Aegean Sea islands which are oil and gas-rich, and this issue has brought the two sides to the brink of a full-scale w ...
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What’s Driving Erdogan’s Serial Meetings with Putin?

What’s Driving Erdogan’s Serial Meetings with Putin?

Saturday 15 October 2022 ،
Aegean Sea have caused a division in NATO's eastern wing. If these crises continue, wider NATO ruptures are not unlikely, which could trigger American and European punishment of Ankara to prevent deeper disunity within the military organization. Erdogan is concerned about such reactio from the W ...
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Hidden Aspects of Crash of €40-million Israeli-built Heron Drone

Hidden Aspects of Crash of €40-million Israeli-built Heron Drone

Monday 28 August 2023 ،
Aegean Sea.  A Twitter account specializing in maritime watch suggested that the USS Gerard Ford aircraft carrier crossed the region to Eastern Mediterranean over the past few days. Also, Russian warships, as well as Turkish naval vessels and drones, were present in the Eastern Mediterranean r ...

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