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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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Saudi Crown Prince Visiting Egypt amid Standing Differences
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Saudi Crown Prince Visiting Egypt amid Standing Differences

Sunday 4 March 2018
Sinai Peninsula, posing a direct risk to the country’s national security. Nearly one and half year ago, Egypt put much effort to de-escalate tensions with the kingdom. Cairo invited King Salman bin Abdulaziz who visited Egypt in early April 2016. The reception was warm and brilliant. During t ...
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Fresh Clashes in Egypt’s Sinai Leave 2 Troops, 11 Terrorists Dead
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Fresh Clashes in Egypt’s Sinai Leave 2 Troops, 11 Terrorists Dead

Sunday 11 March 2018 ،
Sinai Peninsula have killed 2 government troops and 16 Takfiri terrorists, a military spokesman has said. Alwaght- Fresh clashes in Egypt’s restive Sinai Peninsula have killed 2 government troops and 16 Takfiri terrorists, a military spokesman has said. The spokesman, Col. Tamer Rifai, did no ...
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War of Railway Projects: Will Suez Canal Lose Its Transit Position?
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War of Railway Projects: Will Suez Canal Lose Its Transit Position?

Saturday 17 March 2018 ،
Sinai desert as one of the most insecure parts of Egypt, the most challenging issue has been the insecurity. Between 45 to 55 ships per day cross the international watergate which carry some 2.975 million tons of cargos. These figures very well display how important is the human-dug waterway. But t ...
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14 Egyptian Security Forces Killed as Militants Attack Military Checkpoint in Sinai
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14 Egyptian Security Forces Killed as Militants Attack Military Checkpoint in Sinai

Sunday 15 April 2018 ،
Sinai Peninsula and killed at least eight Soldiers and wounding 15 more, the army said Alwaght- Militants attacked Saturday a military checkpoint in Egypt's restive Sinai Peninsula and killed at least eight Soldiers and wounding 15 more, the army said Fourteen militants were also killed when th ...
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Egyptian Army Op in Sinai Collective Punishment, Left 420,000 in Need of Humanitarian Aid: HRW
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Egyptian Army Op in Sinai Collective Punishment, Left 420,000 in Need of Humanitarian Aid: HRW

Monday 23 April 2018 ،
Sinai Peninsula can amount to “collective punishment,” as up to 420,000 people in North Sinai Province are in urgent need of humanitarian aid, Human Rights Watch (HRW) warned. Alwaght- The Egyptian army's ongoing operation against ISIS-affiliated militants in restive Sinai Peninsula can amount t ...
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Palestinian Authority Warns US Aid Plan for Gaza Aims to Grant Concessions to Israeli Regime
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Palestinian Authority Warns US Aid Plan for Gaza Aims to Grant Concessions to Israeli Regime

Tuesday 19 June 2018 ،
Sinai Peninsula to the Palestinians in exchange for Israel handing over 200 square kilometers in the Negev Desert to Cairo. “The Palestinian leadership rejected this plan out of hand at the time and the Arab states also won’t agree to this under any circumstances,” the offici ...
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Egyptian Economy, Challenges Ahead
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Egyptian Economy, Challenges Ahead

Thursday 12 July 2018 ،
Sinai Peninsula has been a stronghold of fundamentalist militants and terrorists. If security investment does not keep pace with other sectors, Egypt will have to spend immensely every year to prevent more destabilization of Sinai. The challenge negatively affects tourism industry, a major foreign ...
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Shedding Light on Israeli Military Diplomacy
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Shedding Light on Israeli Military Diplomacy

Friday 8 March 2019 ،
Sinai Peninsula against alleged “terrorists.” Saudi Arabia is the most important point of Israeli military diplomacy’s Arab focus. The relations went so close that in September last year media reports disclosed a plan by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to allow the Israelis ...
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Israel Regime Orchestrated Morsi’s Overthrow in Egypt: General
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Israel Regime Orchestrated Morsi’s Overthrow in Egypt: General

Friday 5 April 2019 ،
Sinai Peninsula.” In 1978, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin signed the Camp David peace agreement that, among other things, required Israel to withdraw all forces from the Sinai Peninsula while limiting the number of forces Cairo could deploy to the reg ...
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US Aid to Egypt Poised to Proceed in What Rights Groups Call ’Shameful’ Act
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US Aid to Egypt Poised to Proceed in What Rights Groups Call ’Shameful’ Act

Wednesday 9 October 2019 ،
Sinai Peninsula. Dooley said the US aid model is outdated, and Egypt is using the money each year to buy military equipment it does not need. If the US really wants to help Egypt with its genuine security needs, it would look very different, he said of the aid. Both the US and Egypt are ...

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Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution

Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution