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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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Situation in Yemen Getting Worse: UN Envoy
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Situation in Yemen Getting Worse: UN Envoy

Wednesday 14 October 2015
Ould Sheikh Ahmed warned on Tuesday that the situation in the impoverished state is deteriorating rapidly. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE AR-SA MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 ...
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Yemeni Forces Kill 13 Saudi Troops in Jizan
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Yemeni Forces Kill 13 Saudi Troops in Jizan

Monday 19 October 2015 ،
Ould Cheikh Ahmed had delivered an invitation to fresh talks with Ansarullah and its ally, former president Ali Abdullah Saleh.   Yemen has been since March 26 under brutal aggression by Saudi-led coalition. Over 6,400 Yemenis have been killed and many more injured in the attack, with the vast ...
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UN Plan for Yemen Crisis Solution Defective: Ansarullah
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UN Plan for Yemen Crisis Solution Defective: Ansarullah

Monday 16 November 2015 ،
Ould Sheikh Ahmed recently announced that the negotiations between members of the Yemeni Ansarullah movement and the group led by Yemen’s fugitive former President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi would begin by mid-November. However, the talks are yet to commence despite the promise by the UN envoy. Ould Sh ...
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UN Urges Yemen Ceasefire as Ansarullah accuses Saudis of Supporting Terrorists
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UN Urges Yemen Ceasefire as Ansarullah accuses Saudis of Supporting Terrorists

Tuesday 8 December 2015 ،
Ould Sheikh Ahmed told reporters on Monday in Sanaa that all the concerned parties welcome the ceasefire, expressing his optimism about the consent to all the concerned parties on the Yemeni crisis to take part in the talks, in which only Yemeni participants would take part in. The venue of the t ...
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Saudi-Led Aggressors Continue Yemen Ceasefire Breach
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Saudi-Led Aggressors Continue Yemen Ceasefire Breach

Sunday 26 June 2016 ،
Ould Cheikh Ahmed, and with Yemeni parties involved in peace negotiations, said UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric. He will also hold talks with Kuwait’s Amir His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al- Sabah, and government members, the spokesman added. Nearly 10,000 Yemenis have been killed during ...
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Arab Summit Kicks off in Nouakchott
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Arab Summit Kicks off in Nouakchott

Monday 25 July 2016 ،
Ould Ahmed Izidbih urged Arab states to coordinate more diligently with African nations for that purpose. It was also agreed “all (initiatives) that can help to end the crises of the Arab world, especially the Syrian, Libyan and Yemeni conflicts” must be supported, according to an issue ...
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UN Envoy Seeks Internationalizing Yemen Crisis
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UN Envoy Seeks Internationalizing Yemen Crisis

Monday 26 December 2016 ،
Ould Cheikh Ahmed is engaged in new efforts aimed at arriving at a ceasefire in Yemen while internationalizing the country’s crisis. In an interview with Sky News, the UN envoy said the fresh bid is based on the Yemen peace talks which took place in Kuwait. He added that parties involved are ...
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Guantanamo Bay Turns 15: Look Back at Notorious ‘Torture Camp’
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Guantanamo Bay Turns 15: Look Back at Notorious ‘Torture Camp’

Wednesday 11 January 2017 ،
Ould Slahi, a Mauritania national, penned a bestselling memoir called Guantanamo Diary during his time in the prison camp. A victim of torture and 14 years of detention without charge, Slahi was released in October. Slahi had given himself up to local authorities for questioning after 9/11, and was ...

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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.