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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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The Virus of Occupation: Israelis Have Taken To Spitting on Palestinians During Coronavirus

The Virus of Occupation: Israelis Have Taken To Spitting on Palestinians During Coronavirus

Friday 17 April 2020
Spitting at someone is a universal insult. In Israel, however, spitting at Palestinians is an entirely different story.   Now that we know that the deadly coronavirus can be transmitted through saliva droplets, Israeli soldiers and illegal Jewish settlers are working extra hard to spit at as m ...
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Will Persian Gulf Reconciliation Grab Qatar From Muslim Brotherhood Camp?

Will Persian Gulf Reconciliation Grab Qatar From Muslim Brotherhood Camp?

Saturday 12 December 2020 ،
Qatar may resume ties with Riyadh and other sanctioning parties but this does not separate it from Muslim Brotherhood camp that includes Turkey. Alwaght- These days, the Turkish footprints can be tracked in a vast area of geopolitical rivalry from Central Asia and the Persian Gulf to the North and H ...
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US Approves Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia

US Approves Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia

Wednesday 30 December 2020 ،
Lockheed Martin Corp, General Electric and Raytheon as the weapons makers associated with the sale. Separately, the State Department said Egypt was approved to purchase a missile countermeasures system for its presidential aircraft worth $104 million and 20 targeting pods for military aircraft wort ...
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Rejuvenated Protests in Lebanon May Push Crisis to New Heights Amid Lockdown

Rejuvenated Protests in Lebanon May Push Crisis to New Heights Amid Lockdown

Sunday 31 January 2021 ،
Political leaders have not been able to form a new government six months after the disaster. Lebanon, on the other hand, has one of the largest foreign debts in the world. The country defaulted on its foreign debt for the first time last year, and an effort for IMF emergency loans failed after mont ...
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Oil Shipment to Sail to Lebanon from Iran

Oil Shipment to Sail to Lebanon from Iran

Thursday 19 August 2021 ،
The country is hit by a fuel crisis as US sanctions along with a delay in government bite. Alwaght- A shipment of Iranian fuel oil will be setting sail for Lebanon soon, Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayed Hassan Nasrallah said. The shipment is a result of negotiations between Beirut and Tehran, arra ...
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UK Labour Party Passes Motion Labeling Israel as Apartheid Regime

UK Labour Party Passes Motion Labeling Israel as Apartheid Regime

Tuesday 28 September 2021 ،
The UK Labour Party delegated passed on Monday a motion labeling Israel as an apartheid regime and committed the party to implementing sanctions and ending the sale of arms to Tel Aviv. The motion criticized Israel for actions including violence against Palestinians in al-Quds (Jerusalem), illegal s ...
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Despite Pledge, Biden Leaves Tap Open, Approving Billions in Arms Deals to Saudi Arabia

Despite Pledge, Biden Leaves Tap Open, Approving Billions in Arms Deals to Saudi Arabia

Saturday 20 November 2021 ،
Lockheed Martin, which has signed 62 separate contracts with the Kingdom since March 2015, worth in excess of $7.4 billion. Third on the list is missile expert Raytheon, which has cashed in on the violence to the tune of $3.3 billion. Boeing’s spot at the top of the pile comes in large part t ...
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Military Solution in Syria ‘An Illusion’: UN Envoy

Military Solution in Syria ‘An Illusion’: UN Envoy

Tuesday 21 December 2021 ،
United Nations Special Envoy rejected military solution to Syria crisis as “an illusion,” saying that the warring parties are locked in a “strategic stalemate” on the ground for the past 21 months. Alwaght- United Nations Special Envoy rejected military solution to Syria crisis as “an illusion ...
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Palestinian PM Urges Urgent International Intervention against Israeli Forces Violence

Palestinian PM Urges Urgent International Intervention against Israeli Forces Violence

Monday 9 May 2022 ،
Prime Minister of Palestinian Authority Mohammad Shtayyeh called for the international community’s immediate intervention after Israeli soldiers fatally shot three young Palestinians in separate incidents across the occupied West Bank. Alwaght- Prime Minister of Palestinian Authority Mohammad Shtayy ...
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Ukraine War, 500 Days On: Filling US Arms Companies’ Coffers

Ukraine War, 500 Days On: Filling US Arms Companies’ Coffers

Monday 17 July 2023 ،
Lockheed Martin also started 2022 with a value of $98 billion, but by the end of the year, this figure reached $127 billion, which is the highest figure since records were made. Lockheed Martin earned more than $15 billion in net income in the first quarter of 2023 alone, which has boosted the compa ...

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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