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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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Turkey Uses Drinking Water as Weapon of War against Civilians in Syria’s Hasakah: Envoy

Turkey Uses Drinking Water as Weapon of War against Civilians in Syria’s Hasakah: Envoy

Friday 28 August 2020
Turkey is using drinking war as a weapon of war against ordinary Syrian people in the country’s northeastern province of Hasakah, Permanent Representative to the United Nations Bashar al-Jaafari. Alwaght- Turkey is using drinking war as a weapon of war against ordinary Syrian people in the country&r ...
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Three Cases Of Turkish Crimes In Afrin

Three Cases Of Turkish Crimes In Afrin

Tuesday 12 January 2021 ،
Turkish forces have committed crimes along with the aligned militias or have been source of these crimes in the Kurdish town of Afrin northwestern Syria. Alwaght- Recently Syrian and international rights groups have reported about appalling crimes against humanity in Syria's Afrin three years af ...
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Israeli Settler Groups With Ties To the US Are Evicting Palestinians in Mass

Israeli Settler Groups With Ties To the US Are Evicting Palestinians in Mass

Saturday 23 January 2021 ،
Antiquities Authority to excavate a nearly 300-foot-long tunnel under the Wadi Hilweh neighborhood of Silwan in hopes of unearthing the First and Second Jewish Temples. This archaeological dig is part of Israel’s recent efforts to “Judaize” Jerusalem and erase any Palestinian herit ...
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Capturing ISIS’s Second-In-Command Highlights Baghdad-Damascus Partnership Need

Capturing ISIS’s Second-In-Command Highlights Baghdad-Damascus Partnership Need

Thursday 14 October 2021 ،
Iraqi government said it arrested ISIS’s second most powerful man outside Iraq’s borders. The arrest calls attention to the need for Iraqi-Syrian cooperation. Alwaght- While the main focus of the media and political observers was the Iraqi parliamentary elections, the Iraqi Prime Minister Musta ...
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Turkish Mercenaries Excavate Antiquities in Afrin, Smuggle Them to Turkey

Turkish Mercenaries Excavate Antiquities in Afrin, Smuggle Them to Turkey

Tuesday 28 December 2021 ،
Terrorists in Afrin are backed by Turkish government and took part in Ankara operations leading to occupation of parts of Northern and northwestern Syria. Alwaght- The mercenaries backed by Turkey have continued their organized criminal practices against the Syrian heritage, as they began a new exca ...
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Israeli Excavations Could Cause Collapse of Al-Aqsa Mosque: Grand Mufti

Israeli Excavations Could Cause Collapse of Al-Aqsa Mosque: Grand Mufti

Monday 27 June 2022 ،
Antiquities Authority (IAA) and Elad settlement, working together in the same area, were removing soil, opening holes adjacent to the southern wall of the Mosque, and clearing the paths under it which would lead to the weakening of the foundations of al-Aqsa Mosque and eventually its collapse. He s ...
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Bahraini Official Fired over Israeli Regime’s Ambassador Snub

Bahraini Official Fired over Israeli Regime’s Ambassador Snub

Sunday 24 July 2022 ،
Antiquities after she refused to shake hands with the Israeli ambassador to the Persian Gulf country. Shaikha Mai bint Mohammed Al Khalifah, who is member of Bahrain's ruling family, was sacked by order of Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifah. The controversy arose last month ...
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Iraq-Hosted Old Civilizations Forum Seeks Protection to Heritage, Antiquities

Iraq-Hosted Old Civilizations Forum Seeks Protection to Heritage, Antiquities

Tuesday 6 December 2022 ،
Baghdad hosted forum of ten ancient civilizations to discuss cooperation among them to protect heritage and antiquities. Alwaght- With modernization of the communities today and technological advances, the protection of the historical and civilizational heritage as the nations’ cultural posses ...
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Iran Slams France for Insulting Other Religions, Followers under ‘Free Speech’ Guise

Iran Slams France for Insulting Other Religions, Followers under ‘Free Speech’ Guise

Sunday 8 January 2023 ،
Iran’s Foreign Ministry says France has no right whatsoever to insult any religion and its followers under pretext of "free speech," calling on European country’s authorities to observe the basic principle of international rules. Iran’s Foreign Ministry says France has no right whatsoever to&n ...
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Israeli Regime Angry as UNESCO Lists Ariha Ruins as World Heritage Site in Palestine

Israeli Regime Angry as UNESCO Lists Ariha Ruins as World Heritage Site in Palestine

Monday 18 September 2023 ،
Antiquities Ministry wrote in an executive summary for the committee. Ariha is one of the world’s oldest continually inhabited places, where excavations have unearthed traces of Neolithic populations and materials from the Early and Middle Bronze Ages. The decision angered Israel, with ...

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Farmers in Poland are on the streets again to protest EU agricultural policies

Farmers in Poland are on the streets again to protest EU agricultural policies