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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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UAE to Hold First Joint Drills with China, Reducing Reliance on US

UAE to Hold First Joint Drills with China, Reducing Reliance on US

Monday 31 July 2023
UAE) is set to conduct its first aerial military drills with China next month in the Chinese Xinjiang region, singling that the Arab country is distancing itself from Washington in pursuit of multilateralism. Alwaght- The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is set to conduct its first aerial military drills ...
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Support for Normalization Deals with Israel Declines in Persian Gulf Nations: US Think Thank

Support for Normalization Deals with Israel Declines in Persian Gulf Nations: US Think Thank

Tuesday 1 August 2023 ،
UAE) and 20 percent in Bahrain viewed the accords as positive for the region.  The group added that the figures were respectively 47 and 45 percent in the two countries in 2020, when the so-called Abraham Accords were billed as part of a process that purportedly sought to push Israel to w ...
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Eilat-Eshdod Railway, An Israeli Project to Sideline Suez Canal

Eilat-Eshdod Railway, An Israeli Project to Sideline Suez Canal

Sunday 6 August 2023 ،
UAE is currently using this pipeline for Europe oil exports.  A probe published by the Haaretz last month revealed that the number of oil tankers headed to Eilat has increased fivefold in the past two years after the implementation of the Emirati-Israeli deal. Also, according to the Israeli m ...
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Why’s Tel Aviv Worried about Niger Coup?

Why’s Tel Aviv Worried about Niger Coup?

Thursday 10 August 2023 ،
UAE and Turkey, and even Saudi Arabia, are increasingly moving towards nuclear energy in alarm to the Israelis who are afraid about losing their nuclear monopoly in the region. Despite being close friends to the Saudi and Emirati rulers, the Israelis are strongly opposed to these countries’ nu ...
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What Are Messages of China-UAE Air Exercise to US?

What Are Messages of China-UAE Air Exercise to US?

Sunday 13 August 2023 ،
UAE are broadening their partnership and this is another emerging sign of US hegemony shrinkage. Alwaght- The geopolitical developments following Ukraine war that for the first time after Cold War displayed the East-West confrontation have pushed the regional states to new alliances. For decades hav ...
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Chabahar or Piraeus? What Port is India’s Best Option for Europe Access?

Chabahar or Piraeus? What Port is India’s Best Option for Europe Access?

Wednesday 23 August 2023 ،
UAE and the US. At that time, the main goals of this group were to encourage joint investment among member countries in six sectors of energy, food security, health, space, transportation, and water.  Actually, according to this plan, using the I2U2 group, India expects developing capability t ...
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BRICS Long Jump to Take on G7

BRICS Long Jump to Take on G7

Thursday 24 August 2023 ،
UAE, the NDB members increased to 9 and it is expected to expand by membership of Saudi Arabia and Algeria.  BRICS, powerful rival to G7  The Chinese, which are preparing to become a top economic power in the upcoming decade, are seeking to strengthen the international organizations and ...
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Running with Hare, Hunting with Hound: Bin Salman’s Indecision about Normalization

Running with Hare, Hunting with Hound: Bin Salman’s Indecision about Normalization

Sunday 10 September 2023 ،
UAE-led Arab states.  Though there have been many reports of secret meetings between Israeli and Saudi officials, the first move that can be regarded as a practical one towards normalization was the permission for Israeli planes to fly in Saudi airspace for shorter flights to East Asia. The fi ...
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2,000 People Feared Dead, More Missing after Storm Collapsed Dams in Libya

2,000 People Feared Dead, More Missing after Storm Collapsed Dams in Libya

Tuesday 12 September 2023 ،
UAE’s state-run WAM news agency. Turkey, which supports the country’s Tripoli-based government in the west, also expressed condolences, along with neighboring Algeria and Egypt, and also Iraq. Storm Daniel is expected to arrive in parts of west Egypt on Monday, and the country’s ...
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What Are Washington’s Worries And Aims behind Security Pact with Bahrain?

What Are Washington’s Worries And Aims behind Security Pact with Bahrain?

Sunday 17 September 2023 ،
UAE are seeking security guarantees of a more formal nature from Biden administration. Bahrain is currently home to the US Navy’s 5th Fleet and the headquarters of US Naval Forces Central Command (CENTCOM), and thousands of American military personnel are stationed in the tiny Arab kingdom.&nb ...

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