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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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US Seeks to Kill Unborn Iran-EU Trade Vehicle

US Seeks to Kill Unborn Iran-EU Trade Vehicle

Tuesday 11 June 2019
Brookings Institution, Washington’s bid to crush INSTEX “does call into question what the long-term strategy here is” with the US sanctions. “If there’s no room for humanitarian aid for Iran, literally no viable mechanisms for facilitating those transactions, then clea ...
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What’s behind Severely-Censored Jeddah Blasts?

What’s behind Severely-Censored Jeddah Blasts?

Sunday 23 June 2019 ،
Brookings Institution and Chatham House, both prominent Western think tanks, even talked about a possible coup against the father. 4. Following the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi, the vocal critic of Prince Mohammed, Al-Quds Al-Arabi newspaper reported that a number of royals asked the king not t ...
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Bin Salman New Saddam Hussein

Bin Salman New Saddam Hussein

Tuesday 9 July 2019 ،
Brookings Institution. Trump notwithstanding, she is counting on justice to come from the United States. “I think this is the only place where political accountability is going to work,” she said during a meeting at The Post. There is still some hope of that: Legislation pending in the ...
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Trump Plan for Taking Syrian Oil Triggers Criticism

Trump Plan for Taking Syrian Oil Triggers Criticism

Monday 28 October 2019 ،
Brookings Institution think-tank.  “The idea that the United States would ‘keep the oil’ in the hands of ExxonMobil or some other U.S. company is immoral and possibly illegal,” said Jeff Colgan, an associate professor of political science and international studies at Br ...
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Reasons for Institutionalizing US Police Violence Against Blacks

Reasons for Institutionalizing US Police Violence Against Blacks

Wednesday 2 September 2020 ،
Brookings Institution, Dr. Rashawn Ray’s opinion has various components, including the lack of standard processes for accountability of police officers, the way police officers pay civil fines to victims of police brutality and the re-recruitment of expelled officers are some of the ...
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UAE at Heart of US Regional Strategy in Persian Gulf

UAE at Heart of US Regional Strategy in Persian Gulf

Friday 16 October 2020 ،
Brookings Institution. These remarks are not a short-term threat, but basically an expression of the reality of the prospects concerning Riyadh-Washington relations. This can be seen in the United States’ inaction during the attack on the Saudi oil facilities last autumn, in which Riyadh had ...
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Brookings’ President Resign amid Qatar Lobbying Investigation

Brookings’ President Resign amid Qatar Lobbying Investigation

Monday 13 June 2022 ،
Brookings Institution’s president, resigned on Sunday from the organization, days after a court filing revealed evidence that he had secretly lobbied for Qatar. Alwaght- General John R. Allen, the Brookings Institution's president, resigned on Sunday from the organization, days after a court fil ...
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Saudi Arabia Becoming ‘Drug Capital’ of West Asia: CNN

Saudi Arabia Becoming ‘Drug Capital’ of West Asia: CNN

Sunday 4 September 2022 ،
Brookings Institute in Washington, DC, as saying. The report also said seizures of Captagon drug shipments in Saudi Arabia and other countries in the region were increasingly expanding, adding that the United States Coast Guard recently discovered a shipment of 320 kilograms of methamphetamine ...
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UAE Meddled in US Political System: US Intelligence Report

UAE Meddled in US Political System: US Intelligence Report

Sunday 13 November 2022 ،
Brookings Institution who served on the National Intelligence Council in the 1990s. “Doing something like this on a friendly power is also unique. It’s a sign that the US intelligence community is willing to take on new challenges,” he added. Meanwhile, the UAE’s ambassador ...
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Unprecedented Pro-Palestinian London Rally Bore Conspicuous Signs of Big Change in West

Unprecedented Pro-Palestinian London Rally Bore Conspicuous Signs of Big Change in West

Tuesday 14 November 2023 ،
Brookings Institution in analyzing the results of this poll has described the 58-percent support of democracy over Judaism in Israel as a sign of a decrease in support for Zionism in the American society. The connection between these two responses and the decline in support for Zionism becomes appar ...

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