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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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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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War on Refugee Camps: Israel Plans to Destroy West Bank and Force Palestinians into Migration
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War on Refugee Camps: Israel Plans to Destroy West Bank and Force Palestinians into Migration

Saturday 1 March 2025 ،
AFP tally by the Palestinian Health Ministry in Ramallah. Official Israeli figures also show that Palestinian attacks on Israelis have killed at least 32 people in the West Bank during the same period. West Bank refugee camps  The attacks are coming as one-fourth of the refugees are living in ...
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Hunger for Petrodollars: What to Expect from Trump’s Persian Gulf Tour?
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Hunger for Petrodollars: What to Expect from Trump’s Persian Gulf Tour?

Tuesday 13 May 2025 ،
AFP reported that ahead of the trip, Eric Trump is in Dubai promoting his cryptocurrency company, while Trump's eldest son Donald Jr. Trump is preparing to give a speech in Doha on “monetizing MAGA (Make America Great Again).” Last month, the Trump Organization signed its first luxur ...
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BDS Movement: Palestine’s Historic Chance to Break Free from Israeli Economic Dominance
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BDS Movement: Palestine’s Historic Chance to Break Free from Israeli Economic Dominance

Saturday 31 May 2025 ،
AFP, citing Ireland government spokesman, reported the Irish government agreed to pass a bill banning business with illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied territories. This measure had earlier been put on agenda by some other European countries in response to the continuation of illegal settle ...
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World Community Condemns Israeli Attack on Iran
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World Community Condemns Israeli Attack on Iran

Saturday 14 June 2025 ،
AFP. He added: Peace and stability in West Asia are of utmost importance to Japan, and we call on all parties to exercise the utmost restraint and de-escalate the situation. Iraq closes airspace, all flights suspended  In the early hours of the Friday morning and after Israeli attack, Iraqi M ...

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Commemorating the 36th anniversary of the passing of Imam Khomeini (RA), the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Commemorating the 36th anniversary of the passing of Imam Khomeini (RA), the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran.