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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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Turkey-Arab Rapprochement Efforts: No Harvest for Ankara Yet
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Turkey-Arab Rapprochement Efforts: No Harvest for Ankara Yet

Saturday 28 August 2021
Mohammad Morsi. The coup ushered in a major regional confrontation between the Arabs and Turkey.  This polarization not only did not diminish over the past years but also has taken on more specific and complex dimensions in various areas, such as the Libyan crisis. On the one hand stand the co ...
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UAE, Israeli Regime Sign Free Trade Deal despite Al-Aqsa Violations
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UAE, Israeli Regime Sign Free Trade Deal despite Al-Aqsa Violations

Tuesday 31 May 2022 ،
Mohammad al-Khaja, with the regime’s president Isaac Herzog in attendance. Back in June last year, Israeli foreign minister Yair Lapid inaugurated the Israeli embassy in Abu Dhabi and the Israeli consulate in Dubai during a two-day visit. Israeli ministers had previously visited the UAE, but ...
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UAE Glass Economy Cracking on Resumed Yemeni Strikes Worries
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UAE Glass Economy Cracking on Resumed Yemeni Strikes Worries

Sunday 16 October 2022 ،
Mohammad bin Zayed from a political point of view, too. Because the rulers of other emirates of this monarchy, such as Dubai, are strongly opposed to bin Zayed's ambitious policies in the region and have repeatedly criticized his warmongering in Yemen. Actually, if the presence in Yemen endanger ...
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Back to Normal: Persian Gulf ’s Arab States Receiving Assad with Open Arms
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Back to Normal: Persian Gulf ’s Arab States Receiving Assad with Open Arms

Friday 24 March 2023 ،
Mohammad Morsi went belligerent against Syria, chose to interact with Syria under President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Actually, now many Arab countries that witnessed the destructive consequences of the West’s interventionist and destabilizing policies in the Arab world are seeking to mend ties wi ...
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Is UAE’s Bin Zayed Monopolizing Power within His Family?
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Is UAE’s Bin Zayed Monopolizing Power within His Family?

Saturday 1 April 2023 ،
Mohammad bin Zayed had planned for this day for years. In Saudi Arabia, under the rule of Bin Salman, all the rebel princes were marginalized, and now Bin Zayed is implementing this policy in the UAE and is trying to reign in all the movements of the rulers of other emirates with the help of his son ...
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How Will Israeli Economy Suffer from Gaza War Consequences?
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How Will Israeli Economy Suffer from Gaza War Consequences?

Sunday 22 October 2023 ،
Mohammad Bin Zayed, called for an end to the Israeli bombardment and allowing humanitarian aid in for the Gazans.  The Emirates intended to use the upcoming climate conference in Dubai as an opportunity to strengthen mutual ties with the Israelis, mainly by inviting Netanyahu to the gathering. ...
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BBC: UAE has utilized al-Qaeda to conduct assassinations in Yemen
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BBC: UAE has utilized al-Qaeda to conduct assassinations in Yemen

Sunday 28 January 2024 ،
Mohammad Abdul Wadood, a member of this party in Taiz, expressed to Middle East Eye in 2018: The UAE aims to obliterate the entire nation and enlist mercenaries globally to dismantle Al-Islah. Huda Al-Sarari, an attorney scrutinizing violations by UAE-supported factions in Yemen, disclosed to the B ...
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Al-Qaeda, a New UAE Pawn in Yemen
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Al-Qaeda, a New UAE Pawn in Yemen

Thursday 1 February 2024 ،
Mohammad Dahlan, the exiled Palestinian politician and adviser to the UAE ruler Mohammad bin Zayed.  Records of UAE assassinations in Yemen  The Emirati assassinations in Yemen have a precedent, and in recent years, the Arab country conducted assassinations using various methods.  ...
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President Raisi Laid to Rest at Imam Reza (AS) Shrine
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President Raisi Laid to Rest at Imam Reza (AS) Shrine

Thursday 23 May 2024 ،
Mohammad Mokhber, and other officials stood nearby and some openly cried.  Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh attended the prayers and recounted President Raeisi telling him that the Oct. 7 operation by Palestinian fighters against Israel was an “earthquake in the heart of the Zionist entity&rd ...
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What’s behind Al-Jolani’s UAE Visit?
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What’s behind Al-Jolani’s UAE Visit?

Tuesday 15 April 2025 ،
Mohammad al-Jolani, officially named Ahmad al-Sharaa, in his fourth foreign trip visited the UAE along with his Foreign Minister Assad al-Sheybani. Al-Jolani, who has recently named himself the president of the transition period without any election following a controversial new constitutional stat ...

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