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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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Double Standards: How Is UN Replacing Victim and Criminal in Yemen?
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Double Standards: How Is UN Replacing Victim and Criminal in Yemen?

Tuesday 22 June 2021
SIPRI), since 2015, the year Riyadh waged the war on Yemen, Washington has been the biggest arms supplier to Saudi Arabia, with 73 percent of the Saudi weapons imported from the US.  Given these massive and tight relations between Saudi Arabia and other Western countries, it is obvious that th ...
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Yemen’s Children Victims to Saudi Crimes, West’s  Double Standards
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Yemen’s Children Victims to Saudi Crimes, West’s Double Standards

Monday 16 August 2021 ،
SIPRI), since 2015, the US has been the biggest arms supplier to Saudi Arabia, with 73 percent of the kingdom's arms provided by Washington.  Yemen's geopolitical importance is another driver behind the Western silence to the daily violation of the children rights in the already impove ...
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Will New US Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia Tip Scales in Riyadh’s Favor?
Analysis

Will New US Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia Tip Scales in Riyadh’s Favor?

Monday 8 November 2021 ،
SIPRI), reported that arms contracts with the US over the past 5 yeast make Saudi Arabia the top American arms buyer. The report adds that 24 percent of the US-produced arms were exported to Saudi Arabia. After the US with 79 percent of arms imports to Saudi Arabia comes Britain with 9.3 percent and ...
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Iran-Azerbaijan Relations: Friendly but Influenced by Foreign Actors
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Iran-Azerbaijan Relations: Friendly but Influenced by Foreign Actors

Wednesday 24 November 2021 ،
SIPRI) recorded $825 million worth of weapons purchased by Azerbaijan from Israel in 2006-2019. On the other hand, the Israelis are trying to influence the relations between Azerbaijan and Iran for the good of anti-Iranian goals by deepening the influence in Baku. Also, the abuses against Shiites of ...
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Azerbaijan Opening Tel Aviv Embassy While Silencing Opposing Voices
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Azerbaijan Opening Tel Aviv Embassy While Silencing Opposing Voices

Wednesday 23 November 2022 ،
SIPRI), 69 percent of Azerbaijan arms imports from 2016 to 2020 were from Israel, which account for 17 percent of the Israeli arms exports. According to Iran's Fars News Agency (FNA), about 40 percent of Israeli oil comes from Azerbaijan.  Illegitimate decision to open  ...
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Israeli Military’s Backbone is Breaking and the World’s Hearing
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Israeli Military’s Backbone is Breaking and the World’s Hearing

Tuesday 2 May 2023 ،
SIPRI) in 2020, Tel Aviv spent $22 billion on its military. This regime had spent about $2,508 per person, and accordingly, 12 percent of the total government spending ($18 billion per year) has been allocated to military affairs.  According to latest reports, the Israeli army operates over 3, ...
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75 Years of Israeli Crimes with American-supplied Weapons
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75 Years of Israeli Crimes with American-supplied Weapons

Saturday 2 December 2023 ،
SIPRI), Israeli regime is the largest recipient of US foreign military and financial aid, and most of this aid is in the form of weapon packages.  “I think it’s a safe assumption to say that US weapons are being used extensively in the current Israeli operations in Gaza,” Eli ...
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World Campaign against Arms Exports to Tel Aviv Could Take the Steam Out of Netanyahu’s Killing Machine
Report

World Campaign against Arms Exports to Tel Aviv Could Take the Steam Out of Netanyahu’s Killing Machine

Monday 8 April 2024 ،
SIPRI)Arms Transfer Database, almost all Israeli arms imports come from American and German companies, and other military exporters include the Britain, France, Canada and the Netherlands. According to the institute's estimates, from 2019 to 2023, Israel imported about 69 percent of its weapons ...
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Israeli Crime in Southern Lebanon: Where Do Deadly Israeli Bombs Come From?
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Israeli Crime in Southern Lebanon: Where Do Deadly Israeli Bombs Come From?

Saturday 28 September 2024 ،
SIPRI), the US has provided 69 percent of the imported weapons needed by the Israeli regime between 2019 and 2023. 10-year pact: According to a 10- year pact, the US annually provides Israel $3.8 billion in military aid. The agreement suggests that this aid is meant to maintain the Israeli military ...
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US-Europe Division over Ukraine Allowing Russian Battleground Progress
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US-Europe Division over Ukraine Allowing Russian Battleground Progress

Monday 10 March 2025 ،
SIPRI), Ukraine war has contributed to the growth of the US dominance on the global arms industry. The American weapons exports between 2020-2024 grew by more than a fifth compared to the previous five-year period, reaching 43 percent of total global exports.  Dr Mathew George, who joined SIPR ...

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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.