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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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Qatari Emir Arrives in Egypt for 1st Visit Thaw in Ties with Doha
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Qatari Emir Arrives in Egypt for 1st Visit Thaw in Ties with Doha

Sunday 26 June 2022
Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani arrived in Cairo on Friday for his first visit to Egypt since 2017, when four Arab states, including Egypt, boycotted Doha.
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Egypt Court Sentences 10 to Death, 153 to Prison
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Egypt Court Sentences 10 to Death, 153 to Prison

Wednesday 29 June 2022
An Egyptian court sentenced 10 people to death and 153 people to between 10 years and life in prison on Tuesday over alleged supporting or carrying out attacks against security forces and sabotage of state infrastructure.
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Algeria Celebrates 60 Years of Independence from France
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Algeria Celebrates 60 Years of Independence from France

Tuesday 5 July 2022
Algeria celebrates 60 years of independence from France on July 5 with a huge military parade.
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Revelation of Israeli Massacre of Egyptian Soldiers Reawakens Old Arab-Israeli Enemity
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Revelation of Israeli Massacre of Egyptian Soldiers Reawakens Old Arab-Israeli Enemity

Thursday 14 July 2022
The Israeli military burned alive Egyptian soldiers in 1967 and built a parking lot on them, it was revealed recently.
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Farewell to Politics, Power: What’s Caused Muslim Brotherhood Demise?
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Farewell to Politics, Power: What’s Caused Muslim Brotherhood Demise?

Tuesday 2 August 2022
The Muslim Brotherhood shifted from its ideals and goals upon taking the power in Arab countries and thus divided people from it.
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Africa a Setting for New Cold War?
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Africa a Setting for New Cold War?

Thursday 11 August 2022
Africa is becoming a focus of the West and the East as the two sides are vying for global dominance as the East is reshaping world order.
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Egypt Hosts War Games with US, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Greece
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Egypt Hosts War Games with US, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Greece

Monday 22 August 2022
Special forces from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Greece, and Cyprus launched joint military exercises on Sunday, according to a statement by the Egyptian military.
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Egypt’s Palestine Policy Review: Necessities, Grounds
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Egypt’s Palestine Policy Review: Necessities, Grounds

Tuesday 23 August 2022
The Egyptian leadership sees a need to review Cairo’s policy in Palestine for restoration of former Egyptian place in Arab world.
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Cairo Five-party Summit: Beating the Wind?
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Cairo Five-party Summit: Beating the Wind?

Wednesday 24 August 2022
New Levant project that is sought by Egypt, Iraq, and Jordan is ambitious but they lack finance power and infrastructure for its implementation.
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Saudi Regime Sentenced Egyptian Doctor to 20 Years in Prison for Voting for Morsi
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Saudi Regime Sentenced Egyptian Doctor to 20 Years in Prison for Voting for Morsi

Wednesday 24 August 2022
Saudi regime has sentenced to 20 years in prison an Egyptian doctor who is a former employee at the Saudi health ministry, on alleged charges of supporting the Muslim Brotherhood, a rights group said.
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Egyptian Hunger Striker’s Life in ‘Great Danger’: UN Rights Chief
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Egyptian Hunger Striker’s Life in ‘Great Danger’: UN Rights Chief

Wednesday 9 November 2022
The United Nations expressed deep concerns over deteriorating health condition of Egypt’s prominent political activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah, with the body’s High Commissioner for Human Rights stressing that the life of the jailed hunger striker is “in great danger” after more than 200 days of food abstention.
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Sharm El-Sheikh Climate Conf. Gives Arab, Israeli Officials Opportunity to Renew Pacts
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Sharm El-Sheikh Climate Conf. Gives Arab, Israeli Officials Opportunity to Renew Pacts

Wednesday 9 November 2022
The Sharm El-Sheikh meeting was a technical one but its political aspect overshadowed it as Arab officials found opportunity to meet Israelis.
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Israeli-Egyptian Relations on Fault Line as Netanyahu Coming Back
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Israeli-Egyptian Relations on Fault Line as Netanyahu Coming Back

Saturday 3 December 2022
The Israeli-Egyptian are unprecedentedly strained and analysts say can go worse as Netanyahu with far-right take back the power.
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Egypt Discovers Large Gas Field in Mediterranean: Minister
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Egypt Discovers Large Gas Field in Mediterranean: Minister

Monday 19 December 2022
Egypt has discovered a large gas field off its north-eastern Mediterranean coastline, Oil Minister Tarek El Molla said in remarks carried by the state media on Friday.
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Expulsion of Israeli Observer Envoy from AU Summit Response to Netanyahu’s Gamesmanship
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Expulsion of Israeli Observer Envoy from AU Summit Response to Netanyahu’s Gamesmanship

Monday 20 February 2023
The Israelis were left in humiliation as their envoy was denied entry to African Union summit as an observer.

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First International Nowruz  Games for Women Held in Iran

First International Nowruz Games for Women Held in Iran