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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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UK Muslim Association Urges May to Press Saudi Crown Prince on Yemen War, Rights abuses
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UK Muslim Association Urges May to Press Saudi Crown Prince on Yemen War, Rights abuses

Wednesday 7 March 2018
The Muslim Association of Britain (MAB) called on prime minister Theresa May to broach Saudi war crimes and human rights violations in talks with visiting Saudi crown prince, who will arrive in London on Wednesday. Alwaght- The Muslim Association of Britain (MAB) called on prime minister Theresa May ...
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Bahraini Activist on Hunger Strike Since August 1 to Save Father in Regime’s Jail
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Bahraini Activist on Hunger Strike Since August 1 to Save Father in Regime’s Jail

Sunday 12 August 2018 ،
spring protests – a mass movement that peacefully called for human rights and democratic reforms in the authoritarian Persian Gulf kingdom. Police violently crushed the demonstrations, killing dozens and jailing thousands. Early on the morning of 17 March 2011, security forces broke into our ...
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Turkey-NATO Challenges: Is Turkey Expelling or Exit Possible?
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Turkey-NATO Challenges: Is Turkey Expelling or Exit Possible?

Thursday 17 October 2019 ،
Democracy, individual freedom, and rule of law. By raising these principles, the Western countries could charge Turkey and pave the way for its suspension from NATO.  Whether or not Ankara has violated these principles is a question the key NATO members should answer. What is clear and serious ...
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Jailed Bahraini Activist ‘Considered Suicide’ after Rape, Abuse by Regime
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Jailed Bahraini Activist ‘Considered Suicide’ after Rape, Abuse by Regime

Monday 28 October 2019 ،
Democracy (Bird), said: “As if spending over two years arbitrarily imprisoned was not enough, upon Najah’s release she has faced the further insult of being dismissed from her job. To this day, she has received no redress and there is no indication that Bahrain intends to hold her abuser ...
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Futile: Saudi’s Decade-Long Attempt to Bottle Up Yemeni Youth Revolution is Failing
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Futile: Saudi’s Decade-Long Attempt to Bottle Up Yemeni Youth Revolution is Failing

Saturday 27 February 2021 ،
A decade has passed since a massive popular uprising was sparked in Yemen by the wave of pro-democracy protests surging across the Middle East and North Africa known as the Arab Spring. The protests called for the overthrow of dictatorial regimes and sought democracy, sovereignty, and the eliminatio ...
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EU Gave Erdogan’s Accession Hope a Kill Shot
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EU Gave Erdogan’s Accession Hope a Kill Shot

Monday 25 October 2021 ،
spring, and while the two sides were working to patch up things to pave the way for the membership of the half-Asian-half-European country, Ankara is no longer serious about implementing the Brussels-demanded reforms. The statement also criticized the lack of genuine separation of powers and spoke ...
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Large Protests in Tunis after President Saied Tightens Grip on Judiciary
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Large Protests in Tunis after President Saied Tightens Grip on Judiciary

Monday 14 February 2022 ،
Thousands of anti-regime protesters poured to the streets of Tunis on Sunday, following a presidential decree published on the official gazette in the early hours. Alwaght- Thousands of anti-regime protesters poured to the streets of Tunis on Sunday, following a presidential decree published on the ...
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Bahrain Uprising: 11 Years On
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Bahrain Uprising: 11 Years On

Tuesday 15 February 2022 ،
spring, Arab uprisings, and Islamic awakening, these movements seriously questioned the credibility of theory about Middle East exception from reaching democracy and thus grabbed regional and international attention.  Meanwhile, in Bahrain, at the same time with the beginning of protests in co ...
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Bahraini Opposition Leader Denied Medical Care, Abused at Prison: Rights group
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Bahraini Opposition Leader Denied Medical Care, Abused at Prison: Rights group

Thursday 29 September 2022 ،
Democracy (Bird). He said he would not attend the appointment if there were no doctors, therefore, asked by a prison officer to sign a statement, declaring that he was rejecting medical treatment, but al-Miqdad refused. His refusal to sign the statement was met with aggression, he told the rights ...
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Rights Groups Urge Pope to Raise Human Rights during Upcoming Bahrain Visit
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Rights Groups Urge Pope to Raise Human Rights during Upcoming Bahrain Visit

Wednesday 2 November 2022 ،
Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), the European Center for Democracy and Human Rights (ECDHR), the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), Human Rights Action Center, Together against the Death Penalty (Ensemble contre la peine de mort – ECPM), the Centre for Law and De ...

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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.