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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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High Living Costs Prompting Israeli Reverse Migration

High Living Costs Prompting Israeli Reverse Migration

Tuesday 13 September 2022
Reverse migration is now a serious Israeli government challenge as it struggles to bring in more Jews to occupied territories. Alwaght‐  High costs of living in the Israeli-occupied territories is forcing many Jewish settlers to consider living somewhere else or even returning to their home cou ...
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Power Prices in Germany Forecast to Soar

Power Prices in Germany Forecast to Soar

Saturday 17 September 2022 ،
Electricity prices in Germany are expected to jump to record highs next year, the Neue Osnabrucker Zeitung newspaper reported on Friday, citing the country’s local public utilities association (VKU). According to the report, prices could spike as much as 60% due to the reduction in gas suppli ...
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Complete Power Outage in Yemen’s Aden: Report

Complete Power Outage in Yemen’s Aden: Report

Sunday 18 September 2022 ،
Electricity comes as the biggest crisis experienced by the residents of the southern governorates with a hot climate, where the electricity generation crisis has been exacerbated for years, especially in Aden. According to the statement of the Aden Electricity Company, the city of Aden needs to gen ...
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What Challenges Is New Iraqi Government Facing?

What Challenges Is New Iraqi Government Facing?

Monday 31 October 2022 ،
Electricity outages are one of the main sources of public discontentment in Iraq. On average, Iraq has grid power for just 2-5 hours a day, and in the rest of the day, the citizens have to provide power using generators, which foist on them excessive costs.  Ahmad Musa, the spokesman for the I ...
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What’s behind Attack on Iran’s Lebanon-bound Fuel Convoy in Iraqi-Syrian Border Crossing ?

What’s behind Attack on Iran’s Lebanon-bound Fuel Convoy in Iraqi-Syrian Border Crossing ?

Thursday 10 November 2022 ،
Though no responsibility claimed so far, many agree the attack was American to cut Iranian link to Lebanon and to the Mediterranean. Alwaght- Iraqi and Syrian sources reported airstrikes Wednesday night on a fuel tanker convoy at Qa’im-Bukamal border crossing between Iraq and Syria. According ...
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Iraq-Germany Energy Agreements Led Iraqi PM’s Berlin Visit Agenda

Iraq-Germany Energy Agreements Led Iraqi PM’s Berlin Visit Agenda

Sunday 15 January 2023 ،
Electricity Minister Ziad Ali to increase electricity production by 11 gigawatts.  Iraq has power production deficit, especially in the hot seasons, something causing public discontentment and even street protests over the past years. The Iraqi power imports are largely tied to geopolitical is ...
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Africa’s NATO? How ECOWAS Became A Tool for Western Imperialism

Africa’s NATO? How ECOWAS Became A Tool for Western Imperialism

Sunday 10 September 2023 ،
Niger is shaping up to be the surprising frontline of the new Cold War. Yesterday, the 15-member Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) ordered the “activation” and “deployment” of “standby” military forces to the country, an action that threatens to spark a major international war that ...
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Iran’s Presence in China’s International Import Expo: Capacities and Opportunities

Iran’s Presence in China’s International Import Expo: Capacities and Opportunities

Thursday 9 November 2023 ،
Iran is eager to broaden its partnership with China to beat the Western sanctions and Beijing needs it as an energy-rich powerful partner. Alwaght- Striving to become the world’s top economy, China in recent months hosted important commercial and economic summits and exhibitions to present to ...
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Standing with Gaza: Yemeni Army’s Red Sea Operations Cause Jitters in Tel Aviv

Standing with Gaza: Yemeni Army’s Red Sea Operations Cause Jitters in Tel Aviv

Saturday 16 December 2023 ،
Yemeni military, in another statement on Friday, said it targeted two more container ships – MSC Alanya and MSC Palatium III – in the Red Sea that were headed to the occupied Palestinian territories. Yemeni military, in another statement on Friday, said it targeted two more container ships – M ...
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Food and Medicine Crisis in Insecure Gaza Camps

Food and Medicine Crisis in Insecure Gaza Camps

Saturday 3 February 2024 ،
Food Crisis in Gaza and the imminent threat of widespread famine and hunger Amid international concerns about the severe food crisis and the imminent threat of widespread famine and hunger in Gaza, numerous individuals, including officials from the United Nations, describe the unfolding of this situ ...

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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