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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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Hope Up in the Air As Palestine Garners Recognition

Hope Up in the Air As Palestine Garners Recognition

Thursday 24 December 2015
Malta, Cyprus and Sweden - have so far recognised Palestine as an independent state while Greece gets ready to join the bandwagon. Alwaght- Nine EU members - the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Malta, Cyprus and Sweden - have so far recognized Palestine as an independen ...
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Fake Weapons Used to Hijack Libyan Plane to Malta
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Fake Weapons Used to Hijack Libyan Plane to Malta

Friday 23 December 2016 ،
Malta used fake weapons. Alwaght- Hijackers of the Libyan airplane that was forced to land in Malta used fake weapons. Malta’s Prime Minister Joseph Muscat confirmed on Friday that the hijackers of the Libyan airplane had used fake weapons. Initial forensic exams now showing weapons used in ...
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EU Faces Multiple Challenges: Merkel
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EU Faces Multiple Challenges: Merkel

Sunday 29 January 2017 ،
Malta next month.  
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Refugees Face Execution, Torture in Libya: Report
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Refugees Face Execution, Torture in Libya: Report

Sunday 29 January 2017 ،
Malta next week to discuss ways to control migration from Africa. German Chancellor Angela Merkel also raised concerns about conditions in Libya in a webcast on Saturday, saying Europe should work with the North African country to control illegal migration, but could not sign a deal similar to that ...
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Turkish President Family Own $30m Oil Tanker Bought under Offshore Arrangement
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Turkish President Family Own $30m Oil Tanker Bought under Offshore Arrangement

Saturday 27 May 2017 ،
Malta files, delving into more than 150,000 documents from the Mediterranean tax haven, according to Middle East Eye news website. According to Friday's report, Recep Tayyip Erdogan family became owners of a $29.64-oil tanker called Agdash through companies registered in Malta and on the Isle o ...
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EU Launches Military Alliance Separate from US-Led NATO
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EU Launches Military Alliance Separate from US-Led NATO

Monday 13 November 2017 ،
Malta opted out; while Austria, not a member of NATO, agreed to join at the last moment. Jean-Claude Juncker President of the European Commission has been calling for a stronger Europe on security and defense since his election campaign, saying in April 2014: I believe that we need to take more ser ...
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US Rebukes Journalist Killings Except Ones by Israeli Regime
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US Rebukes Journalist Killings Except Ones by Israeli Regime

Saturday 5 May 2018 ،
Malta, Mexico and, of course, China and Russia. All of them were chastised as oppressive governments that repress, detain or outright murder unwanted journalists. Once Nauert was done with her opening speech (which included congratulating one of the journalists present on her promotion and praising ...
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Defense Independence from US: EU Challenges, Potentials
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Defense Independence from US: EU Challenges, Potentials

Sunday 2 September 2018 ،
Malta, signed PESCO (Permanent Structured Cooperation) pact meant to coordinate inter-EU defense manufacturing, expanding security cooperation, encouraging joint investment, and gaining further independence in decision making. The PESCO sought to tell the US that it was different from the earlier a ...
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EU Countries Slam Israeli Plans to Build over 4,000 Settlements in Occupied West Bank
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EU Countries Slam Israeli Plans to Build over 4,000 Settlements in Occupied West Bank

Saturday 14 May 2022 ،
Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, and Sweden. “The new housing units would constitute an additional obstacle to the [so-called] two-state solution. Israeli settlements are in clear violation of international law and stand in the way of a just, lasting, and comprehensive peace&rdq ...
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Tel Aviv’s Covert, Overt Goals behind Threats to Assassinate Hamas Leaders
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Tel Aviv’s Covert, Overt Goals behind Threats to Assassinate Hamas Leaders

Monday 4 December 2023 ،
Malta in 1995. Also, in 2004, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, the founder of Hamas, was assassinated, unleashing widespread international reactions against Israel. Abdelaziz Rantisi, who took over the presidency of Hamas after Yassin, was assassinated by Israeli security apparatus a month after his assuming th ...

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