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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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Reasons for Trump’s Increase of US Military Budget
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Reasons for Trump’s Increase of US Military Budget

Friday 3 March 2017
EU member states opposition to Trump’s contentious policies might have prompted Washington’s increase of military budget in an attempt to cover-up diminished US role across the Atlantic. Trump’s historically low approval rating Trump's job approval rating is 44%, according to ...
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EU Warns of Cracks after Catalonia Declared Independence from Spain
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EU Warns of Cracks after Catalonia Declared Independence from Spain

Friday 27 October 2017 ،
EU's unity since Brexit, and is likely to fuel support for separatist movements in Ireland, Scotland and the Basque Country. [The EU] doesn't need any more cracks, more splits ... we shouldn't insert ourselves into what is an internal debate for Spain, but I wouldn't want the Europe ...
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Spain’s Top Court Nullifies Catalonia Independence Declaration
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Spain’s Top Court Nullifies Catalonia Independence Declaration

Tuesday 31 October 2017 ،
Spain’s Constitutional Court has nullified Catalonia’s declaration of independence, announced by the region’s government on Friday Alwaght- Spain's Constitutional Court has nullified Catalonia’s declaration of independence, announced by the region’s government on Friday, the cou ...
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Spain Issues Arrest Warrant for Catalan Separatist Leader
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Spain Issues Arrest Warrant for Catalan Separatist Leader

Thursday 2 November 2017 ،
A Spanish judge has issued a European arrest warrant for Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont and four members of his ousted cabinet. Alwaght- A Spanish judge has issued a European arrest warrant for Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont and four members of his ousted cabinet. All are currently in Belgium, ...
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Israeli Social Gaps Fire under Ashes
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Israeli Social Gaps Fire under Ashes

Wednesday 25 July 2018 ،
The Israeli regime has failed to build a nation with a sense of coherence and belonging to a state named Israel. Alwaght- Fragmentation and discrimination in the society are two major social crises the Israeli regime is grappling with. The crisis covers a wide range from discrimination between the J ...
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Israeli Regime’s Hidden Hand behind Attacks on Jeremy Corbyn
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Israeli Regime’s Hidden Hand behind Attacks on Jeremy Corbyn

Saturday 25 August 2018 ،
EUMC). That definition was derived from the work of Israeli academics such as Dina Porat, who was part of an Israeli foreign ministry delegation to an anti-racism conference in Durban, South Africa, in 2001. At that time Israel was facing a barrage of criticism for its use of lethal force to put do ...
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Central Asia’s Significance, Challenges for EU
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Central Asia’s Significance, Challenges for EU

Wednesday 28 November 2018 ،
EU-Central Asia meeting discussed a set of cases from energy to security. Alwaght- Every year in November, the EU holds a meeting with the Central Asian states. The 14th one was held on November 23 by foreign ministers of Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan with the high EU representati ...
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US, Israeli Collectors Buy Up What Remains of Yemen’s Ancient Heritage
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US, Israeli Collectors Buy Up What Remains of Yemen’s Ancient Heritage

Tuesday 27 August 2019 ،
Cracks show on the more than 1,975 densely-packed homes, threatening them with collapse. Labyrinths, hidden gardens, steam baths, busy markets and streets have all been affected by airstrikes on the city that was said to have been founded by Shem, the son of Noah. In fact, the ancient city has been ...
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Saudi Expanding Intel. Network From Asia To Europe
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Saudi Expanding Intel. Network From Asia To Europe

Sunday 9 February 2020 ،
The Arab kingdom built complicated network to spy on the opposition figures and at the same time work against regional rival countries. Alwaght- Saudi Arabia’s spying activities every year cross new borders. Since the 9/11 attacks, the Saudi spy agency expanded its activities from Europe to We ...
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How Is Tel Aviv Censoring Information on its Crimes?
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How Is Tel Aviv Censoring Information on its Crimes?

Friday 5 November 2021 ،
The Israeli government detains the journalists and also censors media content. Alwaght- According to the Palestinian Committee to Protect the Journalists (PCPJ), Israeli forces arrested 9 Palestinian journalists just in October. 15 other Palestinian journalists were reportedly wounded by Israeli fo ...

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Exclusive: A mirror named the Persian Gulf: Reflecting the continuity of Iranian identity

Exclusive: A mirror named the Persian Gulf: Reflecting the continuity of Iranian identity