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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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Reasons of Agreement, Disagreement with Iraqi Kurdistan Independence
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Reasons of Agreement, Disagreement with Iraqi Kurdistan Independence

Monday 23 May 2016
Catalonia which due to their developed fiscal systems as well as massive investment not only have failed to gain independence but also many investors, to secure their own interests, insist on their opposition to the idea of independence. These were the ideas of pro and anti-independence Kurds. The ...
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India’s Crackdown in Kashmir: 94 Dead, 17,000 Inured, 100s Blinded
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India’s Crackdown in Kashmir: 94 Dead, 17,000 Inured, 100s Blinded

Tuesday 8 November 2016 ،
Catalonia in 2014, after at least seven people were blinded by them on the streets of Barcelona. In 2011, months after the uprising in Tahrir Square that toppled an Egyptian dictator, a young police lieutenant, Mohamed el-Shenawy, became infamous for firing pellets into the eyes of protesters again ...
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Separatist Movements in Spain, Independence or Suppression?
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Separatist Movements in Spain, Independence or Suppression?

Tuesday 17 January 2017 ،
Catalonia, Andalusia, the Balearic and Canary Islands, with the most famous being the violent separatist demands from the Basque Country, which have been led by ETA an acronym for Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (Basque Country and Freedom) which is also active in southwestern France. Basque nationalism emer ...
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Finland Stabbing Attack Leaves Two Dead
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Finland Stabbing Attack Leaves Two Dead

Saturday 19 August 2017 ،
Catalonia which left 14 people dead and some 100 others injured. ISIS has pledged to bring more terror carnage to Europe and the US in an official bulletin published hours after the Barcelona massacre. May this year, the head of the UN Security Council's counterterrorism agency has warned that ...
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Spanish Premier Rejects Catalonia Independence, 700 Injured in Clashes
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Spanish Premier Rejects Catalonia Independence, 700 Injured in Clashes

Sunday 1 October 2017 ،
Catalonia independence referendum. Alwaght- Spain's Prime Minister has declared that no referendum took place in the country after polling stations closed in Sunday's controversial Catalonia independence referendum. Claiming that the majority of people in Catalonia did not want to part ...
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EU Warns of Cracks after Catalonia Declared Independence from Spain
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EU Warns of Cracks after Catalonia Declared Independence from Spain

Friday 27 October 2017 ،
Catalonia and his entire government. Mariano Rajoy, the Spanish prime minister, announced that regional elections would be held in December and said the unprecedented act of imposing direct rule on the region was needed to recover normality. The national police may be deployed to bring Catalonia u ...
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Spain’s Top Court Nullifies Catalonia Independence Declaration
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Spain’s Top Court Nullifies Catalonia Independence Declaration

Tuesday 31 October 2017 ،
Catalonia’s declaration of independence, announced by the region’s government on Friday Alwaght- Spain's Constitutional Court has nullified Catalonia’s declaration of independence, announced by the region’s government on Friday, the court spokeswoman said. The news came as depo ...
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Spain Issues Arrest Warrant for Catalan Separatist Leader
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Spain Issues Arrest Warrant for Catalan Separatist Leader

Thursday 2 November 2017 ،
Catalonia. “A government democratically elected at the ballot box is in jail,” she said. “There is a common front to achieve the freedom of the political prisoners.” In Barcelona, thousands of people rallied outside the Catalan presidential palace on Thursday afternoon in a ...
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Before Ousting Assange, Moreno Govt Spied on Him for Over a Year
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Before Ousting Assange, Moreno Govt Spied on Him for Over a Year

Monday 22 April 2019 ،
Catalonia’s struggle for independence. In fact, Moreno’s government issued a statement after cutting off Assange’s access to the internet and phone calls using that exact excuse. With anomalies such as how did these individuals in Spain (where the headquarters of UC Global is loca ...
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Spain Socialist PM Wins National Elections
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Spain Socialist PM Wins National Elections

Monday 29 April 2019 ،
Catalonia's failed secession bid in 2017. The most significant new development is the emergence of far-right party Vox in a country that has had no far-right party to speak of since the death of dictator Francisco Franco in 1975. Sanchez's Socialist Party had gained over 120 lawmakers out ...

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Exclusive: A mirror named the Persian Gulf: Reflecting the continuity of Iranian identity

Exclusive: A mirror named the Persian Gulf: Reflecting the continuity of Iranian identity