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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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America's Role in the Rise of Extremism in the West Asia

America's Role in the Rise of Extremism in the West Asia

Monday 20 October 2014
Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service, believes that the longstanding U.S. policy of not engaging Iran and working to contain its influence in the Middle East has in fact contributed to rising sectarian tensions and extremism in the region. Alwaght-Shireen Hunter, a Visiting Professo ...
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FBI Censured for Discriminatory Anti-Muslim Games

FBI Censured for Discriminatory Anti-Muslim Games

Tuesday 3 November 2015 ،
Georgetown University Law Center who specializes in counter-terrorism and law enforcement. Recently a Sudanese Muslim student in Texas was arrested and suspended for bringing to school his homemade clock. Ahmed Mohamed, who is the son of a Muslim immigrant from Sudan, was arrested earlier after hi ...
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ISIS vs. Al-Qaeda: Ideological and Operational Differences

ISIS vs. Al-Qaeda: Ideological and Operational Differences

Sunday 13 December 2015 ،
Georgetown University and lecturer at the Catholic University of America, in a speech at the New America Foundation think tank in Washington, stated: “the Arab spring led to changes in the Middle East (West Asia) whose effects are still visible. Arab spring empowered groups in the region which had j ...
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Rise of Saudi Prince Shatters Decades of Royal Tradition

Rise of Saudi Prince Shatters Decades of Royal Tradition

Sunday 16 October 2016 ،
Georgetown. In June, the two men shared an iftar dinner, breaking the Ramadan fast. In September 2015, dinner at Mr. Kerry’s house ended with Prince bin Salman playing Beethoven on the piano for the secretary of state and the other guests. In May, the prince invited Mr. Kerry for a meeting on ...
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New Saudi Ambassador to US Prince who Bombed Yemen

New Saudi Ambassador to US Prince who Bombed Yemen

Monday 24 April 2017 ،
Georgetown. According to Associated Press, Saudi regime's envoy to Washington and former F-15 pilot has participated kingdom's over two-year war on Yemen.   Saudi Arabia launched brutal aggression against its southern neighbor on 27 March 2015 in a bid to restore power to Yemen's ...
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NY Times Brands Killer of Yemeni Kids as Reformist; Journalists React

NY Times Brands Killer of Yemeni Kids as Reformist; Journalists React

Sunday 26 November 2017 ،
Georgetown University. He simply pulled out a dozen eerily similar rhapsodies from the New York Times over the past century, each time vowing that the new Saudi ruler – however backward he turned out to be in hindsight –would be a reformer who would bring democracy and fai ...
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Der Spiegel Declares Trump’s DEVIL to Be Blamed for All that Ails America

Der Spiegel Declares Trump’s DEVIL to Be Blamed for All that Ails America

Sunday 7 June 2020 ،
Georgetown University law professor who likens the riots unfolding nationwide in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd to the Reichstag (Parliament) fire of 1933, which Adolf Hitler’s National Socialists blamed on their political opposition and used as an excuse to seize most governme ...
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The Facebook Team that Tried to Swing Nicaragua’s Election is Full of US Spies

The Facebook Team that Tried to Swing Nicaragua’s Election is Full of US Spies

Tuesday 9 November 2021 ،
Georgetown University, an institution notorious as America’s spy school. Before that, she worked at the State Department’s Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs and on Russian, Ukrainian and Eurasian policy at the Office of the Secretary of Defense. She has also served on several worki ...
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Foreign Policy: US Attacks on Syria and Iraq Do Not Change Regional Equations

Foreign Policy: US Attacks on Syria and Iraq Do Not Change Regional Equations

Saturday 3 February 2024 ،
Georgetown University, outlined the objectives behind the Biden administration's strikes in Iraq and Syria. The primary aim is dual-fold: firstly, to halt attacks by resistance forces targeting American interests, and secondly, respond to the killing of American personnel. Furthermore, Joe Bide ...

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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