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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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Saudi Arabia Says It Will Build First Nuclear Power Plant

Saudi Arabia Says It Will Build First Nuclear Power Plant

Tuesday 26 September 2023
Salman said in an address to the annual General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna on Monday that the building operations for the country’s first nuclear plant, known as the National Atomic Energy Project, will be carried out in close cooperation wi ...
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Saudi-Israeli Normalization Unlikely in Short Run: Expert

Saudi-Israeli Normalization Unlikely in Short Run: Expert

Thursday 28 September 2023 ،
Bin Salman seeks strategic advantages including a security agreement with the United States and nuclear enrichment right in return for a thaw with the Israeli regime. From another side, the Saudis are trying at the same time to save their face in the Arab world they claim they lead. So, to realize t ...
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Saudi Court Sentences Media Activists to Decades in Prison over Critical Posts

Saudi Court Sentences Media Activists to Decades in Prison over Critical Posts

Wednesday 4 October 2023 ،
Salman confirmed the death sentence against the professor, saying, “[This conviction] embarrasses us. But I can’t tell a judge [to ignore] the law. That would go against the rule of law.” In August 2022, the same Saudi court raised the prison sentence against the PhD student  ...
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US Stonewalling Gaza Ceasefire: Iran President

US Stonewalling Gaza Ceasefire: Iran President

Saturday 11 November 2023 ،
Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, whose country currently holds the rotating presidency of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. He went on to state that the Iranian request for an extraordinary summit on Gaza conflict dates back to a month ago. “Heads of Muslim countries are expected to ...
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Bahrain Crown Prince Condemns Hamas’ Al-Aqsa Storm Operation

Bahrain Crown Prince Condemns Hamas’ Al-Aqsa Storm Operation

Saturday 18 November 2023 ،
Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa told the Bahrain Security Conference on Friday. The attacks on October 7th were barbaric, he added. Waged against the occupied territories, the Palestinian operation, dubbed al-Aqsa Storm, resulted in the deaths of some 1,400 Israeli forces and settlers, and the captivi ...
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US Vetoes UN Security Council Call for Ceasefire in Israeli Regime’s War on Gaza

US Vetoes UN Security Council Call for Ceasefire in Israeli Regime’s War on Gaza

Saturday 9 December 2023 ،
Salman (MBS) condemned Israel's war crimes against Palestinians and called for a ceasefire, in remarks at the summit of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council in Qatar. He said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pushing the entire region into danger for the sake ...
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Pres. Raisi’s Moscow Visit New Acceleration to Soaring Iranian-Russian Ties

Pres. Raisi’s Moscow Visit New Acceleration to Soaring Iranian-Russian Ties

Saturday 9 December 2023 ،
Salman, Putin discussed cooperation within the framework of OPEC Plus and both sides emphasized the commitment of their countries to stability in the global oil market.  Over the past two years, Russia has tried to attract the Persian Gulf countries to its side as part of its confrontation wit ...
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Saudi Arabia Executes 7 Men, Largest Number since 2022

Saudi Arabia Executes 7 Men, Largest Number since 2022

Wednesday 28 February 2024 ،
Salman as the country’s crown prince and de facto ruler and his father. It highlighted that there was an average of 129.5 executions per year from 2015 to 2022, marking an increase of 82%.
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How did the ambitious projects of bin Salman drain Saudi Arabia’s resources?

How did the ambitious projects of bin Salman drain Saudi Arabia’s resources?

Tuesday 12 March 2024 ،
Bin Salman, who envisions a prosperous Saudi Arabia through his ambitious projects, has actually caused the country to confront an 80% surge in budget deficit Bin Salman, who envisions a prosperous Saudi Arabia through his ambitious projects, has actually caused the country to confront an 80% surge ...
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Bahrain Royal Amnesty Decree and Challenge of Mending Ruling Family’s Image

Bahrain Royal Amnesty Decree and Challenge of Mending Ruling Family’s Image

Friday 12 April 2024 ،
Salman, the head of Wifaq movement, who was handed life sentence.  One of the noticeable examples of the continuation of nationwide dissatisfaction with the government and its promises of reform was the boycott of the parliamentary and municipal elections in November 2022, which were botched i ...

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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