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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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Egyptian President El-Sisi to Defend Seat in March Election, ‘Victory’ Guaranteed

Egyptian President El-Sisi to Defend Seat in March Election, ‘Victory’ Guaranteed

Saturday 20 January 2018
Mursi, Egypt’s first democratically elected president. While couching it as a war on terrorism, he oversaw a sweeping crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood that left hundreds of the movement’s members dead and thousands more imprisoned. As the crackdown expanded to activists and other diss ...
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Egyptian Ex-General Arrested for Declaring to Run against El-Sisi

Egyptian Ex-General Arrested for Declaring to Run against El-Sisi

Tuesday 23 January 2018 ،
Mursi, Egypt’s first democratically elected president. While couching it as a war on terrorism, he oversaw a sweeping crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood that left hundreds of the movement’s members dead and thousands more imprisoned. As the crackdown expanded to activists and other diss ...
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El-Sisi Heading to Easy Victory in Egypt’s Presidential Election

El-Sisi Heading to Easy Victory in Egypt’s Presidential Election

Tuesday 30 January 2018 ،
Mursi, Egypt’s first democratically elected president. While couching it as a war on terrorism, he oversaw a sweeping crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood that left hundreds of the movement’s members dead and thousands more imprisoned. As the crackdown expanded to activists and other dis ...
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Egyptian Court Approves Islands Transfer to Saudis as Bin Salman Visits

Egyptian Court Approves Islands Transfer to Saudis as Bin Salman Visits

Saturday 3 March 2018 ،
Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood in 2013, and legal wrangling over the Red Sea deal was a source of tension between the two countries. Opposition to the deal has been a problem for Sisi, sparking the only major street protests since he came to power in 2014 and becoming a rallying point for oppositi ...
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El-Sisi Wins Egyptian Presidential Poll by 97%, Serious Competitors Barred

El-Sisi Wins Egyptian Presidential Poll by 97%, Serious Competitors Barred

Tuesday 3 April 2018 ،
Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood, a move that derailed the people’s uprising that ousted longtime dictator Hosni Mubarak in 2011. The United Nations expressed concern over the crackdown on dissent, including on media, which took place before last week's vote. El-Sisi's main Western an ...
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Rare Protests Erupt in Egypt after Online Call for Dissent

Rare Protests Erupt in Egypt after Online Call for Dissent

Saturday 21 September 2019 ،
Mursi in 2013 following mass protests against his rule. Security forces moved to disperse the small and scattered crowds in Cairo using tear gas but many young people stayed on the streets in the center of the capital, shouting “Leave Sisi,” Reuters reported, adding Police arrested some ...
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Turkey Restarted Diplomatic Contacts with Egypt: Erdogan

Turkey Restarted Diplomatic Contacts with Egypt: Erdogan

Friday 12 March 2021 ،
Mursi, Egypt’s first democratically elected president and an ally of Erdogan, after protests in 2013. An Egyptian security official received a phone call from a Turkish intelligence official on Thursday, setting out Turkey’s desire for a meeting in Cairo to discuss economic, political a ...
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Turkey Must Lay Ground for Normalizing Ties with Actions: Egypt

Turkey Must Lay Ground for Normalizing Ties with Actions: Egypt

Monday 15 March 2021 ،
Mursi, who was the country’s first democratically elected president and an ally of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, following protests in 2013. Top Turkish officials said last week that diplomatic contacts had resumed and that Ankara was seeking further cooperation. Erdogan said contacts wer ...
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Egypt Court Jails former Presidential Candidate for 15 Years

Egypt Court Jails former Presidential Candidate for 15 Years

Monday 30 May 2022 ،
Mursi following mass protests in 2013. Morsi died after collapsing in a prison courtroom in 2019, while other leaders of the group have been jailed or left the country as a result of a far-reaching crackdown on political dissent that extended to liberal as well as Islamist critics. Source: Media ...
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Egypt Court Sentences 10 to Death, 153 to Prison

Egypt Court Sentences 10 to Death, 153 to Prison

Wednesday 29 June 2022 ،
Mursi. The court had referred the defendants to Egypt's top religious authority, the Grand Mufti, to seek approval for a death sentence in January.

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