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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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India Arrests 75 in Kashmir after Locals Won Election
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India Arrests 75 in Kashmir after Locals Won Election

Saturday 26 December 2020
Himalayan region.
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Injuries Reported as Indian, Chinese Troops Clash at Disputed Border
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Injuries Reported as Indian, Chinese Troops Clash at Disputed Border

Monday 25 January 2021 ،
Himalayan territory. The military-level talks which went on for nearly 16 hours were held at the Moldo border point on the Chinese side of LAC in eastern Ladakh. Nearly 100,000 Indian and Chinese troops are deployed in eastern Ladakh amid the ongoing border standoff. There have been numerous cros ...
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China-India Forces Complete Border Area Withdrawal
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China-India Forces Complete Border Area Withdrawal

Sunday 21 February 2021 ،
Himalayas, clearing the way for a settlement to a several-month military encounter.  Thousands of soldiers have been facing off since April on the Line of Actual Control (LAC), or the de facto border, including at the glacial Pangong Tso lake, Reuters news agency reported.  Earlier this ...
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Guterres Voices Concerns over India’s Abuses against Kashmiri Children
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Guterres Voices Concerns over India’s Abuses against Kashmiri Children

Wednesday 30 June 2021 ،
Himalaya region, is mainly divided between India and Pakistan, while a third strip of land in northern Kashmir is held by China. The people in Kashmir have been fighting New Delhi for independence or unification with neighboring Pakistan since the two countries were partitioned in 1947.  
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India’s Arrest of Kashmiri Journalist Triggers Outrage
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India’s Arrest of Kashmiri Journalist Triggers Outrage

Monday 7 February 2022 ،
Himalayan region on charges that free speech activists have termed preposterous. The arrest, which comes amid growing crackdown on independent media in the region, has been denounced by media advocacy organizations in India and abroad as an assault on press freedom. The charge-sheet against Fahad ...
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Pro-Independence Kashmiri Activist Dies in India’s Prison
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Pro-Independence Kashmiri Activist Dies in India’s Prison

Tuesday 11 October 2022 ،
Himalayan region, also issued a statement recently, urging his release. The conglomerate said Kashmiri political prisoners lodged in various prisons across India, including Shah, have developed serious health problems due to long-term incarceration. “It is against the fundamental human and d ...
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China Slams US Sanctions Over Rights Abuses in Tibet
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China Slams US Sanctions Over Rights Abuses in Tibet

Monday 12 December 2022 ،
Himalayan region of Tibet. The comments came after the U.S. Treasury department said on Friday it imposed sanctions on Wu Yingjie, the chief of the ruling Communist Party in Tibet between 2016 and 2021, and Zhang Hongbo, a senior public security official in the region. Ministry spokesman Wang Wenb ...
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China Trying to ‘Change Status Quo’ on Border with India: New Delhi
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China Trying to ‘Change Status Quo’ on Border with India: New Delhi

Wednesday 14 December 2022 ،
Himalayan border following a fresh stand-off last week. Alwaght- India says China is trying to unilaterally change the status quo on their disputed Himalayan border following a fresh stand-off last week. India's Defense Minister Rajnath Singh confirmed during a briefing in parliament ...
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India Arms Hindu Militias in Kashmir to Combat Pro-Independence Muslim Fighters: Report
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India Arms Hindu Militias in Kashmir to Combat Pro-Independence Muslim Fighters: Report

Saturday 29 April 2023 ،
Himalayan Muslim-majority region, according to a report. Indian government is arming village militias to combat pro-independence fighters in the disputed Himalayan Muslim-majority region, according to a report.   Brandishing a bolt-action rifle, civil servant Sanjeet Kumar is one of 5,000 ...
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Trading Fire: Are India and Pakistan Going to Full-scale War?
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Trading Fire: Are India and Pakistan Going to Full-scale War?

Thursday 8 May 2025 ،
Himalaya regions have seen the biggest number of wars and conflicts in the contemporary history. Although over the past 6 decades tensions between India and Pakistan have several times escalated, they have winded down shortly later. The relations of the two neighbors have gone critical afresh in rec ...

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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