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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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Egypt Hosts War Games with US, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Greece
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Egypt Hosts War Games with US, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Greece

Monday 22 August 2022
Morsi in Cairo. Following the military coup, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan refused to accept President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi as the legitimate president of the North African nation. Sisi is also opposed to Turkey’s claims in the eastern Mediterranean. Tensions further escalated betw ...
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Saudi Regime Sentenced Egyptian Doctor to 20 Years in Prison for Voting for Morsi
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Saudi Regime Sentenced Egyptian Doctor to 20 Years in Prison for Voting for Morsi

Wednesday 24 August 2022 ،
Morsi in the 2012 Egyptian presidential election. Morsi was a leading member of the Muslim Brotherhood, outlawed by Saudi Arabia and Egypt, led by then-defense minister Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who is now president. Human Rights Watch criticized Egypt’s designation of the Muslim Brotherhoo ...
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Egyptian Hunger Striker’s Life in ‘Great Danger’: UN Rights Chief
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Egyptian Hunger Striker’s Life in ‘Great Danger’: UN Rights Chief

Wednesday 9 November 2022 ،
Morsi. Thousands of supporters of Morsi, as well as activists like Abdel-Fattah, have been detained since the coup, with many of them dying in custody due to inhumane prison conditions and medical neglect.  
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Syria Rejects Turkey’s Offer for Assad-Erdogan Meeting: Official
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Syria Rejects Turkey’s Offer for Assad-Erdogan Meeting: Official

Wednesday 7 December 2022 ،
Morsi. “There is no room for hard feelings in politics,” Erdogan also said. Turkey cut off its relations with Syria in March 2012, a year after the Arab country found itself in the grip of rampant and hugely deadly violence waged by foreign-backed militants and terrorists, including th ...
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What’s Behind Saudi Security Agreement with Morocco?
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What’s Behind Saudi Security Agreement with Morocco?

Saturday 28 January 2023 ،
Morsi. In Libya, Fayez al-Sarraj, the head National Unity Government, whose UN-recognized government had pro-MB tendencies and was supported by Turkey and Qatar. He held the position for several years until an agreement to share the power with the opposition. In Tunisia, the MB under Ennahda took ov ...
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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 ،
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 with Syria ...
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Preparing for Big Jump in Iran-Egypt Relations
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Preparing for Big Jump in Iran-Egypt Relations

Wednesday 29 March 2023 ،
Morsi, Cairo supported armed groups fighting Damascus, but after the removal of Morsi from power and the inauguration of el-Sisi, Egypt’s position softened. Egypt, which has been struggling with terrorism in the Sinai desert for many years, did not support Syria terrorists, finding their entre ...
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The New Era of Turkish-Egyptian Relations
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The New Era of Turkish-Egyptian Relations

Saturday 17 February 2024 ،
Morsi, Erdogan's former popular and allied counterpart, from power in 2013. During a joint press conference with his Egyptian counterpart, Erdoğan expressed joy at revisiting Cairo after 12 years and extended an invitation for El-Sisi to Ankara, proposing the first-ever high-level Strategic Coo ...
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Last Step of Turkey-Egypt Rapprochement
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Last Step of Turkey-Egypt Rapprochement

Tuesday 3 September 2024 ،
Morsi in a foreign-plotted military coup, Ankara cut off ties to Cairo. At the time, Erdogan said that he will never talk to el-Sisi. Turkey even harbored some of the fugitive leaders of Muslim Brotherhood, to which Morsi was affiliated.  This Turkish approach continued in the following years, ...
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Understanding Egypt’s Behavior towards Post-Assad Syria: Challenges and Opportunities
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Understanding Egypt’s Behavior towards Post-Assad Syria: Challenges and Opportunities

Wednesday 25 December 2024 ،
Morsi, Cairo backed opponents of President Bashar al-Assad. But with presidency of Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Egyptian policy shifted to implicit support to Damascus and Syria stability.  The two countries have exceptional historical relations with each other, because in the October 1973 War (Yom K ...

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Palestinian prisoner exchange operation under strict security measures

Palestinian prisoner exchange operation under strict security measures