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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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Understanding Egypt’s Behavior towards Post-Assad Syria: Challenges and Opportunities
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Understanding Egypt’s Behavior towards Post-Assad Syria: Challenges and Opportunities

Wednesday 25 December 2024
Cairo backed opponents of President Bashar al-Assad. But with presidency of Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Egyptian policy shifted to implicit support to Damascus and Syria stability.  The two countries have exceptional historical relations with each other, because in the October 1973 War (Yom Kippur W ...
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Can Trump Cleanse Gaza of Its Own People?
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Can Trump Cleanse Gaza of Its Own People?

Saturday 1 February 2025 ،
Cairo and Amman would take in Palestinians from the war-torn enclave, adding that he would raise the issue with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. But will Trump really be able to force Gaza residents out of the costal strip? Failure of policy of forced migration  Over the past 15 mon ...
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Second Stage of Gaza Ceasefire: The Challenges Ahead
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Second Stage of Gaza Ceasefire: The Challenges Ahead

Wednesday 5 February 2025 ،
Cairo to discuss ceasefire and prisoner swap in the third stage.  Despite the agreement to move to the second phase of the ceasefire agreement, many details remain unclear. Sources told Arab Post that the challenging differences between Hamas and the occupation regime have been delayed to the ...
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Iran Slams Trump’s Gaza Plan; Algeria Backs Tehran’s OIC Proposal
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Iran Slams Trump’s Gaza Plan; Algeria Backs Tehran’s OIC Proposal

Tuesday 11 February 2025 ،
Cairo and Amman swiftly dismissed the plan, as did Saudi Arabia after Trump later suggested relocating Palestinians there. The widespread rejection from regional powers underscores the deep opposition to forced displacement efforts in the Palestinian territories.
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Jordan King Chooses Throne over Palestinian Cause, Palestinians Don’t Want New Nakba: Expert
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Jordan King Chooses Throne over Palestinian Cause, Palestinians Don’t Want New Nakba: Expert

Friday 14 February 2025 ،
Cairo and Amman and the resolute opposition of other Arab countries. Reacting to the proposal, the Jordanian foreign ministry described it as a violation of the red lines.  Though the Jordanian government does not publish the precise number of the Palestinians expats, unofficial reports put s ...
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Trump’s Gaza Plan and Arab Leverage to Challenge It
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Trump’s Gaza Plan and Arab Leverage to Challenge It

Monday 17 February 2025 ،
Cairo later this month will likely issue an Arab draft plan for reconstruction. Estimated Gaza construction costs are put at more than $30 billion and Egypt has said that it will possibly organize a Gaza donation conference. Marwan Muasher, vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for I ...
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US, Israel Reject Arab Leaders’ Gaza Plan Allowing Palestinians to Stay
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US, Israel Reject Arab Leaders’ Gaza Plan Allowing Palestinians to Stay

Wednesday 5 March 2025 ،
Cairo, where they adopted a unified plan for Gaza's reconstruction, allowing its Palestinian residents to remain in their homeland. This proposal directly opposes former President Donald Trump's plan, which sought US control over Gaza and the displacement of its population. The Arab League c ...
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Arab League’s Gaza Initiative Final Nail in Coffin of Trump’s Forced Migration Plan
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Arab League’s Gaza Initiative Final Nail in Coffin of Trump’s Forced Migration Plan

Friday 7 March 2025 ،
Cairo emergency meeting on Tuesday, Arab leaders threw their weight behind an Egyptian-presented plan for rebuilding war-ravaged Gaza. According to sources, the plan has three phases and will take five years to fully implement. Phase 1 (six months): A committee of Palestinian technocrats under the ...
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Second Round of Gaza Ceasefire Talks: Peace or New Stalemate?
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Second Round of Gaza Ceasefire Talks: Peace or New Stalemate?

Tuesday 11 March 2025 ،
Cairo for talks. “We confirm our readiness to participate in the second phase of negotiations in a way that meets the demands of our people, and we call for intensified efforts to help the Gaza Strip and lift the siege on our suffering people,” Hamas spokesman Abdul-Latif al-Qanua said ...

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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