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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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Turkey Detains 13 over 2013 Protests
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Turkey Detains 13 over 2013 Protests

Friday 16 November 2018
Osman Kavala, who was jailed a year ago pending trial for trying to overthrow the government. Alwaght- Turkey has detained 13 people including two prominent academics on Friday over links to rights activist Osman Kavala, who was jailed a year ago pending trial for trying to overthrow the government. ...
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Turkey Summons 10 Ambassadors after Call for Activists’ Release
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Turkey Summons 10 Ambassadors after Call for Activists’ Release

Tuesday 19 October 2021 ،
Osman Kavala, a civil society leader. Alwaght- Turkey summoned the ambassadors of 10 countries, including the US, to protest against their irresponsible statement regarding the case of Osman Kavala, a civil society leader. In a statement on Monday, the embassies of Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, ...
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Turkey and West Climb down from Brink of Biggest Diplomatic Crisis
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Turkey and West Climb down from Brink of Biggest Diplomatic Crisis

Tuesday 26 October 2021 ،
Osman Kavala, a philanthropist detained for four years on charges of financing protests and involvement in an attempted coup. He denies the charges. The public call infuriated Ankara, which said the diplomats - also from Germany, France, Canada, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and ...
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Biden Talks F-16s, Raises Human Rights at Meeting with Turkey’s Erdogan
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Biden Talks F-16s, Raises Human Rights at Meeting with Turkey’s Erdogan

Monday 1 November 2021 ،
Osman Kavala, Biden and Erdogan met on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Rome. Biden also raised the issue of human rights, a U.S. senior administration official told reporters. President Biden reaffirmed our defense partnership and Turkey's importance as a NATO Ally, but noted U.S. concerns o ...
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Turkey Sentences Opposition Activist to Life in Prison
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Turkey Sentences Opposition Activist to Life in Prison

Tuesday 26 April 2022 ،
Osman Kavala to life in prison without parole over alleged funding protests in Gezi Park in 2013 and participating in the failed 2016 coup to overthrow Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government. Alwaght- A Turkish court on Monday rights activist Osman Kavala to life in prison without parole over alleged fun ...

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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.