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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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Netanyahu’s New Government Facing Crisis at Start of Work
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Netanyahu’s New Government Facing Crisis at Start of Work

Wednesday 25 January 2023
Supreme Court strengthens the opposition’s motivation to curtail the life of Netanyahu’s cabinet. The measures the far-right took to restrict the powers of the Supreme Court and to increase the powers of the parliament and cabinet in the key political decision makings aroused the public ...
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Iraqi Kurdistan Region Struggling amid Internal Disputes, Supreme Court Ruling
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Iraqi Kurdistan Region Struggling amid Internal Disputes, Supreme Court Ruling

Sunday 29 January 2023 ،
Supreme Court on budget. Alwaght- While the two power poles in the Iraqi Kurdistan region still insist on their tough stances against each other, their past mechanisms to run the autonomous region and settle internal crises is gradually declining, suggesting that the continuation of these difference ...
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Tens of Thousands Rally For Sixth Week against Israeli PM’s ’Legal Reforms’
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Tens of Thousands Rally For Sixth Week against Israeli PM’s ’Legal Reforms’

Sunday 12 February 2023 ،
Supreme Court's powers to overturn the cabinet's decisions or Knesset (the Israeli parliament)'s laws. The coalition, however, claims that the reforms are needed to curb, what it calls, overreach by judges. Netanyahu has himself dismissed the public furor that has ensued his ...
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Israeli War’s Now Internal, Not with Arabs and Palestinians: Expert
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Israeli War’s Now Internal, Not with Arabs and Palestinians: Expert

Thursday 9 March 2023 ،
Supreme Court powers relying on the 64-seat majority his coalition has in the Knesset, and this is because he wants to override any future court ruling convicting him in corruption cases. Therefore, the differences are serious and they are not about electons, majority, or minority, but about Netanya ...
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How Israel’s Supreme Court Enables Torture of Palestinian Prisoners
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How Israel’s Supreme Court Enables Torture of Palestinian Prisoners

Saturday 11 March 2023 ،
Supreme Court. On 29 December 2022, the high court once again capitulated to the demands of the state regarding the issue of prison conditions and the size of prison cells in particular. It granted the state's request and extended, for the third time, the deadline for expanding the living space ...
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Huge crowds Rally against Israeli PM’s ’Judicial Coup’ for 12th Week
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Huge crowds Rally against Israeli PM’s ’Judicial Coup’ for 12th Week

Sunday 26 March 2023 ،
Supreme Court. The changes are slated to rob the court of the power to overrule decisions made by Israel's new extremist cabinet and the Knesset. They will also enable lawmakers to override the court's rulings with a simple majority, while giving them a bigger say in the selection committee ...
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Thousands-Strong Protests Continue across Occupied Palestine as Netanyahu Fires Minister
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Thousands-Strong Protests Continue across Occupied Palestine as Netanyahu Fires Minister

Monday 27 March 2023 ،
Supreme Court of the power to overrule decisions made by the Israeli regime's new extremist cabinet and the Knesset, as a judicial coup. The changes will also enable lawmakers to override the court's rulings with a simple majority, while giving them a bigger say in the selection committee t ...
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Time to Collapse? Opposition Tighten Noose on Netanyahu
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Time to Collapse? Opposition Tighten Noose on Netanyahu

Wednesday 29 March 2023 ،
Supreme Court will not be allowed to hear any petition to disqualify the PM. Opposition parties have argued that the law was specifically designed to protect Netanyahu from legal charges and that it upsets the balance among three powers through cutting judiciary’s powers. The government strug ...
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National Guard Plan, Netanyahu’s Ransom to Haredi Hardliners
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National Guard Plan, Netanyahu’s Ransom to Haredi Hardliners

Tuesday 4 April 2023 ،
Supreme Court and the right of this judicial body to supervise the parliament and will give politicians more powers to interfere in the appointment of judges, something the opposition consider to be the final nail in the coffin of judiciary’s independence.  The reason behind popular show ...
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Kurds Double-Edged Sword Determining Erdogan’s Win or Loss
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Kurds Double-Edged Sword Determining Erdogan’s Win or Loss

Sunday 30 April 2023 ،
Supreme Court gives a green light, he will neutralize it by arresting its leaders.  Over the past two decades, always several million of the Kurdish citizens have been satisfied with the economic conditions. The Islamist Kurds have also been contented with Erdogan. But the PKK-aligned Kurds ar ...

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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