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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’s War Addicting the Israeli to Drugs and Smoking?
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How’s War Addicting the Israeli to Drugs and Smoking?

Tuesday 17 September 2024
AFP in an interview that after the Gaza war, we have seen a significant increase in the use of sedatives. Prescribed drugs, illegal drugs or alcoholic beverages, and addictive behaviors such as gambling among Israelis are natural responses to overcome the psychological pressures of war... The team o ...
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Infiltrating Hezbollah Pagers: 3 Scenarios
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Infiltrating Hezbollah Pagers: 3 Scenarios

Thursday 19 September 2024 ،
AFP, citing a source close to Hezbollah, said that the pagers that exploded came in a recent shipment containing a thousand devices and appear to have been “hacked from the origin. It is noteworthy that in 2021, Israeli company NSO made splash worldwide for producing Pegasus spyware that hack ...
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Israeli Military vs. Hospitals: Israel Repeating Gaza Destruction Model in Lebanon
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Israeli Military vs. Hospitals: Israel Repeating Gaza Destruction Model in Lebanon

Thursday 24 October 2024 ،
AFP footage showed a plume of smoke rising from the outskirts of Beirut. AFP reporters have also confirmed the bombing of the hospital parking lot.  Dr. Ghassan Abu Sittah, a Palestinian-British surgeon who witnessed Israeli airstrikes on hospitals, aid workers and doctors in Gaza, is now witn ...
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Two Scenarios on Israel-Lebanon Underway Ceasefire Talks
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Two Scenarios on Israel-Lebanon Underway Ceasefire Talks

Monday 25 November 2024 ،
AFP that 70 percent of 18 Lebanese villages along a 120-kilometer stretch have been destroyed, which amounts to 45,000 houses. One of the villages in this area is Meis El Jabal, which, according to Abdul Monem Shaqir, the mayor of the village, aims to turn the border area into a scorched earth. Acc ...
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Erdogan Made Strategic Mistake Green Lighting Offensive on Aleppo
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Erdogan Made Strategic Mistake Green Lighting Offensive on Aleppo

Thursday 5 December 2024 ،
AFP reported on this issue, saying that on a wall in the town of Azaz, located in the heart of the region under the Turkish mandate in northern Syria, this sentence is carefully written in Arabic and Turkish: ‘Brotherhood and sisterhood have no boundaries.’” Turkey has also tried ...
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Putin: Russia Holds Initiative Along Entire Ukraine Front
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Putin: Russia Holds Initiative Along Entire Ukraine Front

Wednesday 18 December 2024 ،
AFP. He noted that Russia's forces had captured 189 Ukrainian settlements this year, describing 2024 as a pivotal year in achieving the goals of the special military operation, the official term used by Moscow for its campaign. Following Putin’s remarks, Russian Defence Minister Andrei B ...
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UNRWA Ban: Why’s Israel Afraid of the Aid Agency?
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UNRWA Ban: Why’s Israel Afraid of the Aid Agency?

Sunday 26 January 2025 ،
AFP confirmed the the pressures on the organization by Tel Aviv with the aim of pushing it to collapse. He said that if UNRWA operations are banned in Gaza and the West Bank, the humanitarian aid meet its collapse, while humanitarian operation make the backbone of this UN organ.  Deterioration ...
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World Media Report Massive Turnout as Iranians Celebrate Islamic Revolution Anniv.
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World Media Report Massive Turnout as Iranians Celebrate Islamic Revolution Anniv.

Tuesday 11 February 2025 ،
AFP: Iran will never yield to the foreign pressures  AFP in its coverage of the marches published parts of speech delivered by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian. The news agency, referring to masses turning out, cited Pezeshkian who referred to the re-imposition of the US sanctions on Iran e ...
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Israeli Plan for West Bank Annexation Quietly Underway
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Israeli Plan for West Bank Annexation Quietly Underway

Wednesday 12 February 2025 ،
AFP photographer reported seeing dozens of families leaving the camp amid gunfire and explosions, as bulldozers carried out extensive demolition of the camp's infrastructure. More than half of the camp's 13,000 residents had left out of fear for their lives, said Murad Alian, a member of the ...
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Syrian Refugees Dilemma: Choosing between Return and Staying Abroad
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Syrian Refugees Dilemma: Choosing between Return and Staying Abroad

Sunday 16 February 2025 ،
AFP. All the workers here are Syrian, so in addition to production costs, labor costs will also increase significantly, Yusuf Shamil Kandil, quality manager at Beni Giy, told AFP. “If the Syrians leave, there will be no one left to work here,” said Zakaria Bozu, a 55-year-old Syrian wo ...

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Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution

Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution