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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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Iraqi Fury As Trump Pardons Blackwater War Criminals

Iraqi Fury As Trump Pardons Blackwater War Criminals

Sunday 27 December 2020
Nicholas Slatton who was given by court a life sentence. This personnel were convicted for opening fire at Iraqi civilians in Nisour Square in Baghdad on September 16, 2007.  Contractors of Blackwater Security Consulting (now Academi), a private military company contracted by the US government ...
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US Slams Trump Pardon of Blackwater War Criminals as violation of International Law

US Slams Trump Pardon of Blackwater War Criminals as violation of International Law

Wednesday 30 December 2020 ،
Nicholas Slatten was convicted of first-degree murder, while Paul Slough, Evan Liberty and Dustin Heard were convicted of voluntary and attempted manslaughter, over the incident in which U.S. contractors opened fire in busy traffic in a Baghdad square and killed 14 unarmed Iraqi civilians. The Gene ...
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How Britain’s Conservatives became unconditional supporters of Israel

How Britain’s Conservatives became unconditional supporters of Israel

Wednesday 2 June 2021 ،
Nicholas Soames, for an explanation of the inertia, there was no reply.  At the same time, I can reveal that what looks very much like a replacement organization is in the course of being set up: the Conservative Friends of the Middle East and North Africa.  The upshot of all of this i ...
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Notorious London Spy School Churning Out Many of the World’s Top Journalists

Notorious London Spy School Churning Out Many of the World’s Top Journalists

Monday 7 June 2021 ،
Nicholas Stuart of the Canberra Times (Australia); Pakistani writer Ayesha Siddiqa, whose work can be found in The New York Times, Al-Jazeera, The Hindu and many other outlets; and Israeli writer Neri Zilber, a contributor to The Daily Beast, The Guardian, Foreign Policy and Politico.   What& ...
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War Heroes or Murderers? Revelations about Conduct of Aussie Troops in Afghanistan Keep Mounting

War Heroes or Murderers? Revelations about Conduct of Aussie Troops in Afghanistan Keep Mounting

Saturday 26 June 2021 ،
Nicholas Owens, counsel for the three newspapers that the war hero is suing, was very revealing. The newspapers’ case is that Roberts-Smith committed six gruesome murders while serving with Australian SAS forces in Afghanistan, and then engaged in a range of other improper conduct designed to ...
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UN Envoy for Libya Resigns Weeks before Key Vote

UN Envoy for Libya Resigns Weeks before Key Vote

Wednesday 24 November 2021 ،
Nicholas Kay has been cited by the media as a possible replacement. “The secretary-general is working on an appropriate replacement. We are fully aware of the electoral calendar and are working as quickly as possible to ensure continuity of leadership,” Dujarric explained. It is up to ...
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US Eases Venezuela Oil Embargo After Govt.-Opposition Deal

US Eases Venezuela Oil Embargo After Govt.-Opposition Deal

Sunday 27 November 2022 ،
Nicholas Maduro from his post in 2019.  The US went to great lengths to topple the current government but failed. Instead, it cracked down economically on the oil-rich country to bring it to its knees, but again failed.  Washington resumed contacts with Caracas government earlier this ye ...
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What’s Behind Continued US Stay in Syria?

What’s Behind Continued US Stay in Syria?

Saturday 11 March 2023 ،
Nicholas Grainger to northern Syria and meeting with Kurdish groups in January was to prevent Kurdish re-embracement of the central government. For several years, the Kurds have been a Washington’s lever to pressure Damascus for concessions and an excuse for a long-term presence in Syria, and ...
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More than 100 U.S. political leaders have ancestors who were slaveholders

More than 100 U.S. political leaders have ancestors who were slaveholders

Tuesday 27 June 2023 ،
Nicholas County, Kentucky, records show John Wiggins left three enslaved persons – Gilbura, George and Agg – to his wife,” Larsen said. Larsen continued: “I want to honor Gilbura, George and Agg. It may be difficult to document their family tree, yet I truly hope there is a ...
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Where Will Tensions on Lebanese-Israeli Borders Develop?

Where Will Tensions on Lebanese-Israeli Borders Develop?

Wednesday 19 July 2023 ،
Nicholas Blanford, a nonresident senior fellow with the Atlantic Council's Middle East Programs, told New Arab news that if everything is not carefully managed, there is a risk of escalation of tensions and a new military conflict.  After end of Israeli occupation of Lebanon's south in ...

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