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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 Crown Prince Visiting Egypt amid Standing Differences

Saudi Crown Prince Visiting Egypt amid Standing Differences

Sunday 4 March 2018
Sanafir and Tiran to Saudi Arabia. In the body of Egypt’s leadership, there are two factions with two different views on the form of relations with the Arab kingdom. One faction favors closeness to Riyadh, stressing that financial aids from the Saudis serve the Egyptian economy. The opposite ...
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Sudan Becoming Heart of Red Sea Battle for Sway

Sudan Becoming Heart of Red Sea Battle for Sway

Monday 23 July 2018 ،
Sanafir and Tiran to Saudi Arabia. The agreement recognized Egypt’s control over Hala’ib, provoking Sudan to write a letter to the UN condemning the deal. It ushered in a period of diplomatic rift, followed by military muscle flexing. Egypt sent thousands of troops to an Eritrea-based UA ...
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Silent Coup: What’s Behind Jordan Security Officials’ Removal?

Silent Coup: What’s Behind Jordan Security Officials’ Removal?

Wednesday 8 May 2019 ،
Sanafir and Tiran to Saudi Arabia in 2017 was already playing a role in a territory transfer within the deal of the century. Jordan will be asked to be an alternative state for Palestinian refugees in return for $45 billion aid. According to the Wadi Araba agreement, Jordan was given in 1949 the cus ...
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Bin Salman Megaprojects: Ambitious but Fruitless

Bin Salman Megaprojects: Ambitious but Fruitless

Sunday 4 July 2021 ،
Sanafir islands in the Red Sea to Egypt. The project, as a distinct economic zone connecting three countries of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Jordan, will have its own laws, regulations and taxes. The $500 billion project will focus on investment in a set of sectors, including energy and water, transport ...
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Israel Mulling Transfer of Egyptian Islands to Saudi Arabia: Report

Israel Mulling Transfer of Egyptian Islands to Saudi Arabia: Report

Sunday 29 May 2022 ،
Sanafir islands, a move that could pave the way for the normalization of ties between Riyadh and Tel Aviv regime. Alwaght- Israeli regime is weighing up Saudi Arabia's request to change the international status of Tiran and Sanafir islands, a move that could pave the way for the normalization of ...
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What’s behind Cairo-Tel Aviv Deal to Hand Over Red Sea Islands to Saudi Arabia?

What’s behind Cairo-Tel Aviv Deal to Hand Over Red Sea Islands to Saudi Arabia?

Tuesday 7 June 2022 ،
Sanafir and Tiran islands to Saudi Arabia.  Tel Aviv and Cairo have agreed on new security measures to hand over control of the Red Sea islands of Tiran and Sanafir to Saudi Arabia, according to the Jerusalem Post. The Israeli newspaper further said that the agreement will be unveiled during U ...
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Bin Salman’s Betting on Wrong Horse Normalizing Ties with Tel Aviv

Bin Salman’s Betting on Wrong Horse Normalizing Ties with Tel Aviv

Saturday 11 June 2022 ،
Sanafir. Earlier, Riyadh allowed a group of Israeli businessmen to travel to Saudi Arabia.  Bin Salman's real goals  The normalization is driven by three major goals.  Certainly, bin Salman's personal ambitions and the need for assurance of smooth ascension to the throne am ...
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How’s Bin Salman Seeking to Fuel Normalization with Gas Project?

How’s Bin Salman Seeking to Fuel Normalization with Gas Project?

Tuesday 7 February 2023 ،
Sanafir.  The Saudis plan to make the Red Sea islands of Tiran and Sanafir into busy tourist destinations with hotels and casinos open to Israelis, Globes revealed in a report on January 22.  “The opening of the Tiran and Sanafir islands to Israeli tourists indicates the Saudi desi ...
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Eilat-Eshdod Railway, An Israeli Project to Sideline Suez Canal

Eilat-Eshdod Railway, An Israeli Project to Sideline Suez Canal

Sunday 6 August 2023 ،
Sanafir from Egypt to Saudi Arabia grows more and more overt. If these islands, which are located at the entrance of the Gulf of Aqaba, are taken out of Egypt's control and their management is transferred to Saudi Arabia, the Israelis will get an opportunity to advance their plans better. When T ...
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Has Egypt Just Sold Its “Paradise on Earth” to the UAE?

Has Egypt Just Sold Its “Paradise on Earth” to the UAE?

Monday 5 February 2024 ،
Sanafir under a deal. When people protested the deal, the government argued that the islands were originally Saudi and in 1950, the Arab kingdom asked Cairo to deploy military forces to them to protect the monarchy. After the deal was finalized, the parliament said that the transfer of the islands t ...

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