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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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Sudan Can Be Partitioned as a Result of Conflict: Expert Warns

Sudan Can Be Partitioned as a Result of Conflict: Expert Warns

Monday 1 May 2023
UAE support General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, the head of the Rapid Support Forces.  The Iranian expert also pointed to the destructive role of the West in Sudan, saying that the West pretends it does not want to intervene or support either side of the conflict. It should support the central gove ...
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Pres. Raisi’s Syria Visit Opening New Chapter in Tehran-Damascus Relations

Pres. Raisi’s Syria Visit Opening New Chapter in Tehran-Damascus Relations

Friday 5 May 2023 ،
UAE exports to Syria last year was $667 million. Ankara and Abu Dhabi countries were among top backers of armed groups fighting Damascus.  Therefore, it should be said that top agenda of President Raisi’s visit was economic partnership boost. He attended the joint meeting of Iranian and ...
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Prospects of US-Saudi Peace Initiative for Sudan

Prospects of US-Saudi Peace Initiative for Sudan

Monday 8 May 2023 ،
UAE approved a financial package of $3 billion to al-Burhan’s interim government to prepare it for political concessions in the future. Due to its own political structure and governance, Saudi Arabia prefers people like al-Burhan hold Sudan’s power, because they can better serve the inte ...
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Iraq Water Conference, Baghdad’s Initiative to Beat Drought Challenges

Iraq Water Conference, Baghdad’s Initiative to Beat Drought Challenges

Monday 8 May 2023 ،
UAE and Qatar were among the countries that signed an agreement with Iraq to provide power to this country, but despite these efforts, the Arab states have not taken any serious action to assuage Iraq’s suffering.  According to estimates, the contract to import gas from Qatar to meet win ...
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Persian Gulf to India Link: US Strategy to Contain China’s Foothold

Persian Gulf to India Link: US Strategy to Contain China’s Foothold

Tuesday 9 May 2023 ،
UAE, the US, and India are discussing an infrastructural project that aims at connecting the Persian Gulf to India via a network of roads and railways.  The outlet, citing two sources with knowledge of the matter, reported that the project was on the agenda of the national security advisers of ...
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Why Can’t Tel Aviv Fight a Long War?

Why Can’t Tel Aviv Fight a Long War?

Sunday 14 May 2023 ،
UAE and Bahrain leaders who normalized with Tel Aviv reacted strongly to the Israeli criminal actions. These days, the Arab countries have shown that they are siding with the Palestinian groups, and the rapprochement between Hamas and Saudi Arabia in recent weeks was also in this direction, and this ...
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Islamic Development Bank a Breeding Ground for Iranian-Arab Trade Boost

Islamic Development Bank a Breeding Ground for Iranian-Arab Trade Boost

Wednesday 17 May 2023 ،
UAE has relatively good trade ties with Iran, and it is the third largest importer of goods from Iran and the main exporter of goods to it, and their trade creates a need for financial and banking cooperation in order to facilitate foreign exchange interactions with Iran. By removal of barriers and ...
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No Progress in Saudi-Israel Détente as MBS Rejects Netanyahu’s Request to Meet

No Progress in Saudi-Israel Détente as MBS Rejects Netanyahu’s Request to Meet

Tuesday 23 May 2023 ،
UAE was set to take off. Palestinian leaders, activists and ordinary people have repeatedly rejected Arab-Israeli normalization deals as “a stab in the back of the Palestinian cause and the Palestinian people.”
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Biden-Netanyahu’s Strategy for Breaking Growing Iranian-Saudi Bonds

Biden-Netanyahu’s Strategy for Breaking Growing Iranian-Saudi Bonds

Friday 26 May 2023 ،
UAE is a good example. Over the past two years, Abu Dhabi served the Israelis and facilitated their entry to the Persian Gulf, but practically received nothing in return and everything goes unilaterally in favor of Tel Aviv. Security pacts and deals to provide the Arab country with air defense syste ...
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What’s Oman Sultan’s Tehran Visit Agenda?

What’s Oman Sultan’s Tehran Visit Agenda?

Sunday 28 May 2023 ،
UAE. Anyway, all options are open, and with the supplies of Iranian gas to Oman, all options are possible.” According to the agreements signed in 2013, Iran was supposed to export 28 million cubic meters of gas annually through a 400-kilometer pipeline from the seabed to Oman, and part of it ...

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Egypt Unveils Ancient Mummification Workshops, Tombs

Egypt Unveils Ancient Mummification Workshops, Tombs