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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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Fire Under the Ashes: How Are UAE-Egypt Differences Surfacing Despite Playing Allies?

Fire Under the Ashes: How Are UAE-Egypt Differences Surfacing Despite Playing Allies?

Monday 15 February 2021
Eritrean, Ethiopian officials and Emirati officials, the two African states announced that they had reached an agreement to end their 20-year war, and a peace agreement was signed in Saudi Arabia in the presence of bin Zayed. This approach pushed the UAE to adopt a stance conflicting to that expect ...
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Mysterious Airbase Being Built on Island off Yemen

Mysterious Airbase Being Built on Island off Yemen

Wednesday 26 May 2021 ،
Eritrea as a staging ground for its Yemen campaign. While the Horn of Africa “has become a dangerous place” for the Emiratis because of competitors and local war risks, Mayun has a small population and offers a valuable site for monitoring the Red Sea, Eleonora Ardemagni, an analyst at ...
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Tigray Crisis: What Are the Roots of Decades-Long Dispute?

Tigray Crisis: What Are the Roots of Decades-Long Dispute?

Monday 8 November 2021 ،
Eritrea, a former enemy to Ethiopia, were dispatched to northern Tigray to fight the rebels alongside the Ethiopian army. Federal forces and their allies quickly took control of Mek’ele, the capital of Tigray and other cities, forcing the TPLF and its armed supporters to flee to rural and mou ...
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Israeli-Emirati Grim Plans in Yemen’s South

Israeli-Emirati Grim Plans in Yemen’s South

Saturday 4 December 2021 ،
Eritrea, on the other side of the Bab-el-Mandeb, meant to provide a watchdog to support the Arab coalition led by Saudi Arabia.  Also in 2019, there were reports of the establishment of an Emirati-Israeli military base in Perim (Mayyun) Island. The island, which overlooks the Bab al-Mandeb Str ...
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Agreement Reached on Transfer of Oil from Abandoned Tanker off Yemen: UN

Agreement Reached on Transfer of Oil from Abandoned Tanker off Yemen: UN

Wednesday 16 February 2022 ،
Eritrea and Saudi Arabia could also be affected, in addition to commercial maritime traffic in the Red Sea. The Safer tanker reportedly allows vessels to anchor offshore and transfer oil extracted and processed from installations in Ma'rib oil fields in central Yemen. The tanker is said t ...
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US Supreme Court Rules in Favor of FBI in Muslim Surveillance Case

US Supreme Court Rules in Favor of FBI in Muslim Surveillance Case

Saturday 5 March 2022 ،
Eritrean-born US citizen Yassir Fazaga, an imam at the Orange County Islamic Foundation in Mission Viejo; native-born US citizen Ali Uddin Malik, who attended the Islamic Center of Irvine; and Yasser Abdel Rahim, a US permanent resident from Egypt who also attended the Islamic Center of Irvine. They ...
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Arab League Summit: From Real Differences to Contrived Agenda

Arab League Summit: From Real Differences to Contrived Agenda

Wednesday 2 November 2022 ،
Eritrea border dispute, and Somalia.  The biggest controversy of the ministerial meeting emerged when Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and his accompanying delegation walked out of the meeting chaired by the representative of Libya, because the Libyan delegation was represented by the N ...
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Expulsion of Israeli Observer Envoy from AU Summit Response to Netanyahu’s Gamesmanship

Expulsion of Israeli Observer Envoy from AU Summit Response to Netanyahu’s Gamesmanship

Monday 20 February 2023 ،
Eritrea, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Rwanda, and South Sudan) supported the US-drafted resolution condemning Hamas’ attacks on the occupied territories, while Tel Aviv has been repeatedly condemned by UN resolutions in recent years.  Also economic benefits, land leasing, export market, esp ...
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Weaponized Nobel Peace Prize

Weaponized Nobel Peace Prize

Sunday 8 October 2023 ،
Eritrea was another Nobel Peace Prize laureate. A year after, he put Ethiopia in an ethnic war, something led to the Oslo-based foundation to issue a rare warning and call for end of the war and the critical humanitarian conditions in Tigray. It named Abiy Ahmad the man responsible for ending the cl ...
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The Geopolitical Maneuvering of Saudi Arabia and the UAE Amid the Crises in the Horn of Africa

The Geopolitical Maneuvering of Saudi Arabia and the UAE Amid the Crises in the Horn of Africa

Monday 26 February 2024 ،
Eritrea and Ethiopia, under UAE mediation, announced their pact to end hostilities and resolve the ongoing crisis. However, beyond this development, the initiation of the UAE's penetration projects in the Horn of Africa traces back to 2011, coinciding with significant shifts in the Arab world s ...

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