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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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Invasion Revisited: How Saudi Arabia Backed Saddam’s War on Iran?

Invasion Revisited: How Saudi Arabia Backed Saddam’s War on Iran?

Tuesday 27 September 2016
Khorramshahr and inflicting a heavy loss on the Ba’athist army, it was disclosed that Saddam Hussein was granted $20 billion in aids from Saudi Arabia and other Persian Gulf Arab regimes to continue war against the Islamic Revolution of Iran. In addition, during the time between Operations Ba ...
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Yemen 2016 in Retrospect

Yemen 2016 in Retrospect

Sunday 1 January 2017 ،
Khormaksar district in Aden the eve before the scheduled April 18 talks in Kuwait. March On 26 March, thousands of pro-resistance supporters took part in mass rallies in Sana’a. Ansarullah leader Abdul Malik al Houthi called for Yemenis to be steadfast in the face of the Saudi ...
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Three Special Goals That Took Iraq’s PM to Kuwait

Three Special Goals That Took Iraq’s PM to Kuwait

Tuesday 24 August 2021 ،
Khor Abdullah agreement signed between them in 2012. Al-Kazemi is now trying to minimize some of these differences between the two sides during his trip. In the meantime, his special focus could be on the issue of war damage payments and the postponement of the $ 1.6 billion loan that Kuwait has pa ...
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US-Iraq Security Pact Under Parliament’s Guillotine

US-Iraq Security Pact Under Parliament’s Guillotine

Tuesday 12 September 2023 ،
Khor Abdullah Agreement with Kuwait on maritime navigation, the Iraqi parliament last week presented a bill to the Supreme Court asking for review of some of the country’s international agreements including the security pact between Washington and Baghdad. The 2012 agreement with Kuwait was re ...
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What’s Next as Iraq Scraped Maritime Navigation Agreement with Kuwait?

What’s Next as Iraq Scraped Maritime Navigation Agreement with Kuwait?

Monday 18 September 2023 ،
Khor Abdullah Agreement, unconstitutional and scrapped it, the controversial ruling is now setting the context for a political dispute with this southern neighbor of Iraq in the Persian Gulf.  According to the Supreme Court of Iraq, for international treaties and agreements to be passed by the ...
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Why Was Iran-PGCC Consultative  Meeting Canceled?

Why Was Iran-PGCC Consultative Meeting Canceled?

Tuesday 26 September 2023 ،
Khor Abdullah agreement is one of the main reasons behind the cancellation of the meeting.  However, the important point about the cancellation is the recent meeting between the US and Arab states and release of a closing statement that went against the agenda and content of the planned meetin ...
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Mubarak Port Development, Kuwait’s Dream to Take the Pulse of Persian Gulf Trade

Mubarak Port Development, Kuwait’s Dream to Take the Pulse of Persian Gulf Trade

Tuesday 4 June 2024 ،
Khor Abdullah corridor, causing a dispute between the two countries.  The revival of this project comes about 10 years after its construction was halted since it is influenced by an Iraqi plan to build a $17 billion road and rail network to boost trade in the region, in which Turkey, Qatar and ...
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Giving Away Yemen’s Largest Port to Top Enemy of Yemen Ports

Giving Away Yemen’s Largest Port to Top Enemy of Yemen Ports

Monday 24 June 2024 ،
Khor Fakkan Port in the UAE. On 25 June, the Gulf Aetos set sail from the Emirates and headed toward Bir Ali port in southern Yemen. There, it was loaded with oil before heading to Aden Port, where the oil was unloaded.  For a period of 30 days, the ship repeated the same specific, peculiar ro ...

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Courages Individiuals like Sinvar are on the Rise

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