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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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When We Come, It Will Not Be in a Nice Way, an ISIS Member Told Europeans
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When We Come, It Will Not Be in a Nice Way, an ISIS Member Told Europeans

Wednesday 24 December 2014
Juergen Todenhoefer's journey was a tough one: dangerous, but also eye-opening. The author traveled deep into ISIS territory -- the area they now call their "caliphate" -- visiting Raqqa and Deir Ezzor in Syria, as well as Mosul in Iraq . Alwaght - Juergen Todenhoefer's journey was a tough ...
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About 6,000 Refugee Kids Went Missing in Germany in 2015
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About 6,000 Refugee Kids Went Missing in Germany in 2015

Tuesday 12 April 2016 ،
Around 6,000 refugee children from Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia went missing in Germany in 2015. Alwaght- Around 6,000 refugee children from Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia went missing in Germany in 2015. 5,835 refugee minors had disappeared in Germany over the past year, 555 ...
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Discrimination against Women What UN Working on
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Discrimination against Women What UN Working on

Saturday 7 May 2016 ،
The UN Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice was created by the Human Rights Council in 2011 to identify, promote and exchange views, in consultation with States and other actors, on good practices related to the elimination of laws that discriminate again ...
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Israeli Soldiers Resort to Prostitution to Make Ends Meet: Israeli MP
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Israeli Soldiers Resort to Prostitution to Make Ends Meet: Israeli MP

Wednesday 22 February 2017 ،
Israeli Female soldiers have turned to prostitution in the face of financial problems, An Israeli Member of Parliament warned. Alwaght- Israeli Female soldiers have turned to prostitution in the face of financial problems, An Israeli Member of Parliament warned.   In an op-ed published in the ...
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Immigrant Women, Children Raped, Starved in Libya’s Hellholes: Unicef
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Immigrant Women, Children Raped, Starved in Libya’s Hellholes: Unicef

Tuesday 28 February 2017 ،
The United Nations children’s agency, Unicef, says African Women and children trying to travel to Europe are being beaten, raped and starved in “living hellholes” in Libya. Alwaght- The United Nations children’s agency, Unicef, says African Women and children trying to travel to Europe are bei ...
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UNICEF Warns Fivefold Spike in Number of Solo Refugee Kids
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UNICEF Warns Fivefold Spike in Number of Solo Refugee Kids

Thursday 18 May 2017 ،
The United Nations Children’s Fund voiced concerns over sharp rise in the number of unaccompanied children crossing international borders. Alwaght- The United Nations Children's Fund  voiced concerns over sharp rise in the number of unaccompanied children crossing international borders. U ...
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Human Trafficking Booming in Yemen as War Enters Its Fifth Year
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Human Trafficking Booming in Yemen as War Enters Its Fifth Year

Saturday 14 September 2019 ،
The offensive war on Yemen, the most impoverished nation in the Middle East, was launched in 2015 by a US-backed coalition of Arab countries led by Saudi Arabia, the richest nation in the Middle East. It has plunged a nation already struggling to provide basic services to its citizens into chaos, a ...
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US Navy Sex Trafficking in Bahrain
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US Navy Sex Trafficking in Bahrain

Thursday 21 January 2021 ،
In the summer of 2017, a grave crisis was already boiling in the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet, stationed in one of the Persian Gulf countries, namely Bahrain. That summer, investigators began to uncover an intricate web of allegations against American sailors that began with prostitution but ended up in ca ...
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Shocking Reports of Sexual Assault against Palestinian Women in the Gaza War
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Shocking Reports of Sexual Assault against Palestinian Women in the Gaza War

Saturday 24 February 2024 ،
.There have been multiple instances of sexual assault and violence commited by Zionist military forces in the Gaza Strip The latest report is not the sole or initial account of potential organized crime against Palestinian women during the recent conflict, as there have been multiple instances of se ...

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36th anniversary of the  passing of the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran / Imam Khomeini (RA)

36th anniversary of the passing of the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran / Imam Khomeini (RA)