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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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Trump Plan for Taking Syrian Oil Triggers Criticism

Trump Plan for Taking Syrian Oil Triggers Criticism

Monday 28 October 2019
Brett McGurk, former U.S. envoy to the multilateral anti-ISIS coalition, said last week, per the Wall Street Journal. “What I intend to do, perhaps, is make a deal with an ExxonMobil or one of our great companies to go in there and do it properly ... and spread out the wealth,” Trump sa ...
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Israel Lobby’s Hidden Hand in Theft of Iraqi, Syrian Oil

Israel Lobby’s Hidden Hand in Theft of Iraqi, Syrian Oil

Wednesday 11 December 2019 ،
Brett McGurk, the former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Iraq and Iran and later special presidential envoy for the U.S.-led “anti-ISIS” coalition. Over the course of his long diplomatic career, Satterfield has been known to the U.S. government as an Israeli intelligence asset ...
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Why Is Biden Silent About Iraq Policy?

Why Is Biden Silent About Iraq Policy?

Thursday 11 February 2021 ،
Brett McGurk as special coordinator for Middle East and North Africa affairs, putting the two seasoned diplomats at the head of the White House regional policy. “Biden is well known to all the major Iraqi leaders who have met with him many times,” said Michael Knights, a fellow at the W ...
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Biden Administration to Uphold Western Sahara Recognition for Sake of Israel

Biden Administration to Uphold Western Sahara Recognition for Sake of Israel

Saturday 1 May 2021 ،
Brett McGurk “spoke to Bourita and gave the impression that there would be no change in the US policy on Western Sahara,” citing a source familiar with the call. It also noted that although the State Department’s readout of Blinken's conversation with Bourita on Friday didn ...
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Foreign Combat Forces ‘Not Needed’ in Iraq: PM

Foreign Combat Forces ‘Not Needed’ in Iraq: PM

Monday 19 July 2021 ،
Brett McGurk discussed the issue in Baghdad. The White House said on Friday that US President Joe Biden will meet al-Kadhimi on July 26 to discuss “the strategic partnership between the United States and Iraq.” Baghdad-Washington relations have been complicated since the US assassinati ...
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Three Reasons White House Failed to Justify Syria War to Americans

Three Reasons White House Failed to Justify Syria War to Americans

Wednesday 7 September 2022 ،
Brett McGurk last year noted that the US forces are positioned in Syria mainly to reduce violence, maintain the pressure on ISIS, address Syrian crisis, and protect Israel, Biden still needs to win support of the Americans to continue the military presence in Syria's north and justify battling t ...
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Iraqi Kurdistan Region Struggling amid Internal Disputes, Supreme Court Ruling

Iraqi Kurdistan Region Struggling amid Internal Disputes, Supreme Court Ruling

Sunday 29 January 2023 ،
Brett McGurk, the American National Security Council Coordinator for Middle East and North Africa, met with the leaders of the two Kurdish parties during a trip to the Kurdistan region last week to bridge their gaps. The US has a record of mediation between the two parties. In 1998, the civil war en ...
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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 ،
Brett McGurk and Special Presidential Coordinator for Global Infrastructure and Energy Security Amos Hochstein had spoken to the Saudi crown prince about détente with Israel during their visit to Jeddah earlier this month. Normalization with Saudi Arabia could come within the next six months ...
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Biden’s advisor’s trip back to the Middle East, centering on discussions about prisoners exchange and the evolving developments in the Gaza conflict

Biden’s advisor’s trip back to the Middle East, centering on discussions about prisoners exchange and the evolving developments in the Gaza conflict

Tuesday 23 January 2024 ،
Brett McGurk," the United States President’s senior advisor, has travelled to the Middle East for talks Brett McGurk, the United States President's senior advisor, has travelled to the Middle East for talks focused on progressing the release of prisoners held by Hamas and addressing the Gaza con ...
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The EU versus Israel

The EU versus Israel

Thursday 25 January 2024 ،
Brett McGurk, a senior advisor to the U.S. President, to Egypt and Qatar for negotiations related to the Zionist regime's conflict with Gaza and the release of Zionist prisoners. Axios reported that McGurk's trip signals new efforts by the Biden administration to secure an agreement on the r ...

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Farmers in Poland are on the streets again to protest EU agricultural policies

Farmers in Poland are on the streets again to protest EU agricultural policies