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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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Fire Under the Ashes: How Are UAE-Egypt Differences Surfacing Despite Playing Allies?

Fire Under the Ashes: How Are UAE-Egypt Differences Surfacing Despite Playing Allies?

Monday 15 February 2021
Siraj and Turkey, angering Abu Dhabi. For Egypt, the war in Libya began with a video released in 2015 by the ISIS terrorist group showing its fighters executing 20 Egyptian Christians and a Ghanaian Christian off the coast of Libya. The Egyptian army did not hesitate to respond and bombed the terror ...
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Why Turkey’s Rapprochement with Egypt is Faltering؟

Why Turkey’s Rapprochement with Egypt is Faltering؟

Monday 12 April 2021 ،
Siraj to explore energy sources in the Mediterranean Sea. Erdogan said according to the agreement, Turkey can drill in the Libyan territorial waters for oil and gas, saying that this would not be in conflict with international law as the GNA authorizes. Turkey argues that other countries cannot expl ...
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A Look into Taliban’s Cabinet

A Look into Taliban’s Cabinet

Sunday 12 September 2021 ،
Sirajuddin Haqqani is another negative signal the Taliban passed to the US. Taliban gave the post, which is responsible for security and counterterrorism efforts, to a figure wanted by the US and whose capture is rewardable $10 million.  The 33-member cabinet is all-Pashtun, majorly constitute ...
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India, Pakistan Celebrate Independence from British Colonial Rule

India, Pakistan Celebrate Independence from British Colonial Rule

Monday 15 August 2022 ،
Siraj Durrani and Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah laid a floral wreath at the grave of Jinnah, the founder of the nation, and raised the country’s flag. On August 14, 1947, the independent state of Pakistan appeared on the world stage for the first time when the Indian subcontinent w ...
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The Outlook for Shaky Idlib Ceasefire Agreements

The Outlook for Shaky Idlib Ceasefire Agreements

Sunday 11 September 2022 ،
Sirajuddin Mokhtarov, with nom de guerre Bu Salouh, the commander of Al-Tawhid and Al-Jihad Brigade of NusraFront, along with a number of others, was killed by the Russians strikes.  The Russian Ministry of Defense stated on Thursday night that it targeted and completely destroyed Nusra Front& ...
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How’s ISIS Raising Costs of Fledgling Taliban Rule?

How’s ISIS Raising Costs of Fledgling Taliban Rule?

Saturday 10 December 2022 ،
Sirajuddin Haqqani to broker peace.  The attacks targeted a senior commander of the Haqqani network in the South Waziristan tribal region of Pakistan and a cleric-politician affiliated with a pro-Taliban party in the Bajaur tribal region, where Pakistani security forces discovered a large weap ...
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Deepening Disunity May Signal Taliban Is Falling to Pieces

Deepening Disunity May Signal Taliban Is Falling to Pieces

Sunday 18 December 2022 ،
Sirajuddin Haqqani, the leader of the Haqqani network, who is the most radical member of the interim government, considered himself more worthy to be the head of the government, but he lost in this competition and settled for the post of Ministry of Interior. Abdul Ghani Baradar’s differences ...
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Pakistan Ex-President Pervez Musharraf Dies in Dubai after Years in Exile

Pakistan Ex-President Pervez Musharraf Dies in Dubai after Years in Exile

Sunday 5 February 2023 ،
Siraj, spokesperson for Pakistan's consulate in Dubai and embassy in Abu Dhabi, told Reuters. Musharraf was born before partition on August 11, 1943, in Delhi and completed his early education at St Patrick's High School in Karachi. He pursued higher education at Forman Christian College in ...
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There Is Difference Not Division Inside Taliban: Expert

There Is Difference Not Division Inside Taliban: Expert

Tuesday 14 February 2023 ،
Sirajuddin Haqqani, and over time it became clear that these news were not true, but the media outlets continued to circulate them.  Second, differences exist in various layers of the Taliban, but they cannot be named divisions as the media do. In any political system, the factions have differ ...
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New Saudi Game in Yemen: Holding Employee Salaries Hostage

New Saudi Game in Yemen: Holding Employee Salaries Hostage

Tuesday 25 July 2023 ،
Siraji, the deputy head of the media department of the economic committee of the National Salvation Government (NSG) had said that since the end of Kuwait talks in 2016, the US has had a hand in Yemeni rial value slump in areas off the control of NSG.  Given these moves, we can can conclude th ...

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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