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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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What Are Egypt’s El-Sisi Choices After Lawmakers Authorized Military Intervention In Libya?

What Are Egypt’s El-Sisi Choices After Lawmakers Authorized Military Intervention In Libya?

Saturday 25 July 2020
Haftar is now moving eastward to seize Sirte. The spokesman to “Operation Volcano of Rage” which is launched by the Government of National Accord (GNA) on Saturday announced that the operation to liberate Sirte and Jufra was about to be launched by the Turkish-backed GNA while earlier ...
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Turkish Involvement In Yemen War: Goals And Outlook

Turkish Involvement In Yemen War: Goals And Outlook

Sunday 26 July 2020 ،
Haftar, a rebel leader who since last year launched a campaign to seize the capital Tripoli from the internationally-recognized GNA.  The program, so far made acceptable gains to the Turkish government in the foreign policy, motivating the NSA to apply it also to Yemen. The report by the Syria ...
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Arab-Turkish Duel From Arab Uprisings To Karabakh Crisis

Arab-Turkish Duel From Arab Uprisings To Karabakh Crisis

Wednesday 7 October 2020 ،
Haftar. The center of the east is Benghazi whose forces aspire to seize the capital from the GNA forces and dominate the whole country.  The division of Libya between the two powers polarized the international actors playing a role in Libya. Accordingly, the conservative Arab states like Saudi ...
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US Arms Sale to UAE Could Make It Complicit in War Crimes in Yemen: Group

US Arms Sale to UAE Could Make It Complicit in War Crimes in Yemen: Group

Tuesday 10 November 2020 ،
Haftar’s rebel forces. Two rival seats of power have emerged in the country since 2014, namely the internationally-recognized government run by Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj, and the parliament based in the eastern city of Tobruk, supported militarily by Haftar’s rebels. The Libyan re ...
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UAE’s Influence Expansion In Horn Of Africa: Goals, Tools

UAE’s Influence Expansion In Horn Of Africa: Goals, Tools

Thursday 12 November 2020 ،
Haftar overshadowed the developments of Libya. Meanwhile, the UAE and Turkey are involved more than others in support of the opposite Libyan sides.  The Persian Gulf crisis of 2017, in which Saudi Arabia along with its allies the UAE, Egypt, and Bahrain cut off diplomatic and trade ties to Qat ...
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Why is Erdogan Shifting To De-escalation with Arab Countries?

Why is Erdogan Shifting To De-escalation with Arab Countries?

Thursday 14 January 2021 ،
Haftar forces. These two Erdogan policy paths put a range of actors like Greece, the Israeli regime, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, Cyprus, France, and even the US in the face of Turkey. All of these actors for a reason or another are discontented with the Turkish strategy in the Mediterranean. The ...
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How Is Libya Standing On Peace And War Edge?

How Is Libya Standing On Peace And War Edge?

Sunday 24 January 2021 ،
Haftar, who controls the eastern and southern regions. And this will be a major challenge in implementing the agreements to form a government resulting from December 2021 elections. Meanwhile, the issue of the continuation of the ceasefire is also shrouded in ambiguity. The situation in the region ...
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A Decade after Uprising, Can Gaddafi’s Son Saif Al-Islam Rise to Power in Libya?

A Decade after Uprising, Can Gaddafi’s Son Saif Al-Islam Rise to Power in Libya?

Thursday 5 August 2021 ،
Haftar. Also,much of the north is held by tribes allied to ISIS. In a campaign launched in 2019, Haftar pushed to seize the capital Tripoli from the GNA. He failed as the GNA received military assistance from Turkey.  Following Turkey's resolved intervention in the Libyan civil war since J ...
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13 Killed, 30 Injured as Clashes between Libyan Armed Groups Refuels in Tripoli

13 Killed, 30 Injured as Clashes between Libyan Armed Groups Refuels in Tripoli

Saturday 23 July 2022 ،
Haftar. The Government of National Unity of Libya was supported by countries such as Qatar, Turkey, some European countries and the United Nations, and countries such as Egypt, Russia, Saudi Arabia and the UAE also supported the army of Khalifa Haftar, a retired general based in Benghazi  ...
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Clashes between Rival Militias in Libya Kills 27

Clashes between Rival Militias in Libya Kills 27

Wednesday 16 August 2023 ،
Haftar. The Government of National Unity of Libya was supported by countries such as Qatar, Turkey, some European countries and the United Nations, and countries such as Egypt, Russia, Saudi Arabia and the UAE also supported the army of Khalifa Haftar, a retired general based in Benghazi  ...

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