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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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Borrell Calls for Sanctions Against Israel Over War Crimes
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Borrell Calls for Sanctions Against Israel Over War Crimes

Saturday 16 November 2024
Council is set to discuss Borrell’s proposals next week. Borrell condemned the killing of 12 paramedics in an Israeli strike near Baalbek, describing such attacks as an assault on human dignity and a violation of fundamental human rights. He linked this pattern of targeting healthcare to trend ...
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Two Scenarios on Israel-Lebanon Underway Ceasefire Talks
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Two Scenarios on Israel-Lebanon Underway Ceasefire Talks

Monday 25 November 2024 ،
Human Rights Watch from 1993 to 2022, Tel Aviv seeks to diplomatically tell Hezbollah not to shoot, but we will shoot periodically. He added: This is a unilateral agreement, this is not a ceasefire. Meanwhile, although an agreement under such conditions is completely impossible, Netanyahu wants to ...
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Dark Horizon of Transition Period in Post-Assad Syria
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Dark Horizon of Transition Period in Post-Assad Syria

Saturday 14 December 2024 ،
Council, run by its leader Abu Mohammad al-Jolani’s advisors, to monopolize the fatwa-issuing process and, by limiting the role of salafi scholars in the process, it wanted to prevent the possibility of informal and extremist interpretations of Islamic law. Also, there are reports that the HT ...
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US and Allies Outline Terms for Engaging with Syria
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US and Allies Outline Terms for Engaging with Syria

Sunday 15 December 2024 ،
Council Resolution 2254. The diplomats reiterated their commitment to Syria’s unity, territorial integrity, and sovereignty while respecting human rights, including those of women and minorities. They also emphasized the importance of preserving state institutions to serve the Syrian people a ...
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Hamas Re-wrote History of Israeli-Arab Wars
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Hamas Re-wrote History of Israeli-Arab Wars

Saturday 25 January 2025 ،
Human Rights Council, the ruling condemning the regime's leaders in the International Criminal Court as war criminals, the increase in the recognition of the independent Palestinian state in the world, especially in some European countries, the issuance of judicial orders for Israeli soldiers in ...
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Trump’s War on Intl. Structures Draws International Backlash, Home Gaps
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Trump’s War on Intl. Structures Draws International Backlash, Home Gaps

Sunday 9 February 2025 ،
Human Rights Council, as well as the attempt to take over Greenland, the Panama Canal, and to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico, was a sign of the rise of the Trump administration's unilateral policies against global cooperation.  Hosting the war criminal  Trump announced the san ...
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Israel Kills Palestinian Youth in West Bank Raids, Expands Settlements Amid Tensions
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Israel Kills Palestinian Youth in West Bank Raids, Expands Settlements Amid Tensions

Wednesday 12 February 2025 ،
Council resolutions prohibiting settlement expansion.
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Iran Denounces US Sanctions Against Cuba
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Iran Denounces US Sanctions Against Cuba

Tuesday 25 February 2025 ،
Human Rights Council and the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva. Araghchi praised the strong ties between Iran and Cuba and called for greater cooperation among developing nations in international organizations to protect their shared interests. He reaffirmed Iran’s solidarity with Cuba again ...
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Arab League’s Gaza Initiative Final Nail in Coffin of Trump’s Forced Migration Plan
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Arab League’s Gaza Initiative Final Nail in Coffin of Trump’s Forced Migration Plan

Friday 7 March 2025 ،
Council to deploy international peacekeeping forces in the West Bank and Gaza. However, deployment of foreign forces under the ruse of safeguarding the order is a sensitive issue Hamas leaders have strongly come against. Although Hamas welcomed the Arab League initiative, it said it categorically o ...
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Qatar Calls for IAEA Supervision of All Israeli Nuclear Facilities
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Qatar Calls for IAEA Supervision of All Israeli Nuclear Facilities

Sunday 9 March 2025 ،
Council, General Assembly, and IAEA, which have called for Israel to submit its nuclear facilities to inspections. Hammadi also stressed the importance of intensifying global efforts to have Israel join the NPT as a non-nuclear state, noting that all other Middle Eastern countries, except Israel, a ...

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Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution

Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution