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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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Iraq, Syria Reject Saudi Claims on Iran During Mecca Summits

Iraq, Syria Reject Saudi Claims on Iran During Mecca Summits

Friday 31 May 2019
Mecca. Alwaght- Iraq and Syria have rejected Saudi-backed anti-Iran statements issued during Arab and Islamic summits in the Holy city of Mecca. Iraq has opposed the final statement of an emergency meeting in Saudi Arabia, which condemned what it called Iran's interference in countries of ...
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Qatar, Syria, Iraq Reject Statements of Mecca Summits

Qatar, Syria, Iraq Reject Statements of Mecca Summits

Monday 3 June 2019 ،
Mecca. Alwaght- Iraq, Syria, and Qatar rejected a final communiqué issued following a Saudi-hosted Mecca Summits. Syria's official news agency, SANA, cited the country's foreign ministry as saying that The closing communiqué of the summit only expresses the obvious and continu ...
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Qatar Slams Saudi, Emirati Regimes, Refuses to Back US Policies on Iran

Qatar Slams Saudi, Emirati Regimes, Refuses to Back US Policies on Iran

Monday 10 June 2019 ،
Mecca, which he attended, saying the final statement was not prepared either at an expert or ministerial level before being issued. Sheikh Mohammed said contrary to Saudi claims, the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) was not united in its view of Iran. Qatar also cannot fully support US polic ...
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Bin Salman Pursuing ‘Strategic Plan’ to Take Turkey Down

Bin Salman Pursuing ‘Strategic Plan’ to Take Turkey Down

Tuesday 6 August 2019 ،
Mecca. A senior Turkish official, speaking anonymously, said that his country was aware of the Saudi strategy as the kingdom had openly called for a boycott. “It is almost public, to the extent that you could see their activities on Saudi-backed social media and Saudi state media,&rdquo ...
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Qatari Foreign Minister Visited Saudi Arabia Last Month amid Political Rift

Qatari Foreign Minister Visited Saudi Arabia Last Month amid Political Rift

Saturday 30 November 2019 ،
Mecca. Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt imposed a land, air and sea blockade on Qatar in June 2017 over accusations of its support for terrorism. Qatar has repeatedly denied the accusations. The boycotting nations set 13 demands for lifting the boycott, including the closing down of Al Jaz ...
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Saudi-Qatari Normalizing: Riyadh Should Expect Losing its “Big  Brother” Role

Saudi-Qatari Normalizing: Riyadh Should Expect Losing its “Big Brother” Role

Sunday 8 December 2019 ،
Mecca meeting but the latter declined to attend and instead sent his foreign minister, signaling that the ground is yet to be prepared for a diplomatic normalization.  Now the question is that what happened since the last invitation that now the hopes for an end to the unprecedented diplomatic ...
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Is Pakistan’s Imran Khan Being Played by Saudi Arabia?

Is Pakistan’s Imran Khan Being Played by Saudi Arabia?

Tuesday 31 December 2019 ،
Mecca and Medina. Riyadh negatively reacts to any Islamic alliance outside its sway. A side effect of this Saudi policy is Islamabad’s unwanted digression from pragmatic foreign policy in favor of national interests.  Conciliating Islamabad  When the Malaysia-hosted conference ende ...
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Future Of Bin Salman, His Plans Amid Coronavirus Crisis

Future Of Bin Salman, His Plans Amid Coronavirus Crisis

Tuesday 31 March 2020 ،
Mecca and Medina. The two holy cities, hosting millions of visitors a year, make up a key part of the tourism incomes.  Saudi Arabia is already a destination to 20 million religious visitors. In 2019, according to figures, some 2.5 million tourists visited the country for Hajj in from around t ...
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Where Will Palestinian Groups Head After Arab Compromises To Tel Aviv?

Where Will Palestinian Groups Head After Arab Compromises To Tel Aviv?

Tuesday 29 September 2020 ،
Mecca. But neither Saudi Arabia nor other states have been successful in ending the Palestinian fragmentation as they only tried to bury the Palestinian cause. Egypt proved not better than Saudi Arabia. Despite sharing borders with Gaza Strip and pro-Palestinians tendency among the Egyptians, Cairo ...
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No Progress in Saudi-Israel Détente as MBS Rejects Netanyahu’s Request to Meet

No Progress in Saudi-Israel Détente as MBS Rejects Netanyahu’s Request to Meet

Tuesday 23 May 2023 ،
Mecca this year. According to the N12 news site, Saudi authorities presented a list of demands for Israeli concessions vis-à-vis the Palestinians. Those demands include allowing the Palestinian security apparatus to be strengthened at the expense of Israeli military forces in the occupied W ...

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