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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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‘Israel’ Helped Shape Trump’s Gaza Plan
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‘Israel’ Helped Shape Trump’s Gaza Plan

Tuesday 30 September 2025
October 7, 2023. It proposes suspending all military operations, transferring Gaza governance to a technocratic Palestinian committee supervised by an international body led by Trump, and eventually handing authority to the Palestinian Authority after a series of reforms. The proposal envisions Gaz ...
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Much Ado about Nothing: Dissecting Trump’s Gaza Plan
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Much Ado about Nothing: Dissecting Trump’s Gaza Plan

Tuesday 30 September 2025 ،
October 2014, participants at the Gaza reconstruction conference in Cairo pledged $5.4 billion in aid to Palestine. Half was earmarked for rebuilding Gaza, the other half for the Palestinian Authority's budget. Yet, reconstruction efforts ultimately went nowhere. Critique 3 Claim: If both side ...
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Gazans Return North to Ruins After Israeli Withdrawal Under Truce
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Gazans Return North to Ruins After Israeli Withdrawal Under Truce

Friday 10 October 2025 ،
October 2023, more than 67,000 Palestinians—mostly civilians—have been killed, and nearly every structure in Gaza has been damaged or destroyed. Gaza’s authorities have called for an immediate international investigation into alleged Israeli war crimes. In a statement, the Governm ...
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Israeli Troops Kill Young Palestinian During West Bank Raids
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Israeli Troops Kill Young Palestinian During West Bank Raids

Saturday 11 October 2025 ،
October 7, 2023, Israel has escalated military actions across the West Bank amid its ongoing war on Gaza, resulting in hundreds of Palestinian deaths and thousands of injuries. Over 700,000 Israelis live in settlements deemed illegal under international law, established in occupied territories since ...
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Survivors of Israeli Prisons Speak Out: ‘We Were in a Slaughterhouse’
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Survivors of Israeli Prisons Speak Out: ‘We Were in a Slaughterhouse’

Tuesday 14 October 2025 ،
October 7, 2023. Many of the freed Palestinians described their imprisonment as a living nightmare, calling the facilities “slaughterhouses.” Former detainees recounted being subjected to beatings, humiliation, starvation, and extreme deprivation while confined in Israeli prisons such as ...
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Chilling Accounts from Israeli Prisons: From Torture to Human Organ Theft
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Chilling Accounts from Israeli Prisons: From Torture to Human Organ Theft

Saturday 18 October 2025 ،
October 7? Do you belong to Hamas? Are you elite Qassam Brigades?’ I was just waiting for my turn.” After a first round of torture, the guards forced the detainees into numbered white uniforms. Seeing the outfits, al-Ifranji and others, fearing they were being dressed for execution, beg ...
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Why’s Donetsk Significant for Putin?
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Why’s Donetsk Significant for Putin?

Monday 20 October 2025 ،
October 18, which cited two senior US officials claiming that Putin, in a call with Trump last week, demanded Ukraine cede complete control of the Donetsk region to Russia as a condition for ending the war. According to the unverified report, the Russian leader offered to relinquish parts of the pa ...
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Two Palestinians Killed by Israeli Forces in Gaza City, Breaching the Ceasefire
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Two Palestinians Killed by Israeli Forces in Gaza City, Breaching the Ceasefire

Monday 20 October 2025 ،
October 10 between the Hamas resistance movement and the occupying Tel Aviv regime. Two Palestinians were fatally shot by Israeli forces in Gaza City’s al-Tuffah neighborhood, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. This incident follows a surge in violence, with at least 24 bodies and ...
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Revolving Door Policy: The PA as a Gatekeeper for Israeli Military in West Bank
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Revolving Door Policy: The PA as a Gatekeeper for Israeli Military in West Bank

Tuesday 21 October 2025 ،
October 19, Israeli forces detained six Palestinians in the Nablus district, including former prisoners Zahi al-Kosa and his brother Abdullah al-Kosa. These incidents follow a pattern. On September 26 in Jenin, troops arrested Mohammed Adnan Abu Al-Hija from the town of Yamon, who had previously se ...

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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.