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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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Will Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi drag Egypt into the Libyan Swamp?

Will Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi drag Egypt into the Libyan Swamp?

Tuesday 17 February 2015
Coptic church of Egypt. After the incident of abduction, ISIS magazine “Dapiq” claimed that Cairo plans to evacuate Egyptians from Libya. Following Egypt’s airstrikes on Libyan borders, the Libyan army has also requested Egyptian aerial bombardments in Libya, not just against ISIS terrorist group, b ...
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Brief History of Land of The Mummy

Brief History of Land of The Mummy

Friday 15 April 2016 ،
Coptic Church expanded over the next 300 years despite the Roman persecution of Christian converts throughout the empire. In AD284, the persecution of Coptic Christians reached a low point under the reign of the Emperor Diocletian, with a series of bloody massacres, from which the church has dated i ...
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Saudi Arabia behind Attack on Egyptian Coptic Church?

Saudi Arabia behind Attack on Egyptian Coptic Church?

Tuesday 13 December 2016 ،
Coptic Christian community is mourning a deadly terrorists attack on Sunday that killed 24 people, most of them women and children. Alwaght-Egyptian Coptic Christian community is mourning a deadly terrorist attack on Sunday that killed 25 people, most of them women and children. The attack on St Pe ...
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Egypt’s Parliament Authorizes State of Emergency

Egypt’s Parliament Authorizes State of Emergency

Tuesday 11 April 2017 ،
Coptic Christian community that has increasingly been targeted by terrorists.. The countrywide state of emergency was declared by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Sunday after the attacks but required parliamentary approval according to the constitution. The end of emergency law was a key demand ...
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What Drives Are Taking Iraq’s Al-Hakim to Egypt?

What Drives Are Taking Iraq’s Al-Hakim to Egypt?

Thursday 20 April 2017 ،
Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria. Following Egypt visit, the head of National Alliance will visit Tunisia and Algeria. An array of speculations began to appear about al-Hakim's visit to the three countries of the Arab West region. Some analysts, however, suggest that this is coming as anoth ...
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Israel Closed Its Embassy in Egypt since 5 Months Ago

Israel Closed Its Embassy in Egypt since 5 Months Ago

Monday 8 May 2017 ،
Coptic churches, Israel went back on that decision. We have no new information about the Israeli mission returning to Cairo, the official said.  Egypt and Jordan are the only two Arab governments that have official diplomatic ties with Tel Aviv and host Israeli missions. The rest of the Arab ...
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28 Egyptian Christians Killed in Bus Attack

28 Egyptian Christians Killed in Bus Attack

Friday 26 May 2017 ،
Coptic Christians in Egypt, killing more than 28 people and wounding dozens. Alwaght- Masked gunmen on Friday attacked two buses and a truck carrying Coptic Christians in Egypt, killing more than 28 people and wounding dozens. Egyptian officials say children were among the dead travelling to t ...
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Egypt Bombs Militants’ Training Camp in Libya

Egypt Bombs Militants’ Training Camp in Libya

Saturday 27 May 2017 ،
Coptic Christians caravan south of the Egyptian capital Cairo. Alwaght- Egyptian air force has launched airstrikes on militants training camps in Libya after armed militants ambushed a Coptic Christians caravan south of the Egyptian capital Cairo. State television, citing an army statemen ...
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10 Dead in Terrorist Attack on Cairo Coptic Church

10 Dead in Terrorist Attack on Cairo Coptic Church

Friday 29 December 2017 ،
Coptic church south of Egyptian capital killing at least nine people in the latest attack on the country’s Christian minority. Alwaght- At least two terrorists on a motorcycle opened fire outside a Coptic church south of Egyptian capital, Cairo on Friday, killing at least nine people in the lat ...

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Farmers in Poland are on the streets again to protest EU agricultural policies

Farmers in Poland are on the streets again to protest EU agricultural policies