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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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Zelensky Says Any ’Compromise’ in Russia Talks to Be Put to Referendum

Zelensky Says Any ’Compromise’ in Russia Talks to Be Put to Referendum

Tuesday 22 March 2022
Islands, located in the Sea of Okhotsk, lie fewer than 10 kilometers from Japan’s Hokkaido, consisting of Kunashir, Iturup, Shikotan, and Habomai. Following Japan’s surrender in World War II, the strategic islands were taken over by the Soviet army in the final days of the war. After th ...
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Tensions Rising in East Asia As Rival Military Drills Planned

Tensions Rising in East Asia As Rival Military Drills Planned

Sunday 24 July 2022 ،
China said it will conduct military drills in South China Sea. In response, the US and Japan announced exercises. Alwaght- Chinese officials have repeatedly warned the US against warmongering around their borders but the White House leaders seem to have been turning a deaf ear, and this making the r ...
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Putin Attends Military Exercises with Chinese Forces: Kremlin

Putin Attends Military Exercises with Chinese Forces: Kremlin

Tuesday 6 September 2022 ،
Russian President Vladimir Putin has attended large-scale military exercises involving Chinese forces and the militaries of several other Russia-friendly countries, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told local news agencies. Russian President Vladimir Putin has attended large-scale military exerc ...
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Arab League Summit: From Real Differences to Contrived Agenda

Arab League Summit: From Real Differences to Contrived Agenda

Wednesday 2 November 2022 ،
Islands, the Djibouti-Eritrea border dispute, and Somalia.  The biggest controversy of the ministerial meeting emerged when Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and his accompanying delegation walked out of the meeting chaired by the representative of Libya, because the Libyan delegation wa ...
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What Role Do Gulf Arab Monarchies Play in Turkish-Greek Tensions?

What Role Do Gulf Arab Monarchies Play in Turkish-Greek Tensions?

Saturday 12 November 2022 ،
Saudi Arabia plans to take part in military exercises with Greece as the latter is in tensions with Turkey. Alwaght- Following tensions between Greece and Turkey over some disputed oil and gas-rich islands, some regional actors have stepped in and took side of one of these two countries. Saudi Arabi ...
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Saudi-Turkish Military Cooperation: Motivations and Challenges

Saudi-Turkish Military Cooperation: Motivations and Challenges

Thursday 29 December 2022 ،
Saudi Arabia is moving closer to Turkey for military technologies and Erdogan needs the kingdom for election win, economic investment. Alwaght- After a decade of tensions, the Saudi and Turkish relations are seeing a new chapter as Riyadh and Ankara are putting on their agenda boosting their coopera ...
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Russia Vows Retaliation against Japan’s Potential Military Buildup near Its Borders

Russia Vows Retaliation against Japan’s Potential Military Buildup near Its Borders

Wednesday 4 January 2023 ،
Islands since World War II and has deployed missile systems there. The Russian official also regretted that Japan's anti-Russian course had made peace treaty talks impossible. It is absolutely obvious that it is impossible to discuss the signing of such a document with a state that takes openl ...
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Why Is Saudi Arabia Seeking Buffer Zone with Yemen?

Why Is Saudi Arabia Seeking Buffer Zone with Yemen?

Sunday 22 January 2023 ،
Saudi leaders are afraid that Ansarullah advances on the battlegrounds would motivate Yemenis to raise historical territorial claims. Alwaght- As in recent days a new round of ceasefire negotiations between Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Ansarullah to end the war has been held in the shadow of a fra ...
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Turkey’s Security Architect Now Leading Foreign Policy Apparatus

Turkey’s Security Architect Now Leading Foreign Policy Apparatus

Tuesday 6 June 2023 ،
As an intelligence chief, Fidan is no stranger to foreign policy and there are hopes his pushes Erdogan agenda forward. Alwaght- Recep Tayyip Erdogan is forming his new government while, firstly, due to candidacy of a large number of the cabinet members for the parliament and entry to the parliament ...
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Why’s Hezbollah Chief Threatened Cyprus?

Why’s Hezbollah Chief Threatened Cyprus?

Saturday 22 June 2024 ،
Hezbollah knows Cyprus will be involved in a war in form of providing logistics to Israel. So, it issued warning that it will not stay immune should it help Tel Aviv. Alwaght- As the tensions between Lebanon and the Israeli regime are reaching a boiling point and risk of a full-scale war is at its h ...

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