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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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Map of  Latest Battlefield Developments in Syria and Iraq on

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New Kurdish-Arab Coalition; Ankara’s Fresh Plan to Split Pro-Independence Kurds

New Kurdish-Arab Coalition; Ankara’s Fresh Plan to Split Pro-Independence Kurds

Thursday 28 July 2016
Sarab district as well as Al-Rabita Street saw no dramatic changes, and the residential district was brought under heavy US-led coalition's air raids and SDF's artillery fire, which left 12 civilians killed. SDF's operations started since April 25 in northeastern Aleppo, and although Ma ...
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A Generation Deleted: American Bombs in Yemen Are Costing an Entire Generation Their Future

A Generation Deleted: American Bombs in Yemen Are Costing an Entire Generation Their Future

Monday 7 October 2019 ،
Sara Beysolow Nyanti said in a statement released last Wednesday. Beysolow raised concerns about the future of Yemeni children, saying: [They] face increased risks of all forms of exploitation including being forced to join the fighting, child labor and early marriage. They lose the opportunity t ...
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Why Did Iraq’s Sadr Movement Close Its Institutions?

Why Did Iraq’s Sadr Movement Close Its Institutions?

Monday 16 December 2019 ،
Saraya Al-Salam are exempted and will continue their activities. The decision has raised a question about why the movement has done so at the time being. Al-Sadr Movement had not yet explained why it made such a decision, but the move can be analyzed in two levels.  Al-Sadr figures out that th ...
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BDS at Sydney Festival, with Jennine Khalik, Sara Saleh

BDS at Sydney Festival, with Jennine Khalik, Sara Saleh

Tuesday 18 January 2022 ،
Sara Saleh and Jennine Khalik. Saleh is a poet and organizer. The daughter of migrants from Palestine, Egypt and Georgia, she is also the co-editor of the book “Arab, Australian, Other: Stories on Race and Identity.” Khalik is a journalist who has worked for ABC News and&n ...
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U.S. DIDN’T EXPECT MAJOR EXPLOSIONS WHEN AN ISIS BOMB FACTORY WAS BOMBED

U.S. DIDN’T EXPECT MAJOR EXPLOSIONS WHEN AN ISIS BOMB FACTORY WAS BOMBED

Saturday 9 April 2022 ،
Sarah Holewinski Yager, a former senior adviser on human rights to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and now the Washington director at Human Rights Watch, “but it’s clearly possible to understand that explosives are present and even the general magnitude of what an explosion mig ...
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Sadr, Allies Won’t Allow New Govt. In Iraq: Expert

Sadr, Allies Won’t Allow New Govt. In Iraq: Expert

Wednesday 14 September 2022 ،
Saraya al-Salam armed group. If it was not for his ceasefire and the withdrawal order from the Green Zone, no one could have managed the standoff. Therefore, his decision is not serious and some may miscalculate and be happy that al-Sadr will not participate in political equations, but this will not ...
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How’s Iran Rising as a Regional Railway Transit Hub?

How’s Iran Rising as a Regional Railway Transit Hub?

Tuesday 29 August 2023 ،
Sarakhs. Another important point is that with the reduction of the customs tariff, the cost of sending goods through the North-South corridor was reduced by almost half.  North-South Corridor, Russia’s vital artery  North-South Corridor was launched in May last year after a two-dec ...

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Farmers in Poland are on the streets again to protest EU agricultural policies

Farmers in Poland are on the streets again to protest EU agricultural policies