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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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Saudi Arabia Refuses to Admit Defeat in Yemen War

Saudi Arabia Refuses to Admit Defeat in Yemen War

Sunday 11 October 2015
Madawi al-Rasheed, a Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science, has noted that “The Saudi war on Yemen is increasingly becoming an impossible war to win.”                   &nbs ...
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Bin Salman Opening the Gates of Mecca to Israeli Regime: Activist

Bin Salman Opening the Gates of Mecca to Israeli Regime: Activist

Tuesday 4 July 2017 ،
Madawi al-Rasheed a Saudi professor of sociology at the University of London’s Faculty of Economic and Political Sciences has attacked Saudi Arabia’s apparent rapprochement with the Israeli regime adding that the dream of “Israel” to reach Mecca may be attained through Mohamm ...
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Egypt Objected UN Sanctions on Saudi Branch of ISIS Terror Group

Egypt Objected UN Sanctions on Saudi Branch of ISIS Terror Group

Wednesday 5 July 2017 ،
Madawi al-Rasheed, a visiting professor at the Middle East Centre at LSE, told Middle East Eye that Egypt was executing a classic maneuver to keep its ally Riyadh from scrutiny. This is a classic case of Saudi Arabia not wanting to draw attention to its own terrorism problems, she said. Saud ...
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Israeli Regime Discussing Direct Hajj Flights with Saudis

Israeli Regime Discussing Direct Hajj Flights with Saudis

Thursday 13 July 2017 ،
Madawi al-Rasheed a Saudi professor of sociology at the University of London’s Faculty of Economic and Political Sciences has attacked Saudi Arabia’s apparent rapprochement with the Israeli regime adding that the dream of “Israel” to reach Mecca may be attained through Mohamm ...
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Saudi Dissidents to Launch Freedom Movement amid Crackdown

Saudi Dissidents to Launch Freedom Movement amid Crackdown

Sunday 24 September 2017 ،
Madawi Al-Rasheed. Meanwhile, al-Rasheed told The New Arab in an interview this week that the recent detention of around two dozen people, including influential clerics, are linked to the failure of a Saudi-led boycott of Doha. The detainees' identities and their ideological and political lean ...
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Human Rights Lawyers Ask Saudi Suspension from UN Rights Council

Human Rights Lawyers Ask Saudi Suspension from UN Rights Council

Wednesday 31 January 2018 ،
Madawi al-Rasheed, a visiting professor at the London School of Economics' Middle East Centre, wrote at the time. The location of more than 30 of those detained remains unknown. Others have been hospitalized as a result of their detention and some kept in solitary confinement, ac ...
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Saudi Crown Prince Stripped of Some Authority

Saudi Crown Prince Stripped of Some Authority

Monday 18 March 2019 ،
Madawi al-Rasheed, a professor at the London School of Economics, has argued that King Salman has staunchly supported his son even in the wake of the Khashoggi murder, opting to tour the kingdom “with his son by his side, sending a strong message that he retains the full support of the royal c ...
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Saudi, UAE Pressing Egypt to Take Hostile Stance on Iran

Saudi, UAE Pressing Egypt to Take Hostile Stance on Iran

Saturday 18 May 2019 ،
Madawi al-Rasheed, a visiting professor at the Middle East Institute of the London School of Economics, predicted that even with the help of Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE will fail in a possible confrontation with Iran. Together with its other Arab allies, like Egypt, Saudi Arabia will fail in an ...

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Courages Individiuals like Sinvar are on the Rise

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