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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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Western Powers Upset by Syrian Forces Progress in Aleppo
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Western Powers Upset by Syrian Forces Progress in Aleppo

Friday 30 September 2016
Samantha Power, deemed Russia to be responsible for many civilian deaths in Aleppo. Maria Zakharova, who is the spokesperson for Russian Foreign Ministry argued that accusations made by US are a ploy by the country to divert everyone from their recent attack on Syrian troops near Deir ez-Zor. She a ...
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Stop Arming Saudi Arabia: HRW Tells US
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Stop Arming Saudi Arabia: HRW Tells US

Wednesday 2 November 2016 ،
Samantha Power called on Riyadh to halt its airstrikes on schools, hospitals and other civilian targets during a UN Security Council meeting on Monday. Ambassador Power's remarks, calling for an end to unlawful strikes that kill civilians and hit protected civilian objects, are certainly welcom ...
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Saudis Send Terrorists into Syria
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Saudis Send Terrorists into Syria

Tuesday 22 November 2016 ،
Samantha Power that Syrian jets had heavily bombed eastern Aleppo and dropped leaflets over the city, warning civilians to leave or die. Aleppo, Syria’s second largest city, remains divided between government forces in the west and foreign-backed terrorists in the east, making it a frontline ...
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British Journalist Slams US Hypocrisy on Syria, Blind Eye on Palestine, Yemen
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British Journalist Slams US Hypocrisy on Syria, Blind Eye on Palestine, Yemen

Sunday 18 December 2016 ،
Samantha {Power, US Ambassador} talked about 'barbarism against civilians in Aleppo', I remembered climbing over the dead Palestinian civilians massacred at the Sabra and Chatila refugee camps in Beirut in 1982, slaughtered by Israel’s Lebanese militia friends while the Israeli army &n ...
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World Leader Condemn Russian Ambassador Assassination
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World Leader Condemn Russian Ambassador Assassination

Tuesday 20 December 2016 ،
Samantha Power and Ambassador to Ankara John Bass also condemned the attack. In Britain, Foreign Minister Boris Johnson and the envoy to Ankara, Richard Moore, took to Twitter to denounce the killing and said their “thoughts are with his family”. Germany's Ankara embassy tweeted: W ...
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UN Votes Demanding End to Israeli Regime Settlements
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UN Votes Demanding End to Israeli Regime Settlements

Saturday 24 December 2016 ،
Samantha Power responded to the Israeli envoy’s criticism by stressing that one “cannot champion settlements and the two state solution” at the same time. She went on to say that the US did not veto the resolution as it “reflects the facts on the ground and is consistent with ...
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US Abstention Shows Frustration over Israel: NY Times
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US Abstention Shows Frustration over Israel: NY Times

Saturday 24 December 2016 ،
Samantha Power, raising her hand as the lone abstention. Israel’s ambassador, Danny Danon, denounced the measure, and castigated the council members who had approved it, the daily says. The article also mentions popular support for the move by quoting a commenter from Portland, saying Th ...
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UN Resolution 2336 on Syria, Major Blow to US
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UN Resolution 2336 on Syria, Major Blow to US

Monday 2 January 2017 ،
Samantha Power tried to justify Washington’s positive vote by claiming that the adoption of the text should be seen as a strong signal that Hezbollah should end its activities in Syria. Resolution 2336 was unanimously adopted by all 15 members of the UN Security Council aiming to end the six ...
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“Superheroes”, “Nice” Guys: Coverage of Biden’s Hawkish Cabinet Picks is Predictably Lacking
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“Superheroes”, “Nice” Guys: Coverage of Biden’s Hawkish Cabinet Picks is Predictably Lacking

Sunday 29 November 2020 ،
Samantha Vinograd, Haines is “quite literally the nicest person any of us have ever met.” In the famously cutthroat world of intelligence, where nice people rarely even start, let alone finish first, the idea that the new DNI chief is a paragon of virtue might prove to be a little hard t ...
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More Gaza Children Undergoing Slow Death as Food Weaponized by Tel Aviv: UNICEF Official
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More Gaza Children Undergoing Slow Death as Food Weaponized by Tel Aviv: UNICEF Official

Wednesday 20 March 2024 ،
Samantha Power said the IPC report is a “reality” for Gazans.  The catastrophic levels of hunger and malnutrition described in the IPC report should be unimaginable in the current era, but for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza, this is the reality,” Power said.&nb ...

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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