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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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Map of  Latest Battlefield Developments in Syria and Iraq on

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Rafah Invasion Sending Camp David Agreement in Coma
Analysis

Rafah Invasion Sending Camp David Agreement in Coma

Thursday 9 May 2024
Sisi cannot simply ignore occupation of Rafah since the foreign ministry warned over the past weeks that it is a sensitive region for Cairo. According to the terms of the Camp David agreement, Israeli forces are not allowed to enter this area, and a ground attack on this area means ignoring the prov ...
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Beijing Summit: Opening a New Horizon in Chinese-Arab Convergence
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Beijing Summit: Opening a New Horizon in Chinese-Arab Convergence

Saturday 1 June 2024 ،
Sisi is set to meet with the heads of several large Chinese companies. Since Egypt is economically weaker than Persian Gulf Arab monarchies and a large part of its incomes come from Suez Canal transit, its leaders are pushing to use China's capabilities to expand their infrastructure. Having in ...
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Last Step of Turkey-Egypt Rapprochement
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Last Step of Turkey-Egypt Rapprochement

Tuesday 3 September 2024 ،
El-Sisi’s visit is the last phase of rapprochement with Ankara as the two countries need each other now. Alwaght- With the visit to Turkey of Egyptian President Abdul Fattah el-Sisi on Wednesday, a new era will begin in their relations, raising a flag of peace after relatively long period of tension ...
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Tehran-Cairo Ties Hostage to Egyptian Internal Differences: Expert
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Tehran-Cairo Ties Hostage to Egyptian Internal Differences: Expert

Thursday 17 October 2024 ،
Sisi, intelligence chief, and his counterpart Badr Abdel Atti.  Hassan Hanizadeh, an expert on international affairs talked to Alwaght about the goals of the FM's regional tour, saying that Araqchi's visits to regional countries , starting from Lebanon and Syria, then Qatar and Saudi A ...
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How Will Assad Fall Impact North African Countries?
Analysis

How Will Assad Fall Impact North African Countries?

Saturday 21 December 2024 ،
Elotmani, a leader of the Islamist Justice and Development Party, former prime minister and foreign minister of Morocco, has stated that Syria's position on the issue of Western Sahara has shifted in favor of the Sahrawi separatists, while the Syrian opposition has a position that undoubtedly re ...
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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 ،
El-Sisi is predicted to concentrate on national security to prevent activation of terrorist groups and shore up cooperation with key actors in Syria. Egypt will also back the transitional government provided that it allows participation of all factions in the nation's political future. 
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Rejuvenated Trump Dream: Building "Deal of the Century" on Gaza Ruins
Analysis

Rejuvenated Trump Dream: Building "Deal of the Century" on Gaza Ruins

Monday 27 January 2025 ،
Sisi. Trump justified his remarks and claimed that his proposal was in favor of the Palestinians, adding: Gaza is practically a ruin right now... Almost everything is demolished and people are dying there... So I'd rather get involved with some of the Arab nations and build housing at a differe ...
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Can Trump Cleanse Gaza of Its Own People?
Analysis

Can Trump Cleanse Gaza of Its Own People?

Saturday 1 February 2025 ،
El-Sisi has stressed recently that Cairo will not participate in any campaign to expel Palestinians from Gaza. He described the forced migration of Gazans as injustice and also against Egypt’s national security, which Cairo will not approve in any way. Also, Jordan has echoed Egypt's posit ...
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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 ،
Sisi announced strong positions in his speeches against the forced displacement of Palestinians. It must be said that the control that the US, the Trump administration, and the West have over Jordan and the leverage they can exert against it is much greater than that of Egypt. But Egypt is a large c ...
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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 ،
Sisi has also postponed a planned trip to Washington, possibly in response to Trump.  Israeli-Saudi normalization sinks: Another consequence is that the plan for Israeli normalization with Arab countries have ceased to be an option anymore. Even if Israeli-Saudi normalization can be followed b ...

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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