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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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South Africa Demotes Its Embassy in Tel Aviv to Liaison Office
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South Africa Demotes Its Embassy in Tel Aviv to Liaison Office

Saturday 6 April 2019
Basem Naim, spokesman for the Gaza-based Hamas resistance movement, thanked South Africa for the steps it has taken to express its anger at the apartheid policy of the Israeli occupation state.” The Israeli Foreign Ministry, however, reacted to South Africa’s decision, saying, We heard ...
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Palestinians Pan US Envoy for Saying Israel Has Rights to Annex W Bank
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Palestinians Pan US Envoy for Saying Israel Has Rights to Annex W Bank

Sunday 9 June 2019 ،
Basem Naim said Saturday that remarks earlier in the day by David Friedman, who serves as the US ambassador to the occupied Palestinian territories, represented “the destructive thinking of the extreme American leadership.” “The statements of the American ambassador are completely ...
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Qatari Envoy Visits Blockaded Gaza to Help Ease Tensions amid Israeli Aggression
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Qatari Envoy Visits Blockaded Gaza to Help Ease Tensions amid Israeli Aggression

Wednesday 26 August 2020 ،
Basem Naim also said despite efforts to “prevent the situation from exploding,” Israel has intensified its raids against Gaza and refused to abide by the previous agreements. “The Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip are living under unbearably miserable and grim conditions &helli ...
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Gaza Truce Deal not Close Yet: Senior Hamas Official
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Gaza Truce Deal not Close Yet: Senior Hamas Official

Wednesday 28 February 2024 ،
Basem Naim, the head of political and international relations for Hamas, told Al Jazeera from Istanbul on Wednesday.  The comments come hours after the US President Joe Biden said he was hopeful a deal can be reached by next Monday.  Biden administration’s optimistic posture was no ...
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Hamas Suspends Gaza Ceasefire Talks Until Israel Frees 620 Prisoners
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Hamas Suspends Gaza Ceasefire Talks Until Israel Frees 620 Prisoners

Monday 24 February 2025 ،
Basem Naim insisted that further negotiations through mediators depend on Israel honoring its agreement to release the prisoners in exchange for four bodies and six Israeli captives freed on Saturday. The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society condemned Israel’s actions, accusing it of using &ld ...
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Hamas: Witkoff Offered to Lift Gaza Blockade for Release of Edan Alexander
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Hamas: Witkoff Offered to Lift Gaza Blockade for Release of Edan Alexander

Saturday 17 May 2025 ،
Basem Naim, a senior Hamas official, revealed that US special envoy Witkoff personally promised a deal: if Hamas released American-Israeli captive Edan Alexander, then former President Trump would publicly call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, thank Hamas for its gesture, and pressure Israel to o ...
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Hamas Rejects Tony Blair’s Possible Role in Post-War Gaza Administration
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Hamas Rejects Tony Blair’s Possible Role in Post-War Gaza Administration

Saturday 11 October 2025 ،
Basem Naim told Sky News that while the movement welcomes US efforts to end the two-year war, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair would not be accepted in any governance role in Gaza. Naim cited widespread resentment over Blair’s past actions in Afghanistan and Iraq, which caused the deat ...

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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.