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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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Why US Seeking Jordanian Alternative to Qatar’s Al-Udeid Air Base?

Why US Seeking Jordanian Alternative to Qatar’s Al-Udeid Air Base?

Sunday 3 December 2017
Udeid in Qatar. Al-Udeid, the largest American air base abroad, takes center stage among the other American air bases in the region. The well-equipped air base hosts 10,000 American troops and over 120 aircraft. The question that comes down is that: Despite significance of the Qatari military base ...
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Turkey Deploys More Troops to Doha amid Qatar-Saudi Row

Turkey Deploys More Troops to Doha amid Qatar-Saudi Row

Wednesday 27 December 2017 ،
Udeid Air Base in southern Doha on Tuesday. The soldiers will join another group of Turkish troops, which were previously stationed in the Tariq bin Ziyad military base in Qatar. The deployment is part of a 2014 defense deal between Turkey and Qatar for establishment of a Turkish military base in ...
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How Trump Benefits from Saudi, Qatar Bid to Buy US Support?

How Trump Benefits from Saudi, Qatar Bid to Buy US Support?

Sunday 15 April 2018 ،
Udeid Airbase southwest of Doha. In a statement published on its website, NATO said that Stoltenberg and the Qatari leader during the meeting discussed the regional developments and NATO-Doha partnership. Doha's eyes on Washington patronage Qatari emir is fully aware that Trump policy is influ ...
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Russian Senator Slams Saudis for Blackmailing Qatar on Syria

Russian Senator Slams Saudis for Blackmailing Qatar on Syria

Wednesday 25 April 2018 ،
Udeid Air Base, the largest in the West Asia region, where 11,000 US and US-led coalition forces are deployed.
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Qatar Slams Saudi, Emirati Regimes, Refuses to Back US Policies on Iran

Qatar Slams Saudi, Emirati Regimes, Refuses to Back US Policies on Iran

Monday 10 June 2019 ،
Udeid Air Base hosting American troops. Last month, the Trump administration escalated tensions after it decided to send a US Air Force bomber task force, including B-52 bombers, and 1,500 troops to the West Asia in response to an unspecified Iranian threat. “We don’t want to see any c ...
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What’s Behind US Forces’ Return to Saudi Arabia?

What’s Behind US Forces’ Return to Saudi Arabia?

Sunday 28 July 2019 ،
Udeid airbase in Qatar. The redeployment has sparked some speculations and questions of the political analysts who seek the real reason behind the US measure at the present time. US bases in Saudi Arabia Since 1990, Saudi Arabia hosted thousands of US forces and military facilities on its soil. Th ...
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US Shifts Its Command Center from Qatar to S Carolina amid Tensions with Iran

US Shifts Its Command Center from Qatar to S Carolina amid Tensions with Iran

Monday 30 September 2019 ،
Udeid Air Base in Qatar was left empty on Saturday and Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina was put in charge of controlling US operations from 7,000 miles away.  “The functions that the CAOC provides for air power are so critical and so essential that we can't afford to have a sing ...
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Deciphering Riyadh’s Rejection to Dictates of  White House

Deciphering Riyadh’s Rejection to Dictates of White House

Monday 24 August 2020 ،
Udeid Air Base in Qatar, to the UAE. Therefore, with this in mind, on the matter of normalization of relations with the Israeli regime, Riyadh does not intend to reduce the pressure that is being implemented on the UAE, for the sake of its own profit. Overall, it seems that Riyadh has broken its si ...
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Rocky Path of US-Qatar Strategic Dialogue

Rocky Path of US-Qatar Strategic Dialogue

Tuesday 22 September 2020 ،
Udeid Air Base, US Gaining from Conflict The emphasis of expanding Al Udeid's Air Base in Qatar at the recent summit should be seen as an announcement by Washington to Doha that no plans are set to close or relocate it. In recent weeks, some Arab media close to the UAE and Saudi Arabia have ra ...
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Qatar will not allow its territory or airspace to be used for attacks on regional countries

Qatar will not allow its territory or airspace to be used for attacks on regional countries

Wednesday 16 October 2024 ،
Udeid Air Base to be used for launching attacks on regional or other nations ALWAGHT- Qatar's Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs stated that the country will never permit Al Udeid Air Base, which hosts American, British, and Qatari forces, to be used for launching attacks on regional ...

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