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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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Jordan Summit Overshadowed by Amman-Washington Relations Rift
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Jordan Summit Overshadowed by Amman-Washington Relations Rift

Monday 28 September 2020
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan's position on the process of normalization of relations between Bahrain and the UAE with the Israeli regime has been a conservative and implicit opposition. Although in 1994, Jordan had already made an attempt to make peace with the Israeli regime; yet, it believes th ...
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Yemeni Islah Party’s Strategic Shift To Ansarullah: Grounds, Consequences
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Yemeni Islah Party’s Strategic Shift To Ansarullah: Grounds, Consequences

Tuesday 27 October 2020 ،
Hashemi tribes, backed the Ansarullah campaign, though a major part of the province’s oil-rich areas were held by the Obaideh tribe which is close to Saudi Arabia.  Ma’rib is important also for the Saudis as they already have investments there, including a gas facility construction ...
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Israeli Minister Held Secret Meeting with Jordanian Monarch
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Israeli Minister Held Secret Meeting with Jordanian Monarch

Sunday 28 February 2021 ،
Hashemite dynasty is the custodian of the Muslim holy sites in the city. Last May, Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi warned Britain and the United States against the “unprecedented danger” posed by the Israeli scheme to annex parts of the occupied West Bank and t ...
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Jordan Coup Attempt: Architects, Possible Scenarios
Analysis

Jordan Coup Attempt: Architects, Possible Scenarios

Tuesday 6 April 2021 ،
Hashemites, who claim to be descendants of the Prophet Muhammad, from the Hejaz region to become the guardians of the two holy shrines in Mecca and Medina. Although Cold War policies reduced this Saudi-Jordanian animosity and rivalry, they resurfaced in the first Persian Gulf war in 1990-1991, when ...
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Washington Post Unveil US, Israel, Saudi role in Coup against Jordan King
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Washington Post Unveil US, Israel, Saudi role in Coup against Jordan King

Monday 14 June 2021 ،
Hashemite Custodianship of Islamic and Christian holy sites in al-Quds,” the Jordanian report said. According to the same report, bin Zaid, the other senior Jordanian official implicated alongside Awadallah, met in 2019 with two officials from a foreign embassy in Amman “to inquire ...
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Quietly Separating Ways: How Have Jordan-Saudi Stances Conflicted in Recent Years?
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Quietly Separating Ways: How Have Jordan-Saudi Stances Conflicted in Recent Years?

Saturday 19 June 2021 ،
Hashemite rule over Islamic and Christian shrines in Al-Quds, will continue its efforts to protect and preserve the mosque and the rights of all Muslims.  In July 2018, reports said that Saudi Arabia, and the UAE, were planning to open offices near the holy mosque in rivalry against Jordan.&nb ...
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Raeisi Receives Congratulations from Presidential Rivals on Election Victory
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Raeisi Receives Congratulations from Presidential Rivals on Election Victory

Saturday 19 June 2021 ،
Hashemi, Nasser Hemmati, and Mohsen Rezaei conceded defeat and offered congratulations to fellow candidate Raeisi on winning the 2021 presidential election. This is while all eyes are on the Interior Ministry, which is expected to release the results shortly.    
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Raeisi Wins Iran Presidential Election
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Raeisi Wins Iran Presidential Election

Saturday 19 June 2021 ،
Hashemi won almost one million votes. Orf said he was not offering precise figures because vote counting was still ongoing and said he was merely providing preliminary updates.  
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Why Is Al Bayda Center of Yemen Conflict?
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Why Is Al Bayda Center of Yemen Conflict?

Thursday 15 July 2021 ،
Hashemites roots that return to the Prophet Muhammad, and keeps the peace with the neutral ones. Such a sophisticated strategy allows the movement to take control of the province without force and thus thwart the Arab and American schemes to embroil the tribes in the hostility against Sana'a.&nb ...
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Capturing ISIS’s Second-In-Command Highlights Baghdad-Damascus Partnership Need
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Capturing ISIS’s Second-In-Command Highlights Baghdad-Damascus Partnership Need

Thursday 14 October 2021 ،
Hashemi after the US claimed it killed al-Baghdadi. The need for connection of Baghdad-Damascus security belt In recent years, the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), a voluntary military force founded in opposition to ISIS in 2014, have repeatedly stressed the need to bolster security cooperation ...

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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