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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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Israeli-Lebanese Border Talks In Deadlock: Reasons and Challenges
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Israeli-Lebanese Border Talks In Deadlock: Reasons and Challenges

Saturday 28 November 2020
Mediterranean Sea. He also blamed Lebanon for the failure to get an outcome from the negotiation, adding that Beirut has shifted its stances seven times and warning that Lebanon’s inflexibility will kill the negotiations.  “Lebanon has changed its stance on its maritime border with ...
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Will Erdogan’s Promised Reforms Make Remedy To Frayed Ties With EU?
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Will Erdogan’s Promised Reforms Make Remedy To Frayed Ties With EU?

Sunday 29 November 2020 ،
Mediterranean Sea, it seems that Brussels is losing patience and after verbal threats it is seeking practical steps to stop Turkish actions there. To this end, members of the European Parliament approved a non-binding resolution sanctioning Turkey for its moves in Northern Cyprus and President Rece ...
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Turkey, Victim To US-EU Rapprochement
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Turkey, Victim To US-EU Rapprochement

Sunday 6 December 2020 ،
Mediterranean in a dispute with Greece and non-NATO member Cyprus over gas resources. Pompeo also told Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu that Turkey was wrong to send paid Syrian fighters to Libya, as the US Defense Department concluded in a report in July, and also to the conflict in Nagorn ...
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Hamas Urges Unity, Resistance against Israeli Regime
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Hamas Urges Unity, Resistance against Israeli Regime

Tuesday 15 December 2020 ،
Mediterranean] Sea to the [Jordan] River.” “As the movement marks 33 years of its creation, Hamas calls for unifying the strategy of struggle against the occupier (Israel) to confront all the challenges that the Palestinian cause is passing through,” it added. The resistance grou ...
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Turkish-Israeli Detente: How Erdogan Stripped Turkey Of Its Islamic Identity
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Turkish-Israeli Detente: How Erdogan Stripped Turkey Of Its Islamic Identity

Monday 28 December 2020 ،
Mediterranean to the Ankara opposition to the Arab-Israeli normalization project that was launched officially in August with the UAE peace deal with the Israeli regime.  The new approach by Ankara is coming as during the 45-day Karabakh war between Azerbaijan and Armenia that ended last month ...
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2,170 Migrants Died trying to Reach Spain in 2020: NGO
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2,170 Migrants Died trying to Reach Spain in 2020: NGO

Wednesday 30 December 2020 ،
Mediterranean coast of southern Spain, posing a logistical strain for authorities in the Canaries. A total of 2,170 migrants perished in attempts to get to Spain by boat this year, compared to 893 in 2019, according to a report by the non-governmental organization Caminando Fronteras, which monitor ...
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Four Key Points About US-Israeli Proposal To Syria
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Four Key Points About US-Israeli Proposal To Syria

Tuesday 5 January 2021 ،
Mediterranean Sea all to enable Tel Aviv to catch the big fish in the muddy waters of Lebanese developments. The third point is that the US proposal to Syria explains the reasons behind the heavy US pressures in association with its regional allies to disarm Hezbollah. Hezbollah’s military ca ...
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Lebanon’s Hariri In Turkey: A Bait Or Pressure Tool?
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Lebanon’s Hariri In Turkey: A Bait Or Pressure Tool?

Monday 11 January 2021 ،
Mediterranean energy resources and also its important geopolitical feature of being close to the occupied Palestinian territories and Syria.  About 50,000 to 80,000 Turkmen ethnic minority population lives in Akkar north of Lebanon. Also, Mardali tribes, with a population of 20,000 to 30,000 w ...
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Israel An Apartheid Regime: Advocacy Group
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Israel An Apartheid Regime: Advocacy Group

Tuesday 12 January 2021 ،
Mediterranean Sea. This is apartheid,” B’Tselem rejected the assumption that Israel operates two separate systems of rule concurrently, a democracy within the occupied territory and a military grip over the Palestinians. “The entire area between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jorda ...
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Why is Erdogan Shifting To De-escalation with Arab Countries?
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Why is Erdogan Shifting To De-escalation with Arab Countries?

Thursday 14 January 2021 ،
Mediterranean Another driver behind Turkish efforts to reestablish good relationship with the Arab countries is the pressure put on Turkey in the Mediterranean. Following a cooperation pact with the Government Of National Accord of Libya in 2018, Erdogan embarked on a policy of maximum presence in ...

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Commemorating the 36th anniversary of the passing of Imam Khomeini (RA), the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Commemorating the 36th anniversary of the passing of Imam Khomeini (RA), the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran.