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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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Condescension: Defining Feature of Saudi Arabia’s Arab World Policy

Condescension: Defining Feature of Saudi Arabia’s Arab World Policy

Friday 9 June 2017
Mecca and Medina. But their claims of leadership look in full contradiction to the reality given their aggressive regional policies. It is not convenient that a Muslim party like Riyadh on the one hand claims heading the Muslim world and on the other hand cuts ties with four major Muslim countries ...
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How Can OIC Really Make Difference in Support of Palestinians?

How Can OIC Really Make Difference in Support of Palestinians?

Sunday 20 May 2018 ،
Mecca. Because the essential goal of the OIC, comprised of 57 states from four continents and founded in 1969 in Rabat, Morocco, has been to protect al-Quds after an arson attack by a hardline Christian, Denis Michael Rohan, on the holy Al-Aqsa Mosque in the same year. But guarding the Muslim city ...
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What Does Saudi King Seek behind Call for Arab Summits?

What Does Saudi King Seek behind Call for Arab Summits?

Tuesday 21 May 2019 ،
Mecca on May 30. The summit's agenda is discussing regional situation after the recent escalation, mainly after the attacks on the UAE and Saudi oil tankers in UAE’s Fujairah Port and the drone strikes by Yemeni forces on a Saudi oil pipeline carrying oil from the west to the east of the A ...
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What’s Behind Belated Saudi Invitation to Qatari Emir to Mecca Summits?

What’s Behind Belated Saudi Invitation to Qatari Emir to Mecca Summits?

Friday 31 May 2019 ،
Mecca without the presence of Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani who sent his Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser bin Al Thani. On May 20, the Persian Gulf Arab emirate said that its Emir was not invited to the two emergency summits of the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation Council and Arab ...
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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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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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Details of the funeral ceremony of the president and his companions

Details of the funeral ceremony of the president and his companions