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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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How Do Bin Zayed’s Ambitions Embroil UAE in Various Regional Cases?
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How Do Bin Zayed’s Ambitions Embroil UAE in Various Regional Cases?

Monday 20 January 2020
aid $20 million to 20 Washington-based lobbies. Further reports suggest that the foreign nationals with links to Abu Dhabi have established links to over 200 Congress offices, 18 political research centers, and a major part of the American media on the cost of the Emirati government. Investment in ...
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Israelis Fear Iraqi Liberation Brings Closer a Free Palestine
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Israelis Fear Iraqi Liberation Brings Closer a Free Palestine

Tuesday 21 January 2020 ،
aid, as a blackmail chip, held against the Egyptian State they would likely still have opposing interests. Saudi Arabia is also controlled by the United States, to a large extent, along economic lines. Unfortunately for Israel however, Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq do not prostitute themselves to the We ...
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Saudi Lobby Behind AFC’s Anti Iranian Ban
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Saudi Lobby Behind AFC’s Anti Iranian Ban

Wednesday 22 January 2020 ،
aid, the ruling should be related to the lobbying of the Saudis who over the past few years have been struggling to spend petrodollars to on the one hand reverse their defeats in the regional policy against the Iran-led Axis of Resistance and on the other hand give a hand by media blackening to the ...
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In the Name of “Security” Retreating US Gives Israel Billions More in Military Funding
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In the Name of “Security” Retreating US Gives Israel Billions More in Military Funding

Wednesday 22 January 2020 ،
aid package to Israel. Despite the fact that the U.S. is retreating from the Middle East, lacking strategy and future vision, lawmakers are congratulating themselves on passing yet another generous aid package to Israel. Billions of US tax-payers’ money will continue to be funneled into Israe ...
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Is Riyadh Really Changing Its Syria Policy?
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Is Riyadh Really Changing Its Syria Policy?

Thursday 23 January 2020 ،
aid he plans to pull the American forces out of Syria. Thamer al-Sabhan, the Saudi state minister for regional affairs, along with the US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Home Affairs Joel M. Rubin, and former US ambassador to Bahrain William Robak in July last year crossed the border into D ...
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US to Grant $35 M to Promote Its Fake News Bubble in Syria, Control Local Media
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US to Grant $35 M to Promote Its Fake News Bubble in Syria, Control Local Media

Friday 24 January 2020 ،
aid into eastern Aleppo (even Reuters reported“rebels” had stockpiled aid) and Madaya and eastern Ghouta (none was true). Western media sold the story of Russia/Syria bombing the home of Omran Daqneesh (didn't happen), of the al-Quds hospital being “reduced to rubble” by ...
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Trump ’Dictator Must Be Removed’: American Congressman
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Trump ’Dictator Must Be Removed’: American Congressman

Sunday 26 January 2020 ،
aid to Ukraine to pressure a foreign government to investigate business dealings of former Vice President Joe Biden. Earlier in the week Nadler angered the Senate’s majority Republican members and Trump supporters after accusing the lawmakers who voted against bringing in additional witn ...
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Trump Sought to Withhold Ukraine Aid Until Bidens’ Probe: Bolton Book
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Trump Sought to Withhold Ukraine Aid Until Bidens’ Probe: Bolton Book

Monday 27 January 2020 ،
aid Donald Trump has told him in August that he wanted to continue freezing $391 million in security assistance to Ukraine until Kiev helped with investigations into Democrats including the Bidens, The New York Times reported citing an unpublished manuscript by John Bolton. Alwaght- US President' ...
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Tajik Government’s Anti-Muslim Brotherhood Policy: Goals, Implications
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Tajik Government’s Anti-Muslim Brotherhood Policy: Goals, Implications

Monday 3 February 2020 ،
aids, Tajikistan is altering the politico-religious groups in the country. A background of competition between Rahmon and the Islamic groups in Tajikistan makes him believe that imported Salafism is less dangerous than the indigenous Islamic groups as Salafi groups at least do not seek political pos ...
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Mahmoud Abbas Between Treason, Dismissal
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Mahmoud Abbas Between Treason, Dismissal

Tuesday 4 February 2020 ،
aid he sent messages to Washington and Tel Aviv telling them Ramallah has ended all sorts of relations with them, including the security cooperation. Following the relocation of the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Al-Quds (Jerusalem) by Trump in 2017 and recognition of Al-Quds as the capital of a ...

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Commemorating the 36th anniversary of the passing of Imam Khomeini (RA), the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Commemorating the 36th anniversary of the passing of Imam Khomeini (RA), the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran.