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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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UK Police Suffering from Bullying Culture
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UK Police Suffering from Bullying Culture

Sunday 29 March 2015
House of Commons saying the Lords and various MPs and peers were reprimanded for misuse of expenses. He added:” I am afraid they would take in their cue from the public services as a whole. This money is not their money, it is public money and it should be accounted for. If it cannot be accounted fo ...
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Bahraini Regime Ignores Calls to Release Hunger Striker Dr al-Singace
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Bahraini Regime Ignores Calls to Release Hunger Striker Dr al-Singace

Saturday 16 January 2016 ،
House of Lords regarding human rights in Bahrain. Security forces detained Dr. al-Singace for six months, during which he was tortured, and released him in February 2011 during the height of protests. However, Dr. al-Singace was rearrested on 17 March 2011, after his participation in peaceful pro-de ...
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British Referendum: Hopes, Fears of London-Brussels Equation
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British Referendum: Hopes, Fears of London-Brussels Equation

Thursday 23 June 2016 ،
of lords today marks a historic social and political event by casting “in or out” votes. An event that sometimes put the British conservatives in the front of Brussels officials and even in some cases caused the bilateral meetings end in verbal clashes.  Some with a superficial vie ...
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UK Security Agencies Unlawfully Collected Data for about 2 Decades
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UK Security Agencies Unlawfully Collected Data for about 2 Decades

Tuesday 18 October 2016 ،
House of Lords is debating the final stages of the investigatory powers bill – the snooper’s charter – which will put the security services’ mass digital surveillance on a clear legal footing for the first time. Diane Abbott, the shadow home secretary, said the ruling was &l ...
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British Lords Urge Govt. to Avoid ‘Unpredictable’ Trump
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British Lords Urge Govt. to Avoid ‘Unpredictable’ Trump

Tuesday 2 May 2017 ،
House of Lords says London should fundamentally rethink its approach to West Asia (Middle East) and distance itself from "unpredictable" Donald Trump. Alwaght- Britain’s House of Lords says London should fundamentally rethink its approach towards West Asia (Middle East) and distance itself fro ...
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EU Willfully Lets Refugees Drown in Mediterranean: NGO
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EU Willfully Lets Refugees Drown in Mediterranean: NGO

Saturday 29 July 2017 ،
House of Lords report branded the EU’s Operation Sophia anti-smuggling mission a “failure” on all counts, saying it “has not in any meaningful way deterred the flow of migrants, disrupted the smugglers’ networks, or impeded the business of people smuggling. The committ ...
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Syrians Support Assad but Biased Media Won’t Report It: British MP
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Syrians Support Assad but Biased Media Won’t Report It: British MP

Tuesday 24 April 2018 ،
House of Lords, says most Syrian people support their president and military, but British media presents people with a different and one-sided story. Alwaght- Caroline Cox, British baroness and member of the House of Lords, says most Syrian people support their president and military, but British me ...
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Britain’s Labour Party Opposes Hezbollah Ban
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Britain’s Labour Party Opposes Hezbollah Ban

Thursday 28 February 2019 ،
House of Lords is widely expected to back the decision which would see support for Hezbollah punishable by up to 10 years in jail. The Labour Party has called on the government to justify its decision to fully ban the Lebanese political group Hezbollah. A Labour spokesperson questioned what eviden ...
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China Slams UK ’Despicable Action’ to Ban Its Envoy from Parliament
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China Slams UK ’Despicable Action’ to Ban Its Envoy from Parliament

Wednesday 15 September 2021 ،
House of Commons Lindsay Hoyle said, I regularly hold meetings with ambassadors from across the world to establish enduring ties between countries and parliamentarians. But I do not feel it's appropriate for the ambassador for China to meet on the Commons estate and in our place of work when his ...

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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.