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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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Turkey Arrests 46 Ex-Police Officers over Links to Gulen Movement
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Turkey Arrests 46 Ex-Police Officers over Links to Gulen Movement

Tuesday 14 May 2019
Turkish arrested 46 former police officers over alleged links to the opposition movement of US-based Muslim cleric Fetullah Gulen. Alwaght- Turkish arrested 46 former police officers over alleged links to the opposition movement of US-based Muslim cleric Fetullah Gulen. Prosecutors have issued a to ...
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Amnesty Rebukes ‘Shameful Year’ of Human Rights in Saudi Arabia
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Amnesty Rebukes ‘Shameful Year’ of Human Rights in Saudi Arabia

Wednesday 15 May 2019 ،
Amnesty International slammed as “Shameful Year” Saudi Arabia’s human rights records on the first year since the West-backed regime launched a campaign of suppression against women’s rights activists. Alwaght- Amnesty International slammed as “Shameful Year” Saudi Arabia’s human ri ...
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Amnesty Concerned over New Crackdown against Dissent in Egypt
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Amnesty Concerned over New Crackdown against Dissent in Egypt

Saturday 18 May 2019 ،
Amnesty International has warned of potential new wave of crackdown against rights activists in Egypt after authorities in the country detained two peaceful critics of the government this week. Alwaght- Amnesty International has warned of potential new wave of crackdown against rights activists in E ...
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Israeli Regime Detains Dutch Politician in Al-Quds
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Israeli Regime Detains Dutch Politician in Al-Quds

Saturday 18 May 2019 ،
Israeli regime’s security forces have arrested a Dutch politician who was carrying a Palestinian flag after Friday prayers in the occupied Old City of East al-Quds (Jerusalem). Alwaght- Israeli regime's security forces have arrested a Dutch politician who was carrying a Palestinian flag after Fr ...
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Newly Released FBI Docs Shed Light on Apparent Mossad Foreknowledge of 9/11 Attacks
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Newly Released FBI Docs Shed Light on Apparent Mossad Foreknowledge of 9/11 Attacks

Sunday 19 May 2019 ،
New information released by the FBI has brought fresh scrutiny to the possibility that the “Dancing Israelis,” at least two of whom were known Mossad operatives, had prior knowledge of the attacks on the World Trade Center. For nearly two decades, one of the most overlooked and little known arrestsm ...
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Turkey Detains 249 Foreign Ministry Personnel over Coup Links
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Turkey Detains 249 Foreign Ministry Personnel over Coup Links

Monday 20 May 2019 ،
A Turkish prosecutor has issued arrest warrants for 249 foreign ministry personnel over suspected links to the opposition movement of US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen. Alwaght- A Turkish prosecutor has issued arrest warrants for 249 foreign ministry personnel over suspected links to the opposi ...
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Iraq Sentences Two More French ISIS Terrorists to Death
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Iraq Sentences Two More French ISIS Terrorists to Death

Monday 3 June 2019 ،
Two more French nationals were sentenced to death for joining the ISIS terrorist group and involvement in acts of terror across the conflict-ridden Iraq and neighboring Syria. Alwaght- Two more French nationals were sentenced to death for joining the ISIS terrorist group and involvement in acts of t ...
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Saudi Seeks to Execute Teenager over Participating at Anti Regime Protests
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Saudi Seeks to Execute Teenager over Participating at Anti Regime Protests

Saturday 8 June 2019 ،
Saudi Arabia is seeking death penalty for a teenager who has been held in pre-trial detention for almost four years for protesting on his bicycle against the West-backed Arab regime. Alwaght- Saudi Arabia is seeking death penalty for a teenager who has been held in pre-trial detention for almost fou ...
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South African Sisters Describe Detention in Saudi
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South African Sisters Describe Detention in Saudi

Wednesday 26 June 2019 ،
Detainees are left for unknown periods in solitary confinement. They are threatened with arrests and detentions of family members if they did not confess.” Desai said she had seen children held with their mothers, and four women giving birth in custody. “I stand here today to give a vo ...
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Israeli Regime Detains Palestinian Minister of Al-Quds Affairs
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Israeli Regime Detains Palestinian Minister of Al-Quds Affairs

Sunday 30 June 2019 ،
Israeli regime arrested Palestinian Minister of al-Quds Affairs Fadi al-Hadmi during a raid on his home in the occupied city Alwaght- Israeli regime arrested Palestinian Minister of al-Quds Affairs Fadi al-Hadmi during a raid on his home in the occupied city. Palestine’s Wafa news agency repo ...

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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.