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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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What’s Behind Beirut Concessions in Maritime Border Talks with Tel Aviv?
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What’s Behind Beirut Concessions in Maritime Border Talks with Tel Aviv?

Wednesday 23 February 2022
Aoun's stance on the concession, Lebanon's Foreign Minister Abdullah Blu Habib in an interview with Al-Jumeirah newspaper said that Line 23 is what realizes Lebanese interests but clinging to Line 29 does not bear any fruits.  Bassam Yasin, the chief Lebanese negotiator, was another Le ...
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Lebanon Made no Concessions over Maritime Border Dispute with Israel: President Aoun
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Lebanon Made no Concessions over Maritime Border Dispute with Israel: President Aoun

Wednesday 23 February 2022 ،
Resistance Bloc, the political wing of Hezbollah in the Lebanese parliament, said in a statement on February 17. “The national duty of the government requires it to urge relevant authorities to exercise increased vigilance in order to avoid hidden traps. Normalization with ...
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Hezbollah’s Enemies Instructed by US Embassy at Lebanon: Sheikh Qassem
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Hezbollah’s Enemies Instructed by US Embassy at Lebanon: Sheikh Qassem

Tuesday 26 April 2022 ،
Aoun’s Christian Free Patriotic Movement in 2018. Since late 2019, Lebanon has been mired in a deep financial crisis that has caused the Lebanese pound to lose around 90 percent of its value to the US dollar and led its banking system to collapse, plunging the bulk of Lebanese into poverty. ...
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Compromisers with Israel Should be Ashamed of Abu Akleh’s Murder: Nasrallah
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Compromisers with Israel Should be Ashamed of Abu Akleh’s Murder: Nasrallah

Saturday 14 May 2022 ،
Aoun’s term ends in October.  
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Lebanese Votes in Parliamentary Elections amid Economic Crisis
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Lebanese Votes in Parliamentary Elections amid Economic Crisis

Sunday 15 May 2022 ،
Aoun and the Shia Amal party of Speaker Nabih Berri, secure a majority by winning 71 of the parliament's seats. The absence of former Prime Minister Saad Hariri has left a vacuum for Sunni votes, which both Hezbollah allies and opponents are seeking to fill. Hezbollah has said it expects few c ...
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Election Turnout in Lebanon Exceeds 41 Percent
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Election Turnout in Lebanon Exceeds 41 Percent

Monday 16 May 2022 ،
Aoun, as the biggest Christian party in parliament. Sayed Younes, the head of its electoral machine, told Reuters the FPM won up to 16 seats, down from 18 in 2018. In Nabatieh City, three candidates of “Hope and Loyalty” won a majority of votes. The vote came as the country has been r ...
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Lebanon Warns Israeli Regime against Any ’Aggression’ in Disputed Waters
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Lebanon Warns Israeli Regime against Any ’Aggression’ in Disputed Waters

Monday 6 June 2022 ،
Aoun said on Sunday in a statement. He made his comments after a floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel arrived in the disputed area, where London-based upstream firm Energean plans to start pumping gas from the Karish field under contract with the Israeli regime later this year. ...
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Hezbollah, Hamas Leaders Discuss Reinforcement of Resistance against Israeli Regime
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Hezbollah, Hamas Leaders Discuss Reinforcement of Resistance against Israeli Regime

Thursday 23 June 2022 ،
Aoun, Prime Minister of Lebanon Najib Mikati, and Lebanon’s Speaker of the Parliament Nabih Berri.  
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Lebanese -Israeli Maritime Border Talks: What’s American Mediator Done so far?
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Lebanese -Israeli Maritime Border Talks: What’s American Mediator Done so far?

Tuesday 28 June 2022 ،
Resistance is a nickname given to Hezbollah and other regional movements resisting Israeli and American colonialist projects. Hezbollah's deputy secretary-general called on the Lebanese government to show more determination, step up its pressure, and state explicitly whether the talks are contin ...

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Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution

Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution