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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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What’s behind Cairo-Tel Aviv Deal to Hand Over Red Sea Islands to Saudi Arabia?

What’s behind Cairo-Tel Aviv Deal to Hand Over Red Sea Islands to Saudi Arabia?

Tuesday 7 June 2022
Cairo and Tel Aviv are pushing the stagnant normalization project by giving privileges to bin Salman. Alwaght- In the middle of mounting Israeli violence against the Palestinians in the occupied territories and while the waves of criticism hit the reactionary Arab leaders for their silence to the Is ...
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Western Pilgrims Left ’With No Hotel Room’ Days before Pilgrimage

Western Pilgrims Left ’With No Hotel Room’ Days before Pilgrimage

Wednesday 6 July 2022 ،
Western pilgrims, using the Saudi-backed Motawif portal, say their hotel in Mecca has "run out of rooms", with some people given keys to rooms already occupied by other guests, just days before the Hajj pilgrimage is due to begin. Western pilgrims, using the Saudi-backed Motawif portal, say their ho ...
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CIA Sought Civil War in Iran but Failed: Iranian Intel. Report

CIA Sought Civil War in Iran but Failed: Iranian Intel. Report

Friday 28 October 2022 ،
The US and its Western and regional allies have been working to fuel violence in Iran using media and their human resources. Alwaght- The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is providing funding and training to create an armed rebellion under the cover of civil organizations but its plans are going ...
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What Role Do Gulf Arab Monarchies Play in Turkish-Greek Tensions?

What Role Do Gulf Arab Monarchies Play in Turkish-Greek Tensions?

Saturday 12 November 2022 ،
Saudi Arabia plans to take part in military exercises with Greece as the latter is in tensions with Turkey. Alwaght- Following tensions between Greece and Turkey over some disputed oil and gas-rich islands, some regional actors have stepped in and took side of one of these two countries. Saudi Arabi ...
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How Are Israelis Pursing Normalization Agenda Using Qatar World Cup?

How Are Israelis Pursing Normalization Agenda Using Qatar World Cup?

Tuesday 15 November 2022 ،
The Israeli leaders signed agreement with Doha allowing their citizens to visit Qatar for World Cup, taking a step closer to normalization. Alwaght- Seeing the Persian Gulf Arab states a gate to normalization with the Arab world, the Israeli regime seizes any cultural and economic opportunity to rea ...
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Erdogan Expecting Qatari Finance Injection in Crisis-hit Turkish Economy

Erdogan Expecting Qatari Finance Injection in Crisis-hit Turkish Economy

Monday 28 November 2022 ،
Erdogan is resorting to Qatar for more help as he needs to improve the economy less than a year to the elections. Alwaght- In the past two decades, the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has shown that he is a perfect miracle worker in the face of the dangers that shake the pillars of his rule, ...
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Where Would Persian Gulf Geopolitics Head in 2023?

Where Would Persian Gulf Geopolitics Head in 2023?

Sunday 15 January 2023 ،
2023 is expected to see regional politics uneventfulness, bit challenges can go worse. Alwaght- 2022 was a year of increasing role in the global developments for the Persian Gulf Arab countries. While the US President Joe Biden and European leaders were seeking to persuade the Saudi Crown Prince Moh ...
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How’s Bin Salman Seeking to Fuel Normalization with Gas Project?

How’s Bin Salman Seeking to Fuel Normalization with Gas Project?

Tuesday 7 February 2023 ،
The Saudi crown prince plans to buy gas from Israel, a project many see as an excuse to normalize with Tel Aviv. Alwaght- After revelation of Saudi investment in the Israeli economy and Riyadh’s push to form an Arab-Israeli coalition, these days the Saudis are taking the need for energy as an ...
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Muslim Homes, Shops Bulldozed; Over 150 Arrested in India’s Haryana

Muslim Homes, Shops Bulldozed; Over 150 Arrested in India’s Haryana

Tuesday 8 August 2023 ،
Residents in BJP-ruled state’s only Muslim-majority district say more than 300 properties have been demolished in four days. Nuh, India – Abdul Rasheed says police locked him in a bus as a bulldozer demolished his shops in India’s northern Haryana state where a Muslim-majority distr ...
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Tourism Sector, the Showcase of Israeli Economic Losses

Tourism Sector, the Showcase of Israeli Economic Losses

Saturday 20 April 2024 ،
Hotels, which are in Al-Quds, Tel Aviv, and Greece are shut down and can cost millions of shekels to reopen.  Across Israel and occupied West Bank, the hotels are empty and at least 6 companies have halted their tours to main destinations like Al-Quds and Tel Aviv.  A hotelier suggests t ...

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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