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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
New node

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Map of  Latest Battlefield Developments in Syria and Iraq on

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Doctors Assisted Some 2,000 Patients Commit Suicide in Canada: Report
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Doctors Assisted Some 2,000 Patients Commit Suicide in Canada: Report

Saturday 7 October 2017
Canadian physicians have helped near 2,000 patients to commit suicide since euthanasia became legal in the country. Alwaght- Canadian physicians have helped near 2,000 patients to commit suicide since euthanasia became legal in the country in 2016. According to a report released by Health Cana ...
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UN Slams ‘Shocking’ Killing of Disabled Palestinian by Israeli Forces
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UN Slams ‘Shocking’ Killing of Disabled Palestinian by Israeli Forces

Tuesday 19 December 2017 ،
The UN’s human rights chief said Tuesday he was “truly shocked” by Israeli regime troops’ killing of a wheelchair-bound Palestinian protester in Gaza Alwaght-The UN’s human rights chief said Tuesday he was “truly shocked” by Israeli regime troops’ killing of a wheelchair-boun ...
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Disabled Iranian Youth among World’s 10 Outstanding Young Persons
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Disabled Iranian Youth among World’s 10 Outstanding Young Persons

Friday 3 July 2020 ،
A young Iranian suffering from a disability that affects 98 percent of his muscles has been listed by a notable international organization that focuses on youths’ contribution to development as one of the “Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the World.” A young Iranian suffering from a disability that ...
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Kuwait’s New Emir and Crisis at Head of Emirate
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Kuwait’s New Emir and Crisis at Head of Emirate

Sunday 4 October 2020 ،
Alwaght- With the death of the late Kuwaiti Emir, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah at the age of 91, his brother the 83-year-old crown prince of the royal family Sheikh Nawaf has been sworn in on Wednesday as Kuwait’s 16th Emir (the fifth Emir since Kuwait’s independence from Britain in 1961) ...
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Saudi Regime Cracking down on Women despite Claims of Reforms: Rights Group
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Saudi Regime Cracking down on Women despite Claims of Reforms: Rights Group

Wednesday 10 March 2021 ،
Saudi Arabia has escalated crackdown on women in recent years, despite promises of improving their social standing, a human rights group reported stressing that female activists in the West-backed kingdom are paying an “exorbitant” price for forcing the Al Saud regime to make a set of reforms in fav ...
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Advocacy Group Sues US Hospital for Firing Doctor for Rebuking Israel’s Crimes
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Advocacy Group Sues US Hospital for Firing Doctor for Rebuking Israel’s Crimes

Sunday 27 June 2021 ،
The American advocacy group, the Arizona chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), is representing Dr. Fidaa Wishah after she was fired from Phoenix Children’s Hospital following a Facebook post in which she condemned Israel’s recent aggression in the Gaza Strip. Alwaght- The Ame ...
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Gaza: Disabled or Dead, Many Young Victims of Israeli Strikes Won’t Return to School
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Gaza: Disabled or Dead, Many Young Victims of Israeli Strikes Won’t Return to School

Monday 30 August 2021 ،
Eight-year-old Mohammed Shaaban sits on the front bench of a classroom listening intently to the teacher, trying his best to follow the lesson. Eight-year-old Mohammed Shaaban sits on the front bench of a classroom listening intently to the teacher, trying his best to follow the lesson. The second- ...
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Lapid’s Bahrain Visit Largely Propagandistic, Damaging to Bahrain
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Lapid’s Bahrain Visit Largely Propagandistic, Damaging to Bahrain

Saturday 2 October 2021 ،
Bahraini rulers hosted the Israeli FM as part of a media campaign to bring back normalization to news headlines. Alwaght- After several delays and a heated debate about the trip of senior Israeli officials to Bahrain, on Thursday Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid visited Manama, becoming be the fi ...
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Will This Year’s Land Day Detonate New Palestinian Intifada?
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Will This Year’s Land Day Detonate New Palestinian Intifada?

Saturday 23 March 2024 ،
The Palestinian atmosphere is ready for a new Intifada as the Israeli crimes continue in Gaza and the West Bank. Alwaght- On March 1976, Israeli occupation forces seized thousands of acres of Palestinian lands in the occupied territories of 1948, while the Palestinians were majority in these regions ...
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Gaza Disability Crisis: A Non-healing Wound
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Gaza Disability Crisis: A Non-healing Wound

Saturday 15 November 2025 ،
Thousands of Gazans have suffered organ amputations, making it hard for them to engage in daily life activities. Alwaght- Over the past two years, Gaza has endured one of the most severe humanitarian crises of temporary times. The genocidal Israeli war on this small and besieged Palestinian region n ...

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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.