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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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Bahraini Regime’s Military Court Sentenced 6 Protesters to Death
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Bahraini Regime’s Military Court Sentenced 6 Protesters to Death

Monday 25 December 2017
A High Military Court in Bahrain on Monday issued a verdict in a high profile case of 18 pro-democracy activists, with six sentenced to death. Alwaght- A High Military Court in Bahrain issued on Monday a verdict in a high profile case of 18 pro-democracy activists, with six sentenced to death. The ...
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Bahrain Jails Two Pro-Democracy Activists, Revokes Their Citizenship
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Bahrain Jails Two Pro-Democracy Activists, Revokes Their Citizenship

Saturday 30 December 2017 ،
The Bahraini regime has sentenced two pro-democracy activists to five years in prison and revoked their citizenship . Alwaght- The Bahraini regime has sentenced two pro-democracy activists to five years in prison and revoked their citizenship as the ruling Al Khalifah monarchy pushes ahead with brut ...
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Bahrain Crisis: All Repression, No Toleration Make Things Worse
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Bahrain Crisis: All Repression, No Toleration Make Things Worse

Tuesday 23 January 2018 ،
Citizenship and military court trials: flagrant violation of international law The most significant international document on the statelessness is a United Nations convention passed in 1961, formally known as Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. The most related items are the articles 8 an ...
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Bahraini Regime Vows to Clamp down on Anti-Regime Internet Activists
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Bahraini Regime Vows to Clamp down on Anti-Regime Internet Activists

Sunday 25 March 2018 ،
Bahraini regime says it would take "severe measures" to track down political dissidents and anti-regime activists who use social media as the ruling Al Khalifah dynasty does not shy away from its heavy-handed crackdown on pro-democracy campaigners in the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom. Alwaght- Bahraini ...
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Bahraini Regime Revokes Citizenship of 115 Dissent in Mass Trial
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Bahraini Regime Revokes Citizenship of 115 Dissent in Mass Trial

Thursday 17 May 2018 ،
Acting Head of Terror Crime Prosecution, Chief Prosecutor Hamad Shaheen, said the Supreme Criminal Court had found 115 defendants guilty of forming of a “terrorist group” called Zulfiqar Battalions, possession of explosive devices and flammable materials, training in ...
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6 Killed in Protests over Contentious Indian Citizenship Bill
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6 Killed in Protests over Contentious Indian Citizenship Bill

Sunday 15 December 2019 ،
Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB). The government later signed the bill into law. The law allows granting citizenship to millions of migrants, who came into India — legally or illegally — from Pakistan, Bangladesh or Afghanistan before 31 December 2014, but not if they are Muslim. In th ...
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Protesters Vandalize Railway Stations in India’s West Bengal, Angry over Citizenship Bill
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Protesters Vandalize Railway Stations in India’s West Bengal, Angry over Citizenship Bill

Monday 16 December 2019 ،
Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB), with protesters vandalizing and setting fire on train stations. Alwaght- Indian state of West Bengal has witnessed violent protests for the second consecutive day in the wake of provocative Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB), with protesters vandalizing and setting fi ...

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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