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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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Syria Faces Critical Shortage of Artificial Lung Ventilators amid Coronavirus Pandemic
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Syria Faces Critical Shortage of Artificial Lung Ventilators amid Coronavirus Pandemic

Wednesday 15 April 2020
The war-torn Syria is facing a critical shortage of artificial lung ventilators amid the new coronavirus outbreak, and Western sanctions hinder the delivery of medical equipment, the heads of the joint Russia-Syria coordination centre on refugee repatriation said in a joint statement on Wednesday. A ...
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Azerbaijan Violates Nagorno-Karabakh Ceasefire: Russia
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Azerbaijan Violates Nagorno-Karabakh Ceasefire: Russia

Sunday 27 March 2022 ،
The Azerbaijani military has violated the November 2020, launching airstrikes against the forces of the breakaway region, the Russian Defense Ministry claimed on Saturday. The Azerbaijani military has violated the November 2020, launching airstrikes against the forces of the breakaway region, the Ru ...
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Israel’s 2021 Attack on Gaza’s Agrochemical Warehouse Equal to Chemical Warfare: Study
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Israel’s 2021 Attack on Gaza’s Agrochemical Warehouse Equal to Chemical Warfare: Study

Saturday 28 May 2022 ،
Israeli regime forces employed highly flammable munitions in a 2021 against a Gaza’s largest agrochemical warehouse producing a toxic plume tantamount to the indirect deploying of chemical weapons, a Palestinian human rights organization reported. Alwaght- Israeli regime forces employed highly flamm ...
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Chaos in Iraq as Sadr’s Loyalists Storm Government Buildings
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Chaos in Iraq as Sadr’s Loyalists Storm Government Buildings

Tuesday 30 August 2022 ،
Zone, home to government offices and diplomatic missions. Alwaght- Tensions once again have soared in Iraq after powerful cleric Moqtada Sadr said Monday he was quitting politics, prompting his loyalists to storm Baghdad's Green Zone, home to government offices and diplomatic missions. Several ...
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Israeli Regime Demolishes Palestinian Elementary School in Occupied West Bank
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Israeli Regime Demolishes Palestinian Elementary School in Occupied West Bank

Friday 25 November 2022 ،
Zone 918, since it is to be used for military exercises, in which the presence of civilians is prohibited. According to the Geneva conventions pertaining to humanitarian treatment in war, it is, however, illegal to expropriate occupied land for purposes that do not benefit the people living there, ...
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Employing phosphorus bombs: The Zionist regime’s "Population War" waged against Gaza and Lebanon
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Employing phosphorus bombs: The Zionist regime’s "Population War" waged against Gaza and Lebanon

Sunday 21 January 2024 ،
The enduring impacts of this weapon on the environment, agriculture, livelihoods, and the well-being of forthcoming non-combatant generations The enduring impacts of this weapon on the environment, agriculture, livelihoods, and the well-being of forthcoming non-combatant generations collectively con ...
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Rejuvenated Occupation: Israeli Eye on Syria’s Golan Heights
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Rejuvenated Occupation: Israeli Eye on Syria’s Golan Heights

Tuesday 17 December 2024 ،
Israeli has expanded its occupation of Golan Heights of Syria after fall of al-Assad and seems to have plans to stay there. Alwaght- Syrian chaotic situation these days is an opportunity for the Israeli occupation. The Israelis amid eruption of chaos in Syria following collapse of Bashar al-Assad go ...
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A Comparison of First and Third Lebanon Wars: Understanding Hezbollah’s Recent Victory over Israel
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A Comparison of First and Third Lebanon Wars: Understanding Hezbollah’s Recent Victory over Israel

Wednesday 18 December 2024 ،
Hezbollah won the war thanks to its firm standing against occupation and imposing its terms on Tel Aviv in truce agreement. Alwaght- The recent Israeli war in Lebanon is of high similarity to the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982 in terms of the aims Israeli regime had set for it, though there are ...
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What’s the Message of Iran’s IRGC Seizing Violating Ships in Strait of Hormuz?
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What’s the Message of Iran’s IRGC Seizing Violating Ships in Strait of Hormuz?

Thursday 23 April 2026 ،
Zone (EEZ), extending up to 200 nautical miles, coastal nations may take action in cases of illegal fishing or environmental pollution. In international waters, the rules are different. The principle of freedom of navigation applies there. Iran, or any other country, may seize vessels only in speci ...
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Strait of Hormuz and Iran’s Mode Shift from Reaction to Action
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Strait of Hormuz and Iran’s Mode Shift from Reaction to Action

Tuesday 8 September 2026 ،
Iran is turning the tide in the Persian Gulf, telling the Americans Tehran is the boss there. Alwaght- The latest remarks of the secretary-general of Iran's Supreme National Security Council General Mohsen Rezaei about setting a new prohibited zone around the Strait of Hormuz is a significant si ...

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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.