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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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Syrian Opposition Timeline: From Initial Vigor to Present Frailty
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Syrian Opposition Timeline: From Initial Vigor to Present Frailty

Monday 16 October 2017
Opposition developed out of foreign support and so are obliged to pursue foreign agenda beside own goals, something immersing them in division. Alwaght- With the eruption of the crisis in the country, the Syrian opposition groups found ground to challenge the Damascus government politically, and als ...
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China Angry as US Unveils De Facto Embassy in Taiwan amid China tensions
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China Angry as US Unveils De Facto Embassy in Taiwan amid China tensions

Tuesday 12 June 2018 ،
The US in yet another provocative measure has unveiled its representative office in Taiwan’s capital on Tuesday, a de facto embassy that signals Washington is ignoring multiple warnings by China that views the self-ruled island as a wayward province. Alwaght- The US in yet another provocative measur ...
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Trade War with China to Expose US Economy’s Vulnerability
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Trade War with China to Expose US Economy’s Vulnerability

Monday 25 June 2018 ،
Trump slaps China with new tariffs only to see Beijing leaders fighting back with retaliatory levies with big impacts on US. Alwaght- The US president continues to impose his new tariffs on the foreign products, threatening to widen the mounting trade war between Washington and other economic heavyw ...
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What’s Behind US Building World’s Largest Consulate in Iraq’s Kurdistan?
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What’s Behind US Building World’s Largest Consulate in Iraq’s Kurdistan?

Monday 9 July 2018 ،
The new is consulate set to open in 2022. Regional sides raise concerns as they believe it will serve like a spy nest covering the whole region. Alwaght- A year after the US and Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) signed an agreement for a new American consulate in the autonomous region ...
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Google Tracks Users’ Location Even When They Ask It Not To: Report
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Google Tracks Users’ Location Even When They Ask It Not To: Report

Tuesday 14 August 2018 ،
Google is storing Android and iPhone users’ location data even when they have chosen privacy settings to prevent the company from doing so, an investigation carried out by the Associated Press has found Alwaght- Google is storing Android and iPhone users’ location data even when they have chos ...
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US Negotiation Strategy: One Model for All Seasons
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US Negotiation Strategy: One Model for All Seasons

Saturday 18 August 2018 ،
Iran’s leader said not to Trump’s dialogue offer, saying the US is a time-proven treacherous side Alwaght- Over the past few weeks, the US President Donald Trump sent vitiated messages to Iran, expressing his readiness for a face-to-face meeting with the Islamic Republic's officials. In Iran, w ...
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Ridicules Syria Stabilization Fund Ended, Let Saudis Pay It: Trump
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Ridicules Syria Stabilization Fund Ended, Let Saudis Pay It: Trump

Sunday 19 August 2018 ،
President Donald Trump took to twitter on Saturday to hail US cutting of "ridiculous" $230mn funding for stabilization efforts in Syria and said "other rich countries" will pay it. Alwaght- President Donald Trump took to twitter on Saturday to hail US cutting of ridiculous $230mn funding for stabili ...
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How NeoCon Billionaire Is Driving the Outsourcing of US Tech Jobs to Israel
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How NeoCon Billionaire Is Driving the Outsourcing of US Tech Jobs to Israel

Wednesday 12 June 2019 ،
Several U.S. tech giants including Google, Microsoft and Intel Corporation have filled top positions with former members of Israeli military intelligence and are heavily investing in their Israeli branches while laying off thousands of American employees, all while receiving millions of dollars in U ...
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Iran Hits US Airbases in Iraq Warns against any Retaliation
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Iran Hits US Airbases in Iraq Warns against any Retaliation

Wednesday 8 January 2020 ،
Iran, in retaliatory attacks, has targeted the US airbase of Ain al-Assad in Anbar province in western Iraq after launching a wave of attacks following the US regime’s assassination of top Iranian anti-terror commander, Lt. Gen. Qassem Soleimani. Alwaght- Iran, in retaliatory attacks, has targeted t ...
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Why Is The US Afraid Of China’s Huawei?
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Why Is The US Afraid Of China’s Huawei?

Monday 10 February 2020 ،
Trump develops serious concerns of possible unseating of the US by China technologically. Huawei has a leading role in this. Alwaght- US President Donald Trump's pressures on allies to ban Chinese electronics giant Huawei from the 5G rollout continued with insulting of the British Prime Minister ...

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Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution

Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution