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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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How Is Yemen War Showcase of Saudi Fiasco?

How Is Yemen War Showcase of Saudi Fiasco?

Thursday 27 September 2018
Bin Salman now deals with the ongoing war as a big damage to its national and regional image. Alwaght- On September 23, when the Saudi government celebrated the 80th anniversary of the foundation of the kingdom, the young Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in an address boasted of the monarchy’s ...
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House of Saud Rift: Three Possible Scenarios

House of Saud Rift: Three Possible Scenarios

Tuesday 12 March 2019 ،
Saudi Arabia is now a scene of a rift between the king and his powerful son. Alwaght- According to the media reports, rift between the Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz and his son Mohammed has intensified recently. The home struggle erupted when King Abdullah, during his trip to Egypt for EU-Arab Lea ...
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What’s Driving New Saudi Shakeup?

What’s Driving New Saudi Shakeup?

Monday 2 September 2019 ،
A royal decree has changed a number of figures in political and economic posts, a month before anniversary of Jamal Khashoggi killing. Alwaght- On Saturday, the Saudi Crown Prince in separate decrees dismissed senior officials and introduced new figures to the posts. Significant posts like Anti-corr ...
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Why Did Saudi-Emirati Yemen Talks Fail?

Why Did Saudi-Emirati Yemen Talks Fail?

Monday 9 September 2019 ،
Riyadh and Abu Dhabi are increasingly go to a conflict of interests in Yemen as they compete for gains in the south. Alwaght- The negotiations between the representatives of the separatist groups in southern Yemen and the resigned government of Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi in Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah e ...
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Twitter Boss Met Bin Salman after Saudi Spy Discovered

Twitter Boss Met Bin Salman after Saudi Spy Discovered

Monday 11 November 2019 ،
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey met with Mohammed bin Salman six months after the social media giant learned that a spy, directed by the Saudi leader’s close associate, had infiltrated the company. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey met with Mohammed bin Salman six months after the social media giant learned that a sp ...
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Yemen Pans UN for Removing Saudi-Led Coalition from UN Blacklist of Child-Killers

Yemen Pans UN for Removing Saudi-Led Coalition from UN Blacklist of Child-Killers

Tuesday 16 June 2020 ،
Yemen lashed out at the UN over removing the Saudi-led coalition from a blacklist for killing and injuring children in the conflict-plagued Arab country. Alwaght- Yemen lashed out at the UN over removing the Saudi-led coalition from a blacklist for killing and injuring children in the conflict- ...
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Saudi Regime Tortured Hundreds of Yemenis in a Jizan prison: Rights Group

Saudi Regime Tortured Hundreds of Yemenis in a Jizan prison: Rights Group

Tuesday 18 August 2020 ،
Hundreds of Yemeni inmates have been subjected to systematic torture and ill-treatment at a prison in Saudi Arabia’s southwestern Jizan region, a Geneva-based rights group revealed. Alwaght- Hundreds of Yemeni inmates have been subjected to systematic torture and ill-treatment at a prison in Sa ...
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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 ،
Alwaght- Amid differing reactions from countries in the region to the normalization of relations between the UAE and the Zionist regime, Saudi Arabia, which was initially quiet, finally, after a six-day period, in its first reaction to this, claimed that it was committed to the Arab Peace Initiative ...
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Cooperation Council’s Summit: Fragile, Imposed Détente

Cooperation Council’s Summit: Fragile, Imposed Détente

Thursday 7 January 2021 ،
Saudi Arabia announced it would lift blockade on Qatar and reopen borders. But the friendship gesture could not hide their standing division. Alwaght- The 41st (Persian) Gulf Cooperation Council summit was held on Tuesday in the Saudi Arabian city of Alula, coming on the heels of Kuwait’s anno ...
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Turkey-Arab Rapprochement Efforts: No Harvest for Ankara Yet

Turkey-Arab Rapprochement Efforts: No Harvest for Ankara Yet

Saturday 28 August 2021 ،
Erdogan reviewed approach to Arab countries in expectation of economic benefits and investment. But no gains yet. Alwaght- After years of wide-ranging rivalry and tensions between Turkey and the Arab countries, over the past few months Ankara relations with them saw signs of de-escalation. President ...

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