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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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US Kills 22 in Somali

US Kills 22 in Somali

Thursday 29 September 2016
Puntland on the pretext that the targets were al-Shabab militants. Puntland misinformed the United States and thus our forces were bombed, he said. Rejecting the report, Pentagon still claimed the deads were al-Shabab militants. Pentagon spokesman Captain Jeff Davis said that nine al-Shabaab ...
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ISIS Captures City in Somalian after Defeats in Iraq

ISIS Captures City in Somalian after Defeats in Iraq

Wednesday 26 October 2016 ،
Puntland region after months of reports that the group seeks to find a new stronghold after recent defeats in Iraq and Syria. The port town is located on the imperative waterway of the Aden Gulf where nearly 20% of the world's trade passes through to come or from the Suez Canal. The report quo ...
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Roadside Bomb Kills 8 Soldiers in Somalia

Roadside Bomb Kills 8 Soldiers in Somalia

Sunday 23 April 2017 ،
Puntland has killed eight soldiers and injured three others on Sunday, Associated Press reported. Alwaght- A roadside bomb in a remote town in Somalia's semiautonomous state of Puntland has killed eight soldiers and injured three others on Sunday, Associated Press reported. AP cited Somali poli ...
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UAE Military Tentacles Spreading in Africa: Report

UAE Military Tentacles Spreading in Africa: Report

Tuesday 2 May 2017 ،
Puntland, another breakaway region of Somalia, the UAE funded the establishment of a maritime police force by providing training and equipment. In Somalia itself, the UAE has agreed to train and equip counterterrorism and security units in the war-torn country. Somalis Reject UAE Presence However ...
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UAE, Somalia Tensions Increase After Airport Stand-Off

UAE, Somalia Tensions Increase After Airport Stand-Off

Sunday 15 April 2018 ،
Puntland region insisted that the heavy bags carried by the military trainers on the flight be checked, resulting in an hours-long standoff. Puntland security forces later allowed the UAE airplane to take-off from the airport of Bosaso, the commercial city of the northeastern Federal State on Satur ...
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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 ،
Puntland in northern Somalia and conducted drills of operations against the Islamist rebellious group Al-Shabaab.  After 2011 and the start of the Arab uprisings in North Africa and the Red Sea coastal states, Abu Dhabi’s sensitivity and attention more than ever went to the developments ...

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Courages Individiuals like Sinvar are on the Rise

Courages Individiuals like Sinvar are on the Rise