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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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At Least One Person Killed, over 20 Injured in Shooting near US City of Chicago
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At Least One Person Killed, over 20 Injured in Shooting near US City of Chicago

Monday 19 June 2023
Survey (SAS), a Swiss research project.   According to the Gun Violence Archive, which tracks shootings in the US, 647 mass shootings were recorded in 2022, killing 44,287 people.  The 2022 figure was slightly less than in 2021 when 692 mass shootings left 45,010 people dead across ...
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More than 100 U.S. political leaders have ancestors who were slaveholders
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More than 100 U.S. political leaders have ancestors who were slaveholders

Tuesday 27 June 2023 ،
More than 100 U.S. leaders – lawmakers, presidents, governors and justices – have slaveholding ancestors, a Reuters examination found. Few are willing to talk about their ties to America’s “original sin” More than 100 U.S. leaders – lawmakers, presidents, governors and justices – have sl ...
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Poverty Forces 11.3mn Britons into Hunger: Study
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Poverty Forces 11.3mn Britons into Hunger: Study

Wednesday 28 June 2023 ،
More than eleven million people or one in seven persons throughout the UK faced hunger in the last year due to a shortage of money, according to a new study by a leading charity organization, the Trussell Trust. Alwaght- More than eleven million people or one in seven persons throughout the UK faced ...
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Beijing Rebuke NATO’s Anti-China Statement
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Beijing Rebuke NATO’s Anti-China Statement

Wednesday 12 July 2023 ،
China strongly condemned NATO’s eastward movement into the Asia-Pacific region, warning it will give a resolute response to any threat to its legitimate rights. Alwaght- China strongly condemned NATO’s eastward movement into the Asia-Pacific region, warning it will give a resolute response to ...
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How Are Falling Immigration Rates Becoming a Pain to Tel Aviv?
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How Are Falling Immigration Rates Becoming a Pain to Tel Aviv?

Wednesday 23 August 2023 ،
The reverse immigration from Israel is reaching to alarming levels, triggering worries about disappearance of Zionist dream. Alwaght- For more than seven decades, the Jewish Agency for Israel has been proud of its role in bringing Jews from all over the world to the occupied Palestinian territories, ...
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Lebanon Starts Energy Drilling, Hoping to Quench Thirst for Oil, Gas
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Lebanon Starts Energy Drilling, Hoping to Quench Thirst for Oil, Gas

Sunday 27 August 2023 ،
Survey (USGS) estimated in 2010 that the Leviathan energy basin could hold 1.7 billion barrels of recoverable oil and 122 trillion cubic feet of gas. This means that the amount of gas in the depths of the Mediterranean can meet the gas consumption of the entire European Union for 76 years.  An ...
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Court Drops Sedition Case against Former Pakistani PM Khan: Lawyer
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Court Drops Sedition Case against Former Pakistani PM Khan: Lawyer

Monday 28 August 2023 ،
A Pakistani court dismissed a sedition case lodged against Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday, according to a court order and his lawyer. Alwaght- A Pakistani court dismissed a sedition case lodged against Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday, according to a ...
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Powerful Earthquake Hits Morocco
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Powerful Earthquake Hits Morocco

Saturday 9 September 2023 ،
Survey put the quake's magnitude at 6.8 and said it was at a relatively shallow depth of 18.5 km (11.5 miles). Ighil, a mountainous area with small farming villages, is about 70 km (40 miles) southwest of Marrakech. The quake struck just after 11 p.m. (2200 GMT). The earthquake is Morocco' ...
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Morocco Quake Death Toll Crosses 2,000
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Morocco Quake Death Toll Crosses 2,000

Sunday 10 September 2023 ،
Survey said the quake had a magnitude of 6.8 with an epicentre some 72 km (45 miles) southwest of Marrakech.  Videos posted on social media showed buildings crumbling to rubble and dust across the city. The famous red walls surrounding the old town in UNESCO World Heritage site Marrakesh were a ...
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Morocco Rescuers Race to Find Survivors as Earthquake Toll Nears 2,500
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Morocco Rescuers Race to Find Survivors as Earthquake Toll Nears 2,500

Monday 11 September 2023 ،
Survey. Source: Reuters  

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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