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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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Why’s US Seeking UN Lebanon Resolution 1701 Amendment?
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Why’s US Seeking UN Lebanon Resolution 1701 Amendment?

Saturday 26 October 2024
Farms.  The Blue Line refers to the 120 km area under the control of the UN peacekeeping mission officially known as United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), which was demarcated by the United Nations after Israel withdrew from southern Lebanon in 2000.  After the 2006 war, the ...
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Gaza Plight and Starvation to Escalate after Tel Aviv Ban on UNRWA
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Gaza Plight and Starvation to Escalate after Tel Aviv Ban on UNRWA

Wednesday 30 October 2024 ،
The Israeli Knesset approved a bill banning UN aid agency operating in Gaza for decades. Alwaght- While Gaza has been reduced to ruins due to the massive Israeli attacks and there is no safe place in this coastal enclave, the Israelis do not stop at this catastrophic situation and plan to tighten th ...
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Riyadh’s Two-state Solution Conf. Serves Normalization in the Name of Palestinian State
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Riyadh’s Two-state Solution Conf. Serves Normalization in the Name of Palestinian State

Saturday 2 November 2024 ،
Farhan on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, announced the formation of an international coalition for a two-state solution with the participation of Arab and Islamic countries in addition to the EU. The time has come and the conference was held. Representatives of many countries ...
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Trump Cannot Undo October 7 Consequences, Israeli Army Weaknesses for Netanyahu: Expert
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Trump Cannot Undo October 7 Consequences, Israeli Army Weaknesses for Netanyahu: Expert

Sunday 17 November 2024 ،
Trump will maximize support to Israel, but he cannot make major change on the ground. Alwaght- With Trump's comeback to the White House, predictions on the foreign policy of the new US administration towards various international issues, especially the hot spots where Washington acts actively in ...
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Resistance Groups Praise Hezbollah’s Resilience as a Ceasefire Begins
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Resistance Groups Praise Hezbollah’s Resilience as a Ceasefire Begins

Wednesday 27 November 2024 ،
Far-right Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir criticized the agreement, claiming it fell short of its objectives, while opposition leader Yair Lapid accused Netanyahu’s cabinet of being “dragged” into the truce as northern towns were devastated and the military exhausted. Yemen's ...
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Hezbollah Tel Aviv Attack Forced Netanyahu to Yield to Ceasefire, all Hezbollah Conditions Accepted: Expert
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Hezbollah Tel Aviv Attack Forced Netanyahu to Yield to Ceasefire, all Hezbollah Conditions Accepted: Expert

Monday 2 December 2024 ،
Netanyahu sought a way out of Lebanon quagmire after Hezbollah stepped up its attacks. Alwaght- While earlier last week the clashes on the Lebanese front escalated unprecedentedly since the start of the Israeli invasion, abruptly everything changed and the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a ...
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Iraq SCF’s Hat- trick in Political Game
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Iraq SCF’s Hat- trick in Political Game

Wednesday 4 December 2024 ،
Shiite Coordination Framework is passing three laws that will help solidify its position in the next year election and ease political differences. Alwaght- Less than a year to end of the legal term of the parliament and while precise date for the next year elections is not yet set, the Iraqi members ...
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Weaponizng Hunger and Disease Prompting a Holocaust in Northern Gaza by Israel
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Weaponizng Hunger and Disease Prompting a Holocaust in Northern Gaza by Israel

Thursday 5 December 2024 ،
Rights Office for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, also announced that the UN cannot send any humanitarian aid to northern Gaza because the Israelis have prevented passage of aid convoys, while about 70,000 Palestinians are still there. After visit of refugee camps in northern Gaza, Sunghay talk ...
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Netanyahu: Gaza War to Continue Despite Truce Deal
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Netanyahu: Gaza War to Continue Despite Truce Deal

Sunday 19 January 2025 ،
Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, a key opponent of the agreement, demanded assurances that Israeli forces would resume their military operations in Gaza and maintain control over humanitarian aid flow. Smotrich reportedly agreed to the deal after receiving guarantees from Netanyahu, thou ...
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Gaza Ceasefire Aftershocks Shake Israel
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Gaza Ceasefire Aftershocks Shake Israel

Thursday 23 January 2025 ،
Some Israeli military and political officials have stepped down on the heels of the Gaza ceasefire as Netanyahu-army gap deepens. Alwaght- Although about 16 months have gone since Hamas’s Operation Al-Aqsa Storm of October 7, 2023 against Israel, the security aftershocks of this historic opera ...

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Palestinian prisoner exchange operation under strict security measures

Palestinian prisoner exchange operation under strict security measures