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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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Hezbollah’s Arab Identity; Fact or Opinion?
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Hezbollah’s Arab Identity; Fact or Opinion?

Saturday 5 March 2016
Iraq, where American-led invasion and more recently the ISIS expansion bid have been backed by countries in the Persian-Gulf dealing with enemies against fellow Arabs. In Yemen, the Saudi-led coalition is massacring Yemenis, bombing the root of the Arab civilization and its culture, and destroying t ...
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Imam Khomeini; Voice of Islam, Oppressed
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Imam Khomeini; Voice of Islam, Oppressed

Sunday 5 June 2016 ،
Iraq, where Saddam Hussein was asked to silence him, Imam Khomeini voyaged on a journey to revolution. Exile did not muffle his voice. In 1978, Imam Khomeini went to Paris. There, the blueprints of the revolution were drawn. A white-bearded man with a black turban resting upon his head, a symbol of ...
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US Secret Role in Rwandan Genocide
Report

US Secret Role in Rwandan Genocide

Tuesday 12 September 2017 ،
Iraq after the Kuwait invasion earlier that year. But unlike Saddam Hussein, who was routed from Kuwait, Museveni received only Gribbin’s “stiff questions” about the RPF’s invasion of Rwanda.  “In short,” Gribbin writes, “we said that the cat was out o ...
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Trump’ Policy To Take World Back to WWI: UN Rights Chief
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Trump’ Policy To Take World Back to WWI: UN Rights Chief

Saturday 27 January 2018 ،
Iraq, has, on several occasions, criticised Trump in the past while serving as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. The Trump administration, in return, has threatened to quit the UN Human Rights Council, which works closely with Zeid’s office despite being separate from it.  
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Iraqi PM Visits Kurdish Region in Election Campaign, Urges Unity
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Iraqi PM Visits Kurdish Region in Election Campaign, Urges Unity

Thursday 26 April 2018 ،
Iraqi Prime Minister the semi-autonomous Kurdish region seeking to spread a message of unity as he campaigns for next month’s legislative elections. Alwaght-Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi visited capital of the semiautonomous Kurdish region on Thursday, seeking to spread a message of unity as ...
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Iraq Inching From Sectarianism to Patriotism: Expert
Interview

Iraq Inching From Sectarianism to Patriotism: Expert

Sunday 14 October 2018 ،
Iraq to pick a new president and a prime minister, the country’s politics now witnesses a debate of how the experienced, technocratic Prime Minister-designate Adel Abdul Mahdi will form his cabinet. When Abdul Mahdi was named for the post, he vowed to put meritocracy first in choosing his mini ...
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New Afghanistan Ethnic Categories: Undemocratic and Destabilizing
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New Afghanistan Ethnic Categories: Undemocratic and Destabilizing

Thursday 18 March 2021 ،
Iraq and Lebanon in West Asia are examples of such system.  Afghanistan is one of the countries where ethnicity and religion are important parts of the political identity of citizens when it comes to social actions and political tendencies, as well as the nature of political conflict in this c ...
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Discrimination, Hate against Muslims at Epidemic Proportions: Guterres
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Discrimination, Hate against Muslims at Epidemic Proportions: Guterres

Thursday 18 March 2021 ،
Iraq and Syria. Muslim leaders in Europe and around the world have condemned the terrorist attacks. Moreover, the rise of far-right ideology and the propagation of anti-immigration policies have exacerbated the status of religious minorities in Europe. Earlier in the month, voters in Switzerland ...
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Gen. Soleimani Trained Many Commanders Like Him, Was Voice of Oppressed: Expert
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Gen. Soleimani Trained Many Commanders Like Him, Was Voice of Oppressed: Expert

Thursday 5 January 2023 ،
Iraq, Lebanon, and Syria, where the third anniversary of this commander is marked, there are spectacular scenes of his popularity among the people.  The secret of his memory’s stay among people lies in the fact that he was the voice of the oppressed in the region. The Muslims in Iraq, Sy ...
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Shedding Light on Roots of Crisis in Kheybar Pakhtunkhwa and the Effective Actors
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Shedding Light on Roots of Crisis in Kheybar Pakhtunkhwa and the Effective Actors

Wednesday 25 December 2024 ،
Iraq, and Iran is the ultimate plan of the West. Unfortunately, the Pakistani army, knowingly or unknowingly, is taking steps that are actually helping to implement the American plan and divide Pakistan. The silence and inaction of the Pakistani army towards those who carry out terrorist attacks aga ...

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