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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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BBC: UAE has utilized al-Qaeda to conduct assassinations in Yemen
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BBC: UAE has utilized al-Qaeda to conduct assassinations in Yemen

Sunday 28 January 2024
Transitional Council, a semi-military entity associated with the UAE. Leaked court documents suggest that an al-Qaeda member alleged Emirati officers offered him freedom in exchange for carrying out targeted killings. According to BBC sources, Nasser Al-Shaibah, a senior ex-al-Qaeda figure linked ...
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Al-Qaeda, a New UAE Pawn in Yemen
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Al-Qaeda, a New UAE Pawn in Yemen

Thursday 1 February 2024 ،
Transitional Council (STC). A BBC documentary revealed that one of the members of the terrorist organization said that Emirati officers proposed to release him from prison in return for assassinations for Abu Dhabi.  Sources told the BBC that Nasser al-Sheiba, a former high-ranking Al-Qaeda op ...
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Anger and Protest in Yemen’s South over Deteriorating Economic and Living Conditions
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Anger and Protest in Yemen’s South over Deteriorating Economic and Living Conditions

Monday 4 March 2024 ،
Transitional Council. They warned of further escalation and vowed to stage a popular uprising if the economic collapse persists and if urgent and substantial economic reforms are not implemented. The economic collapse has had a severe impact on the living conditions of citizens in the occupied sout ...
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What prompted Arab countries to reintroduce mandatory military service?
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What prompted Arab countries to reintroduce mandatory military service?

Tuesday 5 March 2024 ،
Council during 2017-2021 and its nationalist suggestions likely contributed to such disparities, compelling Qataris to regard the nationalist call. Additionally, there's a notable shift in the practices of armies in Arab nations bordering the Persian Gulf, gradually integrating women into their ...
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Al-Qaeda in Yemen: What’s the Peninsula’s Ghost Threat Doing these Days?
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Al-Qaeda in Yemen: What’s the Peninsula’s Ghost Threat Doing these Days?

Monday 17 June 2024 ،
Al-Qaeda in Yemen is experiencing division over leadership, still it works on advancing its agenda under al-Awlaqi. Alwaght- For a long time, little has been heard about Al-Qaeda in Yemen, but reports indicate that this terrorist organization is still active in Yemen's provinces and is busy reor ...
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Giving Away Yemen’s Largest Port to Top Enemy of Yemen Ports
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Giving Away Yemen’s Largest Port to Top Enemy of Yemen Ports

Monday 24 June 2024 ،
Transitional Council (STC) is involved in it. I hope that the Transitional Council, no matter how close its relationship is with the Emirates and Saudi Arabia, will not engage in such a deal. Ports and sea terminals are not for sale.  Lashing out at the members of the parliament for their una ...
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What’s behind Anti-Ansarullah Forces’ Meeting in Abu Dhabi?
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What’s behind Anti-Ansarullah Forces’ Meeting in Abu Dhabi?

Sunday 22 September 2024 ،
Transitional Council (STC) and vice president of Presidential Leadership Council (PLC).  According to the STC's official website, the two sides discussed cooperation and coordination to strength the efforts to counter Ansarullah and what they called terrorist and radical forces. However, ...
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New Emirati-Israeli Adventure in Yemen Could End up Costly to Abu Dhabi
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New Emirati-Israeli Adventure in Yemen Could End up Costly to Abu Dhabi

Wednesday 20 November 2024 ،
Transitional Council (STC) of Yemen, a UAE-sponsored separatist group operating in the south, to agree to the construction of a joint Emirati-Israeli base on Abdul Kuri Island. The Socotra archipelago is one of the 22 governorates of Yemen, located in the northwestern Indian Ocean off the coast of ...
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Syrian Interim Government Urges UNSC to Compel ‘Israel’ to Withdraw
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Syrian Interim Government Urges UNSC to Compel ‘Israel’ to Withdraw

Saturday 14 December 2024 ،
Council and the Secretary-General, calling on "Israel" to halt its attacks on Syria ALWAGHT- According to the Associated Press, Syria's interim government sent identical letters to the UN Security Council and the Secretary-General, calling on Israel to halt its attacks on Syria and withdraw from ...
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Can Syria Collapse Scenario Be Applied to Yemen’s Ansarullah?
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Can Syria Collapse Scenario Be Applied to Yemen’s Ansarullah?

Monday 16 December 2024 ،
Transitional Council (STC) that holds a majority of the southern provinces has not expressed its happiness as openly as the Presidential Leadership Council about collapse of Damascus to the opposition in compliance with its backer and ally the UAE. Indeed, the STC that seeks to separate the south wo ...

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Palestinian prisoner exchange operation under strict security measures

Palestinian prisoner exchange operation under strict security measures