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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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Casualties Reported in Suicide Blast near Afghanistan’s Foreign Ministry
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Casualties Reported in Suicide Blast near Afghanistan’s Foreign Ministry

Wednesday 11 January 2023
AFP.  I saw about 20-25 victims. I don't know how many of them were dead or injured, AFP driver Jamshed Karimi said, adding: I saw the man blow himself up. He passed by my car and after a few seconds there was a loud bang. Local media also reported a loud blast near the ministry, citing ...
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UK Teachers, Nurses Set to Stage More Strikes, Amid Sweeping Wave of Industrial Actions
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UK Teachers, Nurses Set to Stage More Strikes, Amid Sweeping Wave of Industrial Actions

Tuesday 17 January 2023 ،
AFP, adding, The only thing, as a worker, we have our right to is to withhold our labor. We've all been affected by draconian strike laws since the 1980s. This is a different attack on a different group of workers, but you're foolish to think that you're not the next ones in line, ...
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Google Cuts 12,000 Jobs as Tech Woes Bite Again
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Google Cuts 12,000 Jobs as Tech Woes Bite Again

Saturday 21 January 2023 ،
AFP  
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Israeli Settler Fatally Shoots Palestinian in Occupied West Bank
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Israeli Settler Fatally Shoots Palestinian in Occupied West Bank

Saturday 21 January 2023 ،
AFP photographer saw Israeli forces preventing a Palestinian ambulance from accessing the site. According to Israeli anti-settlement movement Peace Now, the farm is known as a wildcat settlement, an outpost not recognized by Israeli regime. All settlements are deemed illegal under international la ...
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Muslims Rally across World to Condemn Qur’an Desecration in Europe
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Muslims Rally across World to Condemn Qur’an Desecration in Europe

Saturday 28 January 2023 ،
AFP reported. The rally came after a notorious Swedish-Danish extremist, Rasmus Paludan, received permission from Sweden’s government to burn the holy book in front of the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm less than a week ago. Paludan was being protected by the Swedish police while committin ...
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World Media Describe the Turnout ‘Massive’ as Iranians Mark Islamic Revolution Anniversary
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World Media Describe the Turnout ‘Massive’ as Iranians Mark Islamic Revolution Anniversary

Sunday 12 February 2023 ،
AFP reported that despite cold weather, people took to the streets to join the significant rallies that culminated in symbolic Azadi Street.  “They chanted down with America, down with Israel, down with England, and down with the traitor Al Saud,” reported the AFP.  It contin ...
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Palestinian Boy Succumbs to Wounds Suffered in Israeli Raid on Jenin
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Palestinian Boy Succumbs to Wounds Suffered in Israeli Raid on Jenin

Monday 13 February 2023 ،
AFP at the funeral. The latest raid on Jenin also led to the arrest of former Palestinian prisoner, Jibreel al-Zubaidi, who had already spent 11 years in an Israeli jail. Reporting on his fresh arrest, Palestinian media outlets identified him as the brother of freedom fighter Zakaria Zubaidi& ...
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India Raids BBC Offices after It Airs Documentary Critical of Modi’s Handling of Anti-Muslim Riots
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India Raids BBC Offices after It Airs Documentary Critical of Modi’s Handling of Anti-Muslim Riots

Wednesday 15 February 2023 ،
AFP reported. The police sealed off the BBC's New Delhi office. A New Delhi-based BBC employee said that officials had been confiscating all phones during the tax raid. The BBC aired the two-part documentary last month, alleging that Modi had ordered the police to turn a blind eye to the ...
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Israeli Regime’s Diplomat Expelled from African Union Summit
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Israeli Regime’s Diplomat Expelled from African Union Summit

Sunday 19 February 2023 ،
AFP news agency that the diplomat who was expelled had not been invited to the meeting, with a non-transferable invitation issued only to the regime’s ambassador to the African Union, Aleli Admasu. It is regrettable that the individual in question would abuse such a courtesy,” the offic ...

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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.