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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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Al-Baghdadi’s Death? Why Did US Destroy Its Black Box?
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Al-Baghdadi’s Death? Why Did US Destroy Its Black Box?

Tuesday 29 October 2019
Islamists and Baathist Party’s remains. Fulfilling such a mission in the extremely policing atmosphere of Iraq, where Baathists did not dare to openly promote their agenda, could not be successful without professional military training for Al-Baghdadi.  So, Al-Baghdadi was the US black b ...
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Tajik Government’s Anti-Muslim Brotherhood Policy: Goals, Implications
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Tajik Government’s Anti-Muslim Brotherhood Policy: Goals, Implications

Monday 3 February 2020 ،
Islamists by appointing a number of his new cabinet from them. This proved contrary to the interests of the communists who went angry at the decision. The unrest in the country lingered to the period of President Emomali Rahmon.  Addressing the deadlock, Ramon presented a negative image of the ...
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Why Has Sudan’s Govt. Failed to Control Crises?
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Why Has Sudan’s Govt. Failed to Control Crises?

Monday 20 April 2020 ،
Islamists, mainly the Muslim Brotherhood, is one of the key American aims in Sudan. Also, the US exploits Hamdook’s need for negotiations as a proper opportunity to drag Sudan into the ground of Washington-favored regional games.  The White House presses the government and the military c ...
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West Bank’s Intifada History Suggests Annexation May Lead To People Arming
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West Bank’s Intifada History Suggests Annexation May Lead To People Arming

Tuesday 2 June 2020 ،
Islamists and made the mosques as starting spots of the demonstrations especially on Fridays. Local committees were formed inside the camps to arrange street protests. They worked independently at the beginning but very soon joined the body of coalition comprising Fatah, Popular Front for Liberation ...
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Qatar Winner In Competition Over Tunisia
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Qatar Winner In Competition Over Tunisia

Tuesday 17 November 2020 ،
Islamists in power as they find it posing a threat to their security interests.  Over the past years, the UAE and Saudi Arabia frequently designed plans to apply to Tunisia their Egypt scenario, in which a coup ousted the Muslim Brotherhood President Mohamad Morsi from power and brought an all ...
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On ‘Conflict’ ‘Peace’, ‘Genocide’: Time for New Language on Palestine, Israel
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On ‘Conflict’ ‘Peace’, ‘Genocide’: Time for New Language on Palestine, Israel

Tuesday 15 June 2021 ،
Islamists and secularists and, notably, socialists, resisted the unwarranted political ‘compromises’ undertaken by their leadership, which they perceived to be a betrayal of Palestinians’ basic rights. Meanwhile, the ‘moderates’ have largely ruled over Palestinians with ...
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Qatari Emir Arrives in Egypt for 1st Visit Thaw in Ties with Doha
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Qatari Emir Arrives in Egypt for 1st Visit Thaw in Ties with Doha

Sunday 26 June 2022 ،
Islamists, and the state-owned Qatari broadcaster Al Jazeera Television took a decided stance against el-Sissi’s government. In 2017, Egypt joined Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain in a boycott of Qatar in an effort to force Doha to change its policies. With a wide- ...
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Niger Coup Driven by Anti-colonialism, West Concerned about a Broader Wave: Expert
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Niger Coup Driven by Anti-colonialism, West Concerned about a Broader Wave: Expert

Tuesday 15 August 2023 ،
Islamists formed government.  The political expert added that the third and fourth waves were different from the previous ones.  “The third wave emerged in Africa at the same time as the beginning of the third millennium developments and the scheme the Americans launched to divide ...
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Turkey’s Neo-Ottomanism in Post-Assad Syria Stirring Regional Worry
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Turkey’s Neo-Ottomanism in Post-Assad Syria Stirring Regional Worry

Saturday 14 December 2024 ،
Islamists and factions affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood, has raised concerns among Arab countries such as Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt and Jordan, which have historically opposed Islamist movements within their borders and have taken many steps to suppress Muslim Brotherhood and Islamist group ...
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What’s Driving Al-Jolani’s Riyadh Visit?
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What’s Driving Al-Jolani’s Riyadh Visit?

Monday 3 February 2025 ،
Islamists, especially the Muslim Brotherhood, from taking the power in the region. Speaking to Turkish media on January 22, Ahmed al-Sharaa said that his first foreign trip would be to Saudi Arabia or Turkey. “I feel affection for Saudi Arabia,” he said. In this way, al-Jolani gave clea ...

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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