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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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Geopolitics, Profit, Poppies: How CIA Turned Afghanistan into a Failed Narco-State
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Geopolitics, Profit, Poppies: How CIA Turned Afghanistan into a Failed Narco-State

Monday 28 June 2021
British used its opium machine to subdue and economically conquer much of China. Britain’s insatiable thirst for Chinese tea was beginning to bankrupt the country, as the Chinese would accept only gold or silver as payment. It therefore used the power of its navy to force China to cede Hong Ko ...
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Modi’s Sinister Take on Cancel Culture Erasing Centuries of Muslim History in India
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Modi’s Sinister Take on Cancel Culture Erasing Centuries of Muslim History in India

Tuesday 26 October 2021 ،
British Empire. Under the leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the right-wing government of Narendra Modi, India has sought to recall and glorify the ancient Hindu cultural narrative at the expense of hundreds of years of history. This policy, often referred to as ‘saffronisat ...
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India’s Arrest of Kashmiri Journalist Triggers Outrage
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India’s Arrest of Kashmiri Journalist Triggers Outrage

Monday 7 February 2022 ،
British India in 1947. Both countries claim all of Kashmir and have fought three wars over the territory.
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India, Pakistan Celebrate Independence from British Colonial Rule
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India, Pakistan Celebrate Independence from British Colonial Rule

Monday 15 August 2022 ،
British colonial rule. It also marks the partition of the subcontinent into India and Pakistan — with ripple effects of that delineation still being felt today. Alwaght- India and Pakistan celebrated 75 years of independence since the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947 that ended nearly 200 years ...
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Iran Commemorating National Day against British Colonialism
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Iran Commemorating National Day against British Colonialism

Saturday 3 September 2022 ،
British colonialism in Iran, remembering the 108th anniversary of the martyrdom of Rais Ali Delvari, a great national hero and independence fighter who led the anti-colonial struggle in southern Iran. Iran is marking the national day against British colonialism in Iran, remembering the 108th anniver ...
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How British Colonialism Killed 100 Million Indians in 40 Years
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How British Colonialism Killed 100 Million Indians in 40 Years

Sunday 4 December 2022 ،
British empire. High-profile books such as Niall Ferguson’s Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World, and Bruce Gilley’s The Last Imperialist, have claimed that British colonialism brought prosperity and development to India and other colonies. Two years ago, a YouGov poll found that 32 percent of ...
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How India Abandoned Palestine amid Rise of Hindu Nationalism
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How India Abandoned Palestine amid Rise of Hindu Nationalism

Monday 9 January 2023 ،
British colonialism in 1947. In October 1937, when a British parliamentary committee proposed the division of Palestine, Indian National Congress explicitly extended its support for the Palestinian movement, which some historians believe was primarily driven by Mahatma Gandhi’s stand on the i ...
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Giving Away Yemen’s Largest Port to Top Enemy of Yemen Ports
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Giving Away Yemen’s Largest Port to Top Enemy of Yemen Ports

Monday 24 June 2024 ،
British colonial occupation, this port was the world's third most free port in terms of delivery of goods, Belfakhr added that in 2008 this port was leased to the DP World and later many secret aspects of corruption in this deal were revealed by Aden Press news website.  According to the Y ...
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Indian-Israeli Alliance: From Military Partnership to Ideological Convergence
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Indian-Israeli Alliance: From Military Partnership to Ideological Convergence

Sunday 14 September 2025 ،
British colony, became one of Palestine's most vocal supporters after gaining independence in 1947. The foundational figures of the Indian state, Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru, viewed Zionism through an anti-colonial lens. India notably refused to endorse the 1947 UN Partition Plan that l ...
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Nobel: A Political Reward or Peace Prize?
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Nobel: A Political Reward or Peace Prize?

Sunday 12 October 2025 ،
British colonialism, was several times nominated for the prize was never awarded. In 1948, the year he was assassinated, the Nobel Committee decided not to award him the price, saying that the statute banned awarding people posthumously, while no living candidate met the standards. This elimination ...

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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.