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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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‘Israel Chose Expansion over security’: Noam Chomsky Q&A

‘Israel Chose Expansion over security’: Noam Chomsky Q&A

Sunday 9 April 2023
Israel decided in the 1970s, it made a fateful decision to choose expansion over security. Well, that meant that Israel was dependent for its security and support by the United States. That’s the bargain. If you choose expansion over security, you depend on a powerful state. If the US changes its po ...
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Iraq’s Water Crisis: Will PM Al-Sudani Succumb to Turkish Ransom Seeking?

Iraq’s Water Crisis: Will PM Al-Sudani Succumb to Turkish Ransom Seeking?

Wednesday 26 April 2023 ،
Iraq is facing serious water shortage that is partly because of Turkish dam construction. The PM seeks a solution with Ankara. Alwaght- With back-to-back drought and shortage of surface water in Iraq, water and farming crisis is becoming a key home and foreign relations issue with neighbors, especia ...
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Iraq Water Conference, Baghdad’s Initiative to Beat Drought Challenges

Iraq Water Conference, Baghdad’s Initiative to Beat Drought Challenges

Monday 8 May 2023 ،
The Iraqi government hosted 3rd international water conference to warn about the water scarcity challenge and seek water management solutions. Alwaght- Water crisis is regarded as the biggest global challenge of the human life in the future, and West Asian countries are suffering more due to be ...
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Gaza Ceasefire Not as Israelis Wished

Gaza Ceasefire Not as Israelis Wished

Sunday 14 May 2023 ،
The ceasefire includes a commitment by Tel Aviv to stop assassinations and does not cut Palestinian power. Alwaght- The Israeli leaders thought that they have gained a big achievement by attacking Gaza and assassinating some of the resistance commanders and that they can unconditionally ink a ceasef ...
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What’s Agenda of Iranian FM’s Persian Gulf Tour?

What’s Agenda of Iranian FM’s Persian Gulf Tour?

Wednesday 21 June 2023 ،
The top diplomat is discussing expanding ties with regional states as convergence with Arab world is growing. Alwaght- Iran's Foreign Minister Hussein Amir-Abdollahian arrived in Qatar on Tuesday as part of a tour of Persian Gulf.  A diplomatic delegation is accompanying him in his tour. A ...
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More than 100 U.S. political leaders have ancestors who were slaveholders

More than 100 U.S. political leaders have ancestors who were slaveholders

Tuesday 27 June 2023 ،
More than 100 U.S. leaders – lawmakers, presidents, governors and justices – have slaveholding ancestors, a Reuters examination found. Few are willing to talk about their ties to America’s “original sin” More than 100 U.S. leaders – lawmakers, presidents, governors and justices – have sl ...
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Syrian Parliament Urges European Parliament to ‘Condemn’ US Looting of Its Resources

Syrian Parliament Urges European Parliament to ‘Condemn’ US Looting of Its Resources

Monday 17 July 2023 ،
Syrian Parliament dismissed the latest report by the European Parliament on the humanitarian situation in Syria as false, urging the bloc to be “objective” and condemn the US’s plundering of Syrian energy and crops. Alwaght- Syrian Parliament dismissed the latest report by the European Parliame ...
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US Military Smuggles New Batch of Syrian Oil, Crops to Bases in Iraq

US Military Smuggles New Batch of Syrian Oil, Crops to Bases in Iraq

Monday 31 July 2023 ،
The US military has separately used dozens of tankers and trucks to smuggle crude oil and crops from the country’s northeastern province of Hasakah to bases in neighboring Iraq, amid Washington’s attempts to further plunder natural resources in war-ravaged Syria. The US military has separately used ...
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Hamas Calls for Efforts to Confront Israeli Settlement Expansion Plans

Hamas Calls for Efforts to Confront Israeli Settlement Expansion Plans

Sunday 20 August 2023 ،
Hamas resistance movement has called for efforts to confront the Israeli regime’s plans to expand the construction of illegal settlements across the West Bank, saying the schemes aim to displace Palestinians and relocate them to Jordan. Alwaght- Hamas resistance movement has called for efforts to co ...
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Employing phosphorus bombs: The Zionist regime’s "Population War" waged against Gaza and Lebanon

Employing phosphorus bombs: The Zionist regime’s "Population War" waged against Gaza and Lebanon

Sunday 21 January 2024 ،
The enduring impacts of this weapon on the environment, agriculture, livelihoods, and the well-being of forthcoming non-combatant generations The enduring impacts of this weapon on the environment, agriculture, livelihoods, and the well-being of forthcoming non-combatant generations collectively con ...

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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