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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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Tehran-Cairo Ties Hostage to Egyptian Internal Differences: Expert
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Tehran-Cairo Ties Hostage to Egyptian Internal Differences: Expert

Thursday 17 October 2024
el-Sisi, intelligence chief, and his counterpart Badr Abdel Atti.  Hassan Hanizadeh, an expert on international affairs talked to Alwaght about the goals of the FM's regional tour, saying that Araqchi's visits to regional countries , starting from Lebanon and Syria, then Qatar and Saud ...
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How Will Assad Fall Impact North African Countries?
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How Will Assad Fall Impact North African Countries?

Saturday 21 December 2024 ،
el-Sisi’s meeting with the commanders of the armed forces and security institutions of Egypt a week after fall of al-Assad can be analyzed in this framework. In fact, this meeting was a show of power to send a message to Muslim Brotherhood or the people that the Egyptian army supports him as a ...
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Understanding Egypt’s Behavior towards Post-Assad Syria: Challenges and Opportunities
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Understanding Egypt’s Behavior towards Post-Assad Syria: Challenges and Opportunities

Wednesday 25 December 2024 ،
el-Sisi, Egyptian policy shifted to implicit support to Damascus and Syria stability.  The two countries have exceptional historical relations with each other, because in the October 1973 War (Yom Kippur War), Egypt and Syria launched joint operations against the Israeli regime east of the Sue ...
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Rejuvenated Trump Dream: Building "Deal of the Century" on Gaza Ruins
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Rejuvenated Trump Dream: Building "Deal of the Century" on Gaza Ruins

Monday 27 January 2025 ،
el-Sisi. Trump justified his remarks and claimed that his proposal was in favor of the Palestinians, adding: Gaza is practically a ruin right now... Almost everything is demolished and people are dying there... So I'd rather get involved with some of the Arab nations and build housing at a diff ...
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Can Trump Cleanse Gaza of Its Own People?
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Can Trump Cleanse Gaza of Its Own People?

Saturday 1 February 2025 ،
el-Sisi and Jordanian King Abdullah II, that both Cairo and Amman would take in Palestinians from the war-torn enclave, adding that he would raise the issue with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. But will Trump really be able to force Gaza residents out of the costal strip? Failure of poli ...
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Jordan King Chooses Throne over Palestinian Cause, Palestinians Don’t Want New Nakba: Expert
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Jordan King Chooses Throne over Palestinian Cause, Palestinians Don’t Want New Nakba: Expert

Friday 14 February 2025 ،
el-Sisi announced strong positions in his speeches against the forced displacement of Palestinians. It must be said that the control that the US, the Trump administration, and the West have over Jordan and the leverage they can exert against it is much greater than that of Egypt. But Egypt is a larg ...
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Trump’s Gaza Plan and Arab Leverage to Challenge It
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Trump’s Gaza Plan and Arab Leverage to Challenge It

Monday 17 February 2025 ،
el-Sisi has also postponed a planned trip to Washington, possibly in response to Trump.  Israeli-Saudi normalization sinks: Another consequence is that the plan for Israeli normalization with Arab countries have ceased to be an option anymore. Even if Israeli-Saudi normalization can be followe ...
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Second Round of Gaza Ceasefire Talks: Peace or New Stalemate?
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Second Round of Gaza Ceasefire Talks: Peace or New Stalemate?

Tuesday 11 March 2025 ،
el-Sisi is following the progress of the negotiations and preventing the resumption of the war with greater sensitivity. In this regard, we can mention the increased Egyptian efforts to reach an agreement between the Fatah and Hamas committees on the future mechanism for administration of Gaza.  ...
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Iranian FM in Cairo Calls on Muslim World to Unite Against Israeli Offensives in Gaza
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Iranian FM in Cairo Calls on Muslim World to Unite Against Israeli Offensives in Gaza

Monday 2 June 2025 ،
Iran’s top diplomat Abbas Araghchi has appealed to Muslim states for joint and effective steps to confront Israeli atrocities in Gaza ALWAGHT- Iran’s top diplomat Abbas Araghchi has appealed to Muslim states for joint and effective steps to confront Israeli atrocities in Gaza and its expansion ...
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Araghchi Reiterates Iran’s Backing for Lebanon in Beirut Visit
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Araghchi Reiterates Iran’s Backing for Lebanon in Beirut Visit

Tuesday 3 June 2025 ،
el-Sisi, where both officials welcomed growing diplomatic exchanges between Iran and Egypt. Araghchi stressed the need for unified action among Islamic nations to counter Israeli occupation and halt atrocities in Gaza, while also preventing further escalation in Lebanon and Syria. He condemned the o ...

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36th anniversary of the  passing of the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran / Imam Khomeini (RA)

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