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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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Turkish Snap Elections: Erdogan’s Road to Power Solidification
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Turkish Snap Elections: Erdogan’s Road to Power Solidification

Sunday 22 April 2018
Party (AKP). Another event was declaring the snap elections in the country. A day after meeting with Devlet Bahceli, the head of the Turkish National Movement Party (MHP), on April 18, Erdogan announced that the country will hold early presidential and parliamentary elections on June 24, i.e. one an ...
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US Provides Terrorists with Free Arms But Not Sells Them to NATO-Member State: Turkish President
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US Provides Terrorists with Free Arms But Not Sells Them to NATO-Member State: Turkish President

Sunday 22 April 2018 ،
Party (PKK). Washington, for its part, has also been critical of Ankara’s growing “misalignment” with the West and of its cozier relations with Russia and Iran. Ankara’s decision to buy S-400 air defense systems from Russia exposes Turkey to possible US sanctions, Assistant ...
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Challenges Enlarge As Trump Braces for Embassy Move to Al-Quds
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Challenges Enlarge As Trump Braces for Embassy Move to Al-Quds

Monday 23 April 2018 ،
US president has said that he will open US embassy in Al-Quds next month, but he will very likely face multi-front backlash. Alwaght- In December last year, US President Donald Trump said he will move the US embassy from Tel Aviv to al-Quds (Jerusalem) after announcing that he recognized the latter ...
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Why Yemeni Boy Clinging to Father’s Corpse for Hours Makes No Headlines?
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Why Yemeni Boy Clinging to Father’s Corpse for Hours Makes No Headlines?

Tuesday 24 April 2018 ،
A heartbreaking footage depicting a Yemeni boy who is clinging to his father’s body is not dominating the mainstream media’s prime time because the tragedy happened when fighter jets of Saudi regime, an oil-rich ally of Western states, bombed a wedding party in Yemen’s Hajja Province. Alwaght- A hea ...
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Iran to Punish Israeli Regime over Syria Raid: Senior Official
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Iran to Punish Israeli Regime over Syria Raid: Senior Official

Tuesday 24 April 2018 ،
Iran will punish the Israeli regime for the recent airstrikes on Syria that killed over a dozen people, including seven Iranian military advisors. Alwaght- The Islamic Republic of Iran will punish the Israeli regime for the recent airstrikes on Syria that killed over a dozen people, including seven ...
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Hezbollah Slams US-Saudi Crime of Assassinating Yemen’s Al-Sammad
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Hezbollah Slams US-Saudi Crime of Assassinating Yemen’s Al-Sammad

Tuesday 24 April 2018 ،
Party to run state affairs in the absence of an effective government in 2016, a year after the Saudi regime and a coalition of its allies began their US-backed war against the country. Denouncing with the strongest terms this brutal crime committed by the US-Saudi aggression forces, Hezbollah conde ...
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Saudi Envoy Brags About Assassination of Senior Yemeni Official
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Saudi Envoy Brags About Assassination of Senior Yemeni Official

Wednesday 25 April 2018 ،
Party to run state affairs in the absence of an effective government in 2016, a year after the Saudi regime and a coalition of its allies began their US-backed military aggression. Yemen’s top governing body has appointed Mehdi Mohammad Hussein al-Mashat as its new head. Yemen’s Defens ...
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Kurdish Parties in Iraq’s Parliamentary Election
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Kurdish Parties in Iraq’s Parliamentary Election

Saturday 28 April 2018 ،
Party Led by Masoud Barzani, the former president of Kurdish Regional Government, the Kurdistan Democratic Party rose as the strongest Kurdish political party on the Iraqi scene over the past decade, particularly because foundation of Gorran (Change) Movement in 2009 impaired the rival Patriotic Un ...
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US Involved in Assassination of Senior Yemeni Official: Ansarullah Leader
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US Involved in Assassination of Senior Yemeni Official: Ansarullah Leader

Sunday 29 April 2018 ،
Party to run state affairs in the absence of an effective government in 2016, a year after the Saudi regime and a coalition of its allies began their US-backed military aggression.  
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Strikes on Syria as Yemen Atrocities Ignored: Journalists
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Strikes on Syria as Yemen Atrocities Ignored: Journalists

Sunday 29 April 2018 ،
Airstrikes by the US, France, and the UK over an alleged chemical attack in Syria were a case of "execution before the trial," author Charles Glass told RT’s Going Underground, citing their refusal to wait for an OPCW probe. Airstrikes by the US, France, and the UK over an alleged chemical attack in ...

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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.