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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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Erdogan Stuck between Words and Action on Gaza

Erdogan Stuck between Words and Action on Gaza

Monday 17 June 2024
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, with the Israeli government amid Gaza war is causing trouble to Turkey. The Turkish protestors who in recent months held massive pro-Gaza rallies to condemn the Israeli crimes now have upped the level of their demands, calling for halt of Azerbaijan oil to Israel that crosses ...
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Will Turkish-Syria Security Knot Be Untied in Iraq?

Will Turkish-Syria Security Knot Be Untied in Iraq?

Thursday 4 July 2024 ،
Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Friday that he is ready to improve relations with Syria to the past levels. Erdogan emphasized: Turkey is ready to cooperate for the development of relations with Syria... There is no reason why (diplomatic ties) should not be established... As I met Bashar al-Assad ...
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Turkey Opposes NATO Collaboration with Israel

Turkey Opposes NATO Collaboration with Israel

Saturday 13 July 2024 ،
Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared attempts to cooperate with Israel within NATO as unacceptable ALWAGHT- On Thursday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared attempts to cooperate with Israel within NATO as unacceptable and called for heightened international pressure on Israel to halt the ongoi ...
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Ifs and Buts of Turkey-Iraq Security Agreement

Ifs and Buts of Turkey-Iraq Security Agreement

Sunday 18 August 2024 ،
Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visit to Baghdad three months ago. Turkey has been violating the Iraqi sovereignty for months under the excuse of fighting its home archenemy PKK, a Kurdish separatist group it labels as terrorist. Baghdad has repeatedly condemned the Turkish attacks on its territory, sui ...
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Abu Zandain Crossing Opening Failure First Test of Erdogan’s Syria Diplomacy

Abu Zandain Crossing Opening Failure First Test of Erdogan’s Syria Diplomacy

Wednesday 28 August 2024 ،
Recep Tayyip Erdogan repeatedly spoke about his readiness for a bilateral meeting with President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, and last month he talked about the possibility of resuming relations with Damascus and making the ties as good as before the crisis.  On the other hand, al-Assad also said ...
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Last Step of Turkey-Egypt Rapprochement

Last Step of Turkey-Egypt Rapprochement

Tuesday 3 September 2024 ،
Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Egyptian counterpart will meet in Ankara on August 4 to discuss necessary steps to implement Gaza ceasefire. This meeting comes as a year ago, the two countries normalized ties after over a decade. Milliyet newspaper reported that the meeting between the leaders of the ...
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Zangzor Tug of War: What Are the Geopolitical Interests of Actors?

Zangzor Tug of War: What Are the Geopolitical Interests of Actors?

Sunday 15 September 2024 ،
Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey openly said that Iran is the main obstacle to construction of Zangzor and Baku should settle its problems with its southern neighbor, showing that Ankara does not insist on this project given the regional developments. But if Ankara once again backs Baku, President Ilh ...
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Iran Willing to Collaborate with Turkey on Regional Security

Iran Willing to Collaborate with Turkey on Regional Security

Tuesday 24 September 2024 ،
Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned the Israeli regime’s actions, describing them as a new form of barbarism and violence. He pointed to the ongoing massacre of Palestinians in Gaza over the past 11 months as evidence of Israel’s intention to escalate tensions in the region. Erdogan remarked ...
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Security, the Missing Ring in Iraq-Turkey Development Road Project

Security, the Missing Ring in Iraq-Turkey Development Road Project

Sunday 3 November 2024 ،
Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visit to Baghdad in April, it did not take long for the neighboring Arab countries in the Persian Gulf to make their way to this project and became its main partners.  European and Eastern companies were planned to develop Al-Faw Port project for $4.6 billion, but UA ...
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Can Ankara and PKK Find Common Path to Peace?

Can Ankara and PKK Find Common Path to Peace?

Tuesday 5 November 2024 ،
Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the government, Bahceli proposed that the PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan who has been in the Turkish prison since 1991 go to the parliament and deliver an address. This suggestion came as a day before, the PKK fighters had attacked state-owned Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) ...

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