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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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Macron’s Economic Reforms Run into Yellow Vests
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Macron’s Economic Reforms Run into Yellow Vests

Tuesday 20 November 2018
Marseilles, Lyon, and several other French cities. The protestors chanted against the economic reforms of Macron and in some cases, the police intervention led to violence. In Paris and Lyon police fired tear gas to disperse the rallies. In Nantes, in the west of the country, the anti-protest securi ...
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French Yellow Vest Protests Continue in 2019
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French Yellow Vest Protests Continue in 2019

Friday 25 January 2019 ،
Marseille in the southeast. In Lyon, 'yellow vests' blocked the A7 motorway. Taken by surprise by the 'yellow vest' protests at the end of last year, Macron's government started 2019 on the offensive, calling the remaining protesters agitators seeking to overthrow the government ...
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Hundreds of Thousands of Americans Protest against Racism
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Hundreds of Thousands of Americans Protest against Racism

Sunday 7 June 2020 ،
Marseille, France. In the U.S., Seattle police used flash bang devices and pepper spray to disperse protesters hurling rocks, bottles and what authorities said were “improvised explosives” that had injured officers, just a day after city leaders temporarily banned one kind of tear gas. ...
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New COVID-19 Strain with 46 Mutations Found in France
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New COVID-19 Strain with 46 Mutations Found in France

Tuesday 4 January 2022 ،
Marseilles area, with reports suggesting that many of those patients required hospitalisation. “We indeed have several cases of this new variant in the Marseilles geographical area. We named it ‘variant IHU’. Two new genomes have just been submitted,” wrote IHU Professor Phi ...
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French Police Arrest Over 200 People during Protests against Pension Reform
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French Police Arrest Over 200 People during Protests against Pension Reform

Saturday 18 March 2023 ،
Marseille as well, with protesters smashing banks' windows and storefronts. Several hundred students held a protest in Strasbourg. In Dijon, protesters burned dolls with the faces of French President Emmanuel Macron, Borne, and Labour Minister Olivier Dussopt. Laurent Berger, the secretary ...
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French Police Clash with Protesters Demanding Macron Resign
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French Police Clash with Protesters Demanding Macron Resign

Sunday 19 March 2023 ،
Marseille in the south. In Bordeaux, in the southwest, the police likewise used tear gas to deter protesters who had started a fire. Through his proposed reforms, Macron is pushing to raise the minimum retirement age from 62 to 64, saying it is vital if the country is to avoid the collaps ...
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Europe, Garden or Jungle?
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Europe, Garden or Jungle?

Thursday 30 March 2023 ،
Marseille and seized Saint-Charles train station.  Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the leader of leftist La France Insoumise party, on Tuesday told Macron that they will continue rallies. The French National Party in a statement held that demonstrations will continue and regard the government decis ...
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France Deploys 45,000 Police, Armored Vehicles to Quell Protest
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France Deploys 45,000 Police, Armored Vehicles to Quell Protest

Saturday 1 July 2023 ،
Marseille,” saying more than 80 arrests were made in Marseille alone, and that “significant reinforcements” were deployed after the city’s Mayor Benoit Payan called on the national government to immediately send additional troops to put down the protests. This came as French ...
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‘The Message Is Kill Arabs, You Will Become Millionaires’
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‘The Message Is Kill Arabs, You Will Become Millionaires’

Monday 3 July 2023 ،
Marseille and Nice. On Monday, demonstrations began at French town halls opposing the riots, during which violence and looting has also been reported. Called a “mobilisation of citizens for a return to republican order”, the anti-riot rallies came after the home of the mayor of a Paris ...
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How Can Tel Aviv Be Boycotted for Gaza War?
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How Can Tel Aviv Be Boycotted for Gaza War?

Thursday 16 May 2024 ،
Marseille, Tuscany, and other destinations. Although this gas export is illegal, the EU has not yet taken any action against it. Meanwhile, European human rights activists are demanding to stop buying gas from Israel.  If the rights activists arrange sit-ins in the coasts and block docking of ...

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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.