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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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Why Is Arab Cooperation Council Crisis Not Ending?
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Why Is Arab Cooperation Council Crisis Not Ending?

Sunday 7 June 2020
and Egypt has entered its fourth year as no signs of the solution to the unprecedented diplomatic tensions among the Arab states of the Persian Gulf are in sight. On June 5, 2017, Riyadh, Abu Dhabi, Manama, and Cairo declared severing all of the diplomatic ties with Doha and imposing a ban on it fr ...
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Mexico Offers to Sell Gasoline to Venezuela despite US Sanctions
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Mexico Offers to Sell Gasoline to Venezuela despite US Sanctions

Tuesday 16 June 2020 ،
and it was a matter of humanitarian need, we would do it,” Lopez Obrador said Monday during his regular morning press conference, insisting that Mexico was an independent country. “We make our own decisions and do not mess with the policies of other countries,” he said. The admin ...
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Iraq PM’s Tehran Visit Indicates Bilteral Ties Stable, Iran Push For US Exit Not Overshadowed Under Al-Kadhimi: Experts
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Iraq PM’s Tehran Visit Indicates Bilteral Ties Stable, Iran Push For US Exit Not Overshadowed Under Al-Kadhimi: Experts

Monday 27 July 2020 ،
and Iran showed that despite some differences, their ties remain strategic and they can work bilaterally even when Baghdad is under US pressure. Alwaght- On Saturday, Iran’s Andishe Sazan Nour Institute for Strategic Studies hosted a meeting in Tehran of a number of experts who discussed the & ...
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Russia Approve COVID-19 Vaccine: Putin
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Russia Approve COVID-19 Vaccine: Putin

Tuesday 11 August 2020 ،
and efficacy continue.    The speed at which Russia is moving to roll out its vaccine highlights its determination to win the global race for an effective product, but has stirred concerns that it may be putting national prestige before sound science and safety. Speaking at a govern ...
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Hezbollah, Syria Acquitted of Link with Rafiq Hariri Assassination
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Hezbollah, Syria Acquitted of Link with Rafiq Hariri Assassination

Wednesday 19 August 2020 ،
Sabra and Hasan Habib Merhi were acquitted of the charges they faced because the trial chamber could not prove their guilt beyond reasonable doubt. Salim Jamil Ayyash, meanwhile, was found guilty on five charges, including the intentional homicide of Rafic Hariri and 21 other persons by pre-meditat ...
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Palestinian Authority Pressed to Tone down Stance on UAE-Israel Deal
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Palestinian Authority Pressed to Tone down Stance on UAE-Israel Deal

Wednesday 9 September 2020 ،
and Abu Dhabi. The Palestinian Authority will reportedly put a draft resolution to discussion at an upcoming Arab League session, which will stress the 2002 Arab Initiative on the resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but will tone down criticism of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) over ...
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Yemen’s Ansarullah Censures Awarding Nobel Peace Prize to WFP
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Yemen’s Ansarullah Censures Awarding Nobel Peace Prize to WFP

Saturday 10 October 2020 ،
and that is combating hunger.” “A large number of people suffer from malnutrition... and there is also a failure on the WFP's part to be neutral in terms of humanitarian aid distribution,” he said. Sharjabi’s remarks came shortly after the WFP won the 2020 Nobel Peace P ...
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Samir Geagea Seeking Scorched Earth Strategy In Lebanon
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Samir Geagea Seeking Scorched Earth Strategy In Lebanon

Thursday 15 October 2020 ،
Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in 1989, during which over 3,000 innocent civilians were killed.  After the war, the Judicial Council, Lebanon's highest court, tried and imprisoned him for war crimes. His initial verdict was execution, however it was shifted to life sentence. He was handed ...
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UAE at Heart of US Regional Strategy in Persian Gulf
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UAE at Heart of US Regional Strategy in Persian Gulf

Friday 16 October 2020 ،
and Israeli officials, the plan to normalize relations with the Zionist regime was supposed to continue rapidly and involve a large majority of the Arab world, however only UAE and Bahrain have normalized relations with Israel. No other Arab government has got involved in the normalization process, ...
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Shocking New Figures Show How Just Much the US Is Fueling the Violence in Yemen
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Shocking New Figures Show How Just Much the US Is Fueling the Violence in Yemen

Saturday 21 November 2020 ،
and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute show that since the war in Yemen began, the US has sold over $13 billion in high-tech weapons to Saudi Arabia, making the Kingdom a cash cow for US weapons makers. New figures from the UN and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institut ...

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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.