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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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Katyusha Missile Lands near US Forces’ Base in Mosul
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Katyusha Missile Lands near US Forces’ Base in Mosul

Wednesday 19 June 2019
One rocket has landed near an Iraqi military base hosting US forces in Mosul in northern Iraq late on Tuesday in second such incident in two days. Alwaght- One rocket has landed near an Iraqi military base hosting US forces in Mosul in northern Iraq late on Tuesday in second such incident in two day ...
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NATO New Space Strategy: Aspects, Challenges
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NATO New Space Strategy: Aspects, Challenges

Saturday 6 July 2019 ،
Satellites can be jammed, hacked or weaponized,” Stoltenberg said. “Anti-satellite weapons could cripple communications. So it is important that we are vigilant and resilient — also in space.” He continued.   The NATO notion of space threats is apparently influenced by ...
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All Israeli Forces at Risk in Case of New Attack on Lebanon: Nasrallah
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All Israeli Forces at Risk in Case of New Attack on Lebanon: Nasrallah

Tuesday 3 September 2019 ،
Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary General of Hezbollah, warned on Monday that any future attacks on Lebanon by Israel will put all the regime’s forces at risk. Alwaght- Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary General of Hezbollah, warned on Monday that any future attacks on Lebanon by Israel will put al ...
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Will France, UK, US Ever Pay for What They Have Done to Yemen?
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Will France, UK, US Ever Pay for What They Have Done to Yemen?

Saturday 7 September 2019 ،
Military Intelligence Branch of the Ministry of Defense made known the deliberate use of French weapons in the Yemen war. The arms include tanks and laser-guided missile systems which were sold to both Saudi Arabia and the UAE, the leading front-runners of the war. The document was even reportedly p ...
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Iraqi Kurdistan Preventing Displaced Arab Residents Home: HRW
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Iraqi Kurdistan Preventing Displaced Arab Residents Home: HRW

Saturday 7 September 2019 ،
Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is preventing some 4,200 displaced Arab residents from returning to 12 villages liberated from terrorists, the Human Rights Watch has warned on Friday. Alwaght- Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is preventing some 4,200 displaced Arab residen ...
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Yemeni Drones Beat Saudi Arabia’s US-Made Air Defenses
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Yemeni Drones Beat Saudi Arabia’s US-Made Air Defenses

Thursday 19 September 2019 ،
American and Saudi military forces and their networks of advanced air defenses never detected the Yemeni drones that were launched on Saturday to strike oil facilities deep inside Saudi Arabia, proving futile the billions of dollars that the Riyadh regime has spent on them to protect its territories ...
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How Holes in the Burning Saudi Oil Fields Narrative Could Draw the US Into a War With Iran
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How Holes in the Burning Saudi Oil Fields Narrative Could Draw the US Into a War With Iran

Tuesday 24 September 2019 ،
It is inconceivable to the United States that a “rag-tag” force like Yemen’s Houthis might, with home-made weapons, outdo the hundred-billion-dollar might and sophistication of the state-of-the-art systems Washington has lavished upon the Saudis. Tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran are escalating ...
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Palestine’s Islamic Jihad Marks Its 32nd Anniversary in Gaza
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Palestine’s Islamic Jihad Marks Its 32nd Anniversary in Gaza

Sunday 6 October 2019 ،
The Palestinian movement Islamic Jihad’s has celebrated its 32nd anniversary in besieged Gaza strip, with many people from all walks of life taking part in a big rally and under a sea of black flags. Alwaght- The Palestinian movement Islamic Jihad’s has celebrated its 32nd anniversary in besie ...
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What are Putin Arab Tour’s Gains?
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What are Putin Arab Tour’s Gains?

Thursday 17 October 2019 ،
Military cooperation is another case for talks with the Saudis. Putin gifted King Salman an Arctic falcon. The bird, named Alpha in Russia, has special capability and skill in hunting other birds. Many observers speculated Putin had a message to pass to Saudis behind this gift: Buy our S-400 air def ...
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Satellite Images Confirms US Smuggling Syrian Oil: Russian Military
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Satellite Images Confirms US Smuggling Syrian Oil: Russian Military

Saturday 26 October 2019 ،
The Russian Defense Ministry published satellite intelligence images proving that oil from Syria was sent abroad under the guard of US servicemen before and after the defeat of the ISIS terrorists, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said Saturday. Alwaght- The Russian Defe ...

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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.