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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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US Troops Could Be Prosecuted for Aiding, Abetting, Committing War Crimes: US Congressman
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US Troops Could Be Prosecuted for Aiding, Abetting, Committing War Crimes: US Congressman

Friday 4 November 2016
Ted Lieu, expressed his deep concerns over American military’s providing material assistance to the Saudi regime’s aggression on Yemen. Alwaght- A Member of US congress, Ted Lieu, expressed his deep concerns over American military’s providing material assistance to the Saudi regime’s agg ...
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US Must Stop Arming Saudi Amid Aggression against Yemen: HRW
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US Must Stop Arming Saudi Amid Aggression against Yemen: HRW

Friday 2 December 2016 ،
Ted Lieu, in which he had drawn comparison between current US officials, who are likely contributing to the Saudi brutality, and former Liberian President Charles Taylor, who was convicted in 2008 for aiding war crimes in Sierra Leone. “The Charles Taylor case precedent puts US officials at r ...
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US Democrats Introduce Bill Making Trump Incompetent to Trigger Nuclear Weapons
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US Democrats Introduce Bill Making Trump Incompetent to Trigger Nuclear Weapons

Sunday 29 January 2017 ،
Ted Lieu, D-Calif. The article notes that Lieu has a paper sign outside his office that reads, “Alternative Fact Free Zone.” The US president is currently allowed to order a first-use nuclear strike even if the US is not under nuclear attack. During the campaign, Hillary Clinton made i ...
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Will US Congress Take Nuclear Button from Unpredictable Trump?
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Will US Congress Take Nuclear Button from Unpredictable Trump?

Tuesday 31 January 2017 ،
Ted W. Lieu and Sen. Edward J. Markey, both Democrats, introduced legislation on Tuesday that would forbid the president from launching a nuclear strike without first having Congress declare war. The proposed legislation casts strong doubts on President Donald Trump's judgment, with the lawmake ...
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Trump Might be Mentally Unstable: Democrats
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Trump Might be Mentally Unstable: Democrats

Friday 17 February 2017 ،
Ted Lieu says he plans to introduce legislation that would require the presence of a psychiatrist or psychologist in the White House. Lieu argued it's justifiable to scrutinize the mental health of anyone in control of the nation's nuclear codes. Thirty-five psychiatrists, psychologists an ...
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US Legal,  Field Challenges in Syria’s Al-Tanf Border Area
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US Legal, Field Challenges in Syria’s Al-Tanf Border Area

Sunday 28 May 2017 ،
Ted Lieu, the Democrat of House of Representatives representing California, voiced dissent by saying that “Trump does not have the Congressional authorization to attack Syria, a country that has not attacked the US.” But the historic record of the American presidents' actions shows ...
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Bipartisan Call for Reversal of Trump’s Mega-Arms Deal with Saudi Arabia
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Bipartisan Call for Reversal of Trump’s Mega-Arms Deal with Saudi Arabia

Monday 29 May 2017 ،
Ted Lieu, a Democrat and Republican Ted Yoho urged their colleagues to reconsider the sale of precision guided munitions (PGMs) to the oil-rich Persian Gulf Kingdom. They pointed out that former president Barack Obama’s administration had halted a planned sale of PGM’s to Saudi Arabia i ...
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Why Are US Lawmakers Seeking to Limit Trump’s Powers?
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Why Are US Lawmakers Seeking to Limit Trump’s Powers?

Tuesday 29 May 2018 ،
Ted W. Lieu of California introduced the Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2017. This legislation was meant to prohibit the US president from launching a nuclear first strike without a declaration of war by Congress.  In general, the Congressmen and media since last yea ...
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Pelosi Asks Military about Preventing ‘Unhinged’ Trump from Launching Nukes
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Pelosi Asks Military about Preventing ‘Unhinged’ Trump from Launching Nukes

Saturday 9 January 2021 ،
Ted Lieu and Jamie Raskin following this week's assault on the Capitol by Trump supporters, according to Reuters. The measure charges Trump with inciting violence against the government of the United States in an attempt to overturn his loss to President-elect Joe Biden in the 2020 preside ...

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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.