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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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Meeting Israeli Extremist Price Tag Movement

Meeting Israeli Extremist Price Tag Movement

Thursday 15 September 2016
Salam Fayyad, then prime minister of Palestine. Fayyad attributed the crime to the Price Tag movement. On April 7, 2013, the settlers destroyed two mosques in Tekoaa village in West Bank after a Palestinian children threw stones in the Israeli settlement of Ariel. On October 10, 2013, 20 extremist ...
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US Blocks Ex-Palestinian PM Path to UN Mission in Lybia

US Blocks Ex-Palestinian PM Path to UN Mission in Lybia

Saturday 11 February 2017 ،
Salam Fayyad as the new UN representative to Libya. The statement handed in by US ambassador Nikki Haley on Friday to the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres who had made the choice. The United States wields significant influence as one of the five permanent members of the UN Securit ...
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US Objection to Nomination of Ex- Palestinian PM as UN Envoy National Discrimination: PLO

US Objection to Nomination of Ex- Palestinian PM as UN Envoy National Discrimination: PLO

Sunday 12 February 2017 ،
Salam Fayyad was nominated as the UN permanent envoy to Libya after the current envoy ended his mission, but US opposition made the body remove him from the mission. After learning of a plan by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to appoint Fayyad to lead the UN political mission in L ...
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UN Offers Wanted Israeli Diplomat Top Job after Ditching Palestinian Figure over US Objection

UN Offers Wanted Israeli Diplomat Top Job after Ditching Palestinian Figure over US Objection

Monday 13 February 2017 ،
Salam Fayyad as new UN ambassador to Libya, US envoy issued a statement objecting the appointment saying it counters the interests of US ally, Israeli regime. Some two weeks ago, Livni made a one-day trip to New York aimed at having a personal meeting with the UN chief. Haaretz's report further ...
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UN Condemns US Blocking of Palestinian Pick

UN Condemns US Blocking of Palestinian Pick

Sunday 19 February 2017 ،
Salam Fayyad to lead the UN mission in Libya in a move intended to reassure the Tel Aviv regime of the new US administration’s support for Israel. Guterres added that Fayyad “was the right person in the right place at the right time.” The 64-year-old Palestinian politician served ...
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On ‘Conflict’ ‘Peace’, ‘Genocide’: Time for New Language on Palestine, Israel

On ‘Conflict’ ‘Peace’, ‘Genocide’: Time for New Language on Palestine, Israel

Tuesday 15 June 2021 ،
Salam Fayyad, and others – began taking hold. The fact that Palestine was still an occupied country and that ‘state-building’ can only be achieved once ‘liberation’ was first secured, did not seem to matter to the ‘donor countries’. The priorities of these c ...
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Are Akkar Blast, Central Bank Move Meant to Rekindle Lebanon Crisis?

Are Akkar Blast, Central Bank Move Meant to Rekindle Lebanon Crisis?

Friday 20 August 2021 ،
Salam Fayyad, one of the old figures close to Saudi Arabia and Hariri, unilaterally decided to massively cut fuel subsidies in a controversial decision that was met with much opposition, rekindling the protest crisis. This raises questions: Was it really necessary at present to reduce the fuel subsi ...
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Behind the scenes of Mohammad Shtayyeh’s resignation; What is the Arab-Western version for Gaza?

Behind the scenes of Mohammad Shtayyeh’s resignation; What is the Arab-Western version for Gaza?

Wednesday 28 February 2024 ،
Salam Fayyad, former Palestinian Prime Minister. However, indications point to Mohammad Mustafa, the head of the Palestinian Investment Fund, as the most probable candidate for assuming this role. As political shifts within the authority's framework have unfolded under US pressures, the Biden a ...

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Farmers in Poland are on the streets again to protest EU agricultural policies

Farmers in Poland are on the streets again to protest EU agricultural policies