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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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Saudi King Fires Military Officials in ‘Graft’ Cases amid Royal Power Struggle
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Saudi King Fires Military Officials in ‘Graft’ Cases amid Royal Power Struggle

Tuesday 1 September 2020
The Saudi king dismissed the commander of the border guards and five prominent officials from their posts over corruption charges, sparking speculation of a stepped-up push to consolidate Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s hold on power. Alwaght- The Saudi king dismissed the commander of the border ...
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British Legislators Call for Sanctions on Saudi Arabia over Detention of Royals
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British Legislators Call for Sanctions on Saudi Arabia over Detention of Royals

Saturday 19 December 2020 ،
British Member of Parliament called for imposing sanctions on Saudi Arabia over the regime’s growing human rights abuses, including the unlawful detention of the former Saudi crown prince and other royals. Alwaght- British Member of Parliament called for imposing sanctions on Saudi Arabia over the r ...
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Saudi Royal Rift over Normalization With Tel Aviv
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Saudi Royal Rift over Normalization With Tel Aviv

Wednesday 23 December 2020 ،
The Saudis are now divided between maintaining the support for the Palestinian cause and abandoning the Palestinians and normalizing with the Israelis. Alwaght- The struggle in the house of Saud over the normalization with the Israeli regime is openly underway between two princes and the former Saud ...
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Saudi Policy For Meeting Challenges Marred By Confusion As Biden Assumes Office
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Saudi Policy For Meeting Challenges Marred By Confusion As Biden Assumes Office

Sunday 24 January 2021 ،
The Saudi leaders are now left in puzzlement as their proponent Trump departed and Biden is yet to decide his vision on the Kingdom. Alwaght- With Trump’s departure, the eyes are now on Riyadh and the orientation of its regional policy in the atmosphere of expected changes and developments in ...
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UAE Hired American Hackers to Spy on ’Enemies’: Paper
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UAE Hired American Hackers to Spy on ’Enemies’: Paper

Sunday 7 February 2021 ،
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) reportedly has hired a group of hackers, who once worked for US intelligence agencies, to spy on its neighbor Qatar and other countries. Alwaght- The United Arab Emirates (UAE) reportedly has hired a group of hackers, who once worked for US intelligence agencies, to sp ...
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Biden’s Bin Salman Snub: Possible Scenarios and Effects
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Biden’s Bin Salman Snub: Possible Scenarios and Effects

Saturday 20 February 2021 ،
Biden is apparently against bin Salman policies and may back his opponents. This has consequences, among them closeness to eastern powers. Alwaght- White House Spokeswoman Jen Psaki on February 16 said President Joe Biden plans to put the US relations with Saudi Arabia in a new canal and deal only w ...
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Will Dollar Diplomacy Bring Pakistan Back to Saudis?
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Will Dollar Diplomacy Bring Pakistan Back to Saudis?

Tuesday 11 May 2021 ،
The Saudis began to push for improvement of ties to Pakistan, but Islamabad has its own internal and regional considerations. Alwaght- The dominance of the dollar diplomacy on the Saudi foreign policy for decades has caused presence in a network of unstable regional and international, and especially ...
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British Youth No Longer Want Monarchy: Poll
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British Youth No Longer Want Monarchy: Poll

Friday 21 May 2021 ،
The majority British youths no longer think the country should keep the monarchy and prefer an elected head of state, an opinion poll shows Alwaght- The majority British youths no longer think the country should keep the monarchy and prefer an elected head of state, an opinion poll shows. The poll, ...
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Pegasus Is Just Tip of the Israeli Cyber Spying Iceberg
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Pegasus Is Just Tip of the Israeli Cyber Spying Iceberg

Sunday 25 July 2021 ،
Edward Snowden has called it “the story of the year.” An Israeli spying company has been caught selling software to authoritarian regimes that have used it to surveil more than 50,000 people worldwide. Edward Snowden has called it “the story of the year.” An Israeli spying company has be ...
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Saga of Dubai’s Princess Latifa, Who Tried, Failed to Win Her Freedom from Her ‘Evil’ Father, Is Set to Hit US Courts
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Saga of Dubai’s Princess Latifa, Who Tried, Failed to Win Her Freedom from Her ‘Evil’ Father, Is Set to Hit US Courts

Monday 16 August 2021 ،
At the heart of the planned legal action is the daring – and probably illegal – high seas mission by Sheikh Mohammed to snatch his daughter back from a yacht in the Indian Ocean in 2018, one of Latifa’s confidantes tells RT. At the heart of the planned legal action is the daring – and probably ...

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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.