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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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Banned Weapons: Wars Provide US with Testing Grounds

Banned Weapons: Wars Provide US with Testing Grounds

Tuesday 16 October 2018
Mother of All Bombs”, or MOAB, the world’s largest non-nuclear bomb in what many experts condemned as a violation of international law. In Syria, where a war has been on since 2011, the US admits that they used banned weapons to protect their local allies. In 2017, their jets bombed Raq ...
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Abby Martin’s Film Gaza Fights For Freedom Humanizes World’s Largest Concentration Camp

Abby Martin’s Film Gaza Fights For Freedom Humanizes World’s Largest Concentration Camp

Wednesday 28 August 2019 ،
of life in Gaza. Abby Martin’s new documentary film Gaza Fights for Freedom is an excellent movie that is difficult to watch, and disturbing at times, precisely because it presents a true, realistic view of life in Gaza.  In her new documentary film, Gaza Fights for Freedom, journal ...
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A Generation Deleted: American Bombs in Yemen Are Costing an Entire Generation Their Future

A Generation Deleted: American Bombs in Yemen Are Costing an Entire Generation Their Future

Monday 7 October 2019 ،
of the Saudi Air Force. That bomb fell on Farah’s school on September 24 and killed Farah, two of her sisters, and her father who was working at the school. It will undoubtedly have an irrevocable effect on the safety and psyche of schoolchildren across the region. Third-grader Farah Abbas al-Halimi ...
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As Saudi Forces Flee Northern Yemen, Evidence of an Unholy Alliance with Al-Qaeda Is Left Behind

As Saudi Forces Flee Northern Yemen, Evidence of an Unholy Alliance with Al-Qaeda Is Left Behind

Saturday 25 April 2020 ،
of al-Jawf through the Empty Quarter is an arduous affair. A veritable no man’s land, the region has long-enjoyed the dubious distinction of hosting strongholds of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), a group that evolved and blossomed under the sponsorship of nearby Saudi Arabia. The journey c ...
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Saudi Airstrike Kills Four Children in Yemen as UN Removes Kingdom From List of Child Killers

Saudi Airstrike Kills Four Children in Yemen as UN Removes Kingdom From List of Child Killers

Saturday 20 June 2020 ،
of Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict said the decision to remove the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen from a blacklist of parties that violate the human rights of children “sends the message that powerful actors can get away with killing children.” It was not the first time that the moth ...
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US, Allies Drop 46 Bombs Per Day for 20 Years: Report

US, Allies Drop 46 Bombs Per Day for 20 Years: Report

Sunday 7 March 2021 ،
Mother of All Bombs,” a 21,000 pound (9,500 kg) explosive dropped on Afghanistan’s Nangarhar Province in April 2017. Many of the Biden administration’s early moves signal that there will be more continuation of than rupture with previous U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. Whi ...
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Can Saudis/US Use Water Crisis to Bring Yemenis to Their Knees?

Can Saudis/US Use Water Crisis to Bring Yemenis to Their Knees?

Tuesday 3 August 2021 ،
of water facilities are interlinked. When the well ran dry, Abu Yahya al-Hamdani, who provides water to many residents of the Saruf neighborhood in northeastern Sana`a, had no warning. Last week, the water table dipped lower in his water well and the pump began to suck air. For the families in the n ...
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Yemenis Remain Unbowed as Saudis Intensify Bombing in Wake of Renewed International Pressure

Yemenis Remain Unbowed as Saudis Intensify Bombing in Wake of Renewed International Pressure

Tuesday 16 November 2021 ،
of expression. The Saudi regime is extending its heavy hand to those who oppose its war, using starvation as a weapon not only against Yemenis but also against other countries whose people or media exercise freedom of expression. This week, dozens of people were killed and injured near the Yemen-Sa ...
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What’s Behind Putin Annexation of Ukrainian Territories?

What’s Behind Putin Annexation of Ukrainian Territories?

Sunday 2 October 2022 ،
of parts of Ukraine to Russia and described the move as tension making, the Russians determined the fate of these regions forever. President Vladimir Putin of Russia along with leaders of Dontesk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporozhye signed a document seeing these regions joining the Russian Federation. ...
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Yemen County Suffering from War, Hopeful about Peace

Yemen County Suffering from War, Hopeful about Peace

Sunday 26 March 2023 ،
of events, the March 25 marks the beginning of the Saudi-led coalition’s invasion of Yemen that ushered in one of the most devastating and tragic wars of the 21th century. The disastrous and, indeed, fruitless war is entering its 8th year as no part of this resource-rich and beautiful but impo ...

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Farmers in Poland are on the streets again to protest EU agricultural policies

Farmers in Poland are on the streets again to protest EU agricultural policies