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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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Europe’s Muslim Population Projected to Reach 76 Million by 2050: Report
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Europe’s Muslim Population Projected to Reach 76 Million by 2050: Report

Friday 1 December 2017
Chatham House revealed that an average of 55 percent of people in 10 European countries “agreed that all further migration from mainly Muslim countries should be halted.”
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Iran Threatens to Withdraw From Unbeneficial Nuclear Deal
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Iran Threatens to Withdraw From Unbeneficial Nuclear Deal

Thursday 22 February 2018 ،
Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs, in London, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi criticized US President Donald Trump over his threat to stop waiving anti-Iran sanctions, a US commitment under Iran nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JC ...
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How Will Embassy Relocation Backfire on US, Israeli Regime?
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How Will Embassy Relocation Backfire on US, Israeli Regime?

Saturday 19 May 2018 ،
Chatham House institution in central London, the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Washington has created a problem and lost its mediator role in the region. “The United States has chosen to be a part of the problem rather than the solution with its latest step and has lost its medi ...
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What’s behind Severely-Censored Jeddah Blasts?
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What’s behind Severely-Censored Jeddah Blasts?

Sunday 23 June 2019 ،
Chatham House, both prominent Western think tanks, even talked about a possible coup against the father. 4. Following the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi, the vocal critic of Prince Mohammed, Al-Quds Al-Arabi newspaper reported that a number of royals asked the king not to give him the post of the ...
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Will Erdogan Succeed in His Policy of Cozying up to West?
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Will Erdogan Succeed in His Policy of Cozying up to West?

Sunday 16 July 2023 ،
Chatham House think tank, believes that in recent years the frayed ties with the West have undermined flow of investment capital to Turkey, and that one of the main motivations of shift to the West is a goal to get rid of recession and reinvigorate investment.  But while Turkey intends to show ...
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China’s Strategy towards US Adventures in West Asia
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China’s Strategy towards US Adventures in West Asia

Thursday 8 February 2024 ،
Chatham House institute, China does not wish to replace the US in the Middle East, but it, without doubt, is pleased to see the US involved in a new conflict in the region. Chinese experts believe that as much as the non-East Asian conflicts are more strategic and require more of Washington’s ...
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Attack on NATO and War in Gaza; Trump and Biden’s New Challenges as Told by The Washington Post
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Attack on NATO and War in Gaza; Trump and Biden’s New Challenges as Told by The Washington Post

Wednesday 14 February 2024 ،
Chatham House think tank in England, also weighed in: If the rules-based international order is once again disrupted, the failure to reach an agreement to halt the unprecedented massacre in Gaza indicates a loss of trust in international institutions. He further emphasized: Western leaders ought to ...
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New Syria: Economic Challenges or Opportunities for Turkey?
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New Syria: Economic Challenges or Opportunities for Turkey?

Tuesday 31 December 2024 ،
Chatham House think tank says the challenges facing Syria are greater than those faced by Libya in 2011. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was overthrown after less than a year of conflict, leaving much of the country's infrastructure intact. Libyan rebels had begun exporting oil even before the gov ...
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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 ،
Chatham House, believes that none of the Arab countries want to be on the same side of the conflict with Trump, but they are trying to form a united front against his plan, and that many Arab countries are in contact with those of the previous administration still in the State Department, the Pentag ...
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Trump’s "Sarcastic" Promises and Uncertainty of Ukraine War End
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Trump’s "Sarcastic" Promises and Uncertainty of Ukraine War End

Monday 17 March 2025 ،
Chatham House's Russia and Europe Program, referred to the Russian demands, saying that if we consider the record of relations between the American and Russian presidents, the Russian demands will be supported by the US. Political commentator Marina Miron said she believes that the Trump adminis ...

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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