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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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Nuclear Saudi: Can Congress Challenge Trump’s Personal Interests?
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Nuclear Saudi: Can Congress Challenge Trump’s Personal Interests?

Thursday 1 August 2019
Guantanamo, has said he was open to testimony against Saudi Arabia in victims’ lawsuit if the US not to seek death penalty against him, implying that Riyadh helped the 2001 attacks. Now we should wait to see if Congress can take on Trump in the Saudi nuclear case or its bills will meet a fate ...
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Bolivian Police Kill 5 Pro-Morales Protesters
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Bolivian Police Kill 5 Pro-Morales Protesters

Saturday 16 November 2019 ،
Guantanamo, he said. The United States, Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala, Germany, and Britain have recognized Anez as interim president. In January, the US also notoriously recognized the presidency of Juan Guaido, who had declared himself the interim leader of Venezuela -- an announcement that was fo ...
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Wikileaks Still Holding Powerful to Account as Founder Julian Assange “Slowly Dies” in Prison
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Wikileaks Still Holding Powerful to Account as Founder Julian Assange “Slowly Dies” in Prison

Sunday 29 December 2019 ،
Guantanamo Bay, the dumping of toxic waste in Africa and the extent of the U.S. role in Yemen. It continues to expose information of great utility. Today it published documents showing high officials at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons ordered the deletion of all evidence tha ...
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UAE Sends Former Guantanamo Inmates to Yemen, Setting Time Bomb for Region
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UAE Sends Former Guantanamo Inmates to Yemen, Setting Time Bomb for Region

Monday 2 August 2021 ،
Guantanamo prisoners to Yemen. They were among 19 suspects detained in Afghanistan and Pakistan after the 9/11 attacks, and were held in the UAE from 2015 to 2017, when the US released them from Guantanamo prison. Pieces of evidence show Abu Dhabi released and sent them to eastern Yemeni province of ...
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CIA Treatment of Detainee ‘Shame for US’: Military Jury
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CIA Treatment of Detainee ‘Shame for US’: Military Jury

Monday 1 November 2021 ،
Guantanamo Bay this past week to hear evidence and decide a sentence for Majid Khan, came after they heard graphic descriptions of his torture. Khan was captured in Pakistan in 2003 and pleaded guilty to charges of assisting al-Qaeda as a courier and planner in 2012. He was transferred to the US mi ...
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The Execution of Julian Assange
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The Execution of Julian Assange

Wednesday 15 December 2021 ،
Guantanamo-like facilities. Daniel Hale, the former US Air Force intelligence analyst currently imprisoned for releasing top-secret documents that exposed widespread civilian casualties caused by US drone strikes, has been held at USP Marion, a federal penitentiary in Marion, Illinois, in a Com ...
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New Book Reveals Shocking Details about CIA’s Torture Program
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New Book Reveals Shocking Details about CIA’s Torture Program

Tuesday 12 April 2022 ،
Guantanamo inmate Abu Zubaydah, who was interrogated using techniques that amounted to torture, including being waterboarded 83 times in one month, hung naked from a ceiling, and deprived of sleep for 11 consecutive days. The Guantanamo Bay detention center, also known as “Gitmo” became ...
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Window of Opportunity for Agreement on JCPOA Revival Open, but Not Forever: Iran FM
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Window of Opportunity for Agreement on JCPOA Revival Open, but Not Forever: Iran FM

Saturday 24 December 2022 ،
Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib tragedies, nor the crimes perpetrated against women and children in Yemen and Afghanistan would entitle the United States the right to preach others,” Iran's foreign minister pointed out.  
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US Backed Apartheid Israel Regimes, Doesn’t Believe in Human Rights: Iran
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US Backed Apartheid Israel Regimes, Doesn’t Believe in Human Rights: Iran

Sunday 5 March 2023 ،
Guantanamo prison. “Those with record of committing crimes against other nations and backing an occupier and terrorist regime, don't have moral/legal right to comment on human rights in other countries. HR is a sacred value and Iran believes that it’s Islamic, humane, legal and mora ...
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The End of US Dollar Hegemony Draws Near
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The End of US Dollar Hegemony Draws Near

Wednesday 19 April 2023 ،
Guantanamo Bay, it had the torture camp in Abu Ghraib, it is spying on people all over the world through its Five Eyes network; we know this through the Edward Snowden leaks. And yet it can sit here and criticize countries like Saudi Arabia or Iran or Russia or China for alleged huma ...

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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.