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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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France Hijab Prohibition Upheld by European Court
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France Hijab Prohibition Upheld by European Court

Thursday 26 November 2015
Toulouse.
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French President Faces Street Revolt as Police Attack Protesters
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French President Faces Street Revolt as Police Attack Protesters

Thursday 12 May 2016 ،
Toulouse, Rennes and Le Havre. President François Hollande and Prime Minister Manuel Valls decided earlier this week to use their constitutional powers to impose the labor law reforms by decree. Protest marches in Paris and most other larger French cities Thursday afternoon attracted tens of ...
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Sports, Economy; France Eyes $1.2 Billion in Profits from Euro 2016
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Sports, Economy; France Eyes $1.2 Billion in Profits from Euro 2016

Monday 4 July 2016 ،
Toulouse, Nice, and Marseilles hosted the tens of matches that started from June 10 and would continue to July 10. The matches are expected to hit 51 in number until the ending day of the tournament. Due to rise in clothes and food shopping during the games and also because of presence of thousands ...
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French Police Killed, Raising Death Toll from ISIS Attack to Four
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French Police Killed, Raising Death Toll from ISIS Attack to Four

Friday 23 March 2018 ،
Toulouse, shooting and killing two people in the market and taking an unknown number of hostages. Special police units converged on the scene while authorities blocked roads and urged residents to stay away. He shouted Allahu akbar! (God is great) and said he was a soldier of the Islamic State (IS ...
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French Court Sentences Woman to Jail for Refusing to Remove Niqab
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French Court Sentences Woman to Jail for Refusing to Remove Niqab

Thursday 17 May 2018 ،
Toulouse last month after she was stopped by police for wearing a full-face veil, which is illegal in France, Russia Today reported. She allegedly refused to lift her veil to let the officers see her face. After numerous attempts to have her remove the veil, the woman began to scream for help. The ...
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French PM Vows Tougher Measures on Protests amid Yellow Vest Clashes
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French PM Vows Tougher Measures on Protests amid Yellow Vest Clashes

Friday 25 January 2019 ،
Toulouse Jean-Luc Moudenc said he was “satisfied” with Philippe's move, opposition politicians such as Jean-Luc Mélenchon sarcastically claimed that the PM is totally disconnected from reality. The king of the Shadocks is in Matignon,” Mélenchon said referring to ...
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Clashes Erupted at 26th Week of Yellow Vest Protests across France
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Clashes Erupted at 26th Week of Yellow Vest Protests across France

Sunday 12 May 2019 ،
Toulouse. In Lyon, 2,500 people hit the streets while in Nantes the police put the turnout at 2,200, according to the French media. While the processions were largely peaceful, some clashes between the protesters and the police did erupt as some black-hooded demonstrators hurled bottles at the offi ...
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French Police Arrest Over 200 People during Protests against Pension Reform
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French Police Arrest Over 200 People during Protests against Pension Reform

Saturday 18 March 2023 ،
Toulouse, where police used tear gas against the protesters. Protests were also held in Bordeaux, Lyon, Grenoble, Lille, Nancy, Metz, Nantes, Toulon, Amiens, Le Havre, Montpellier, and Rennes, where police have also been dispersing demonstrators with the use of tear gas. Rallies took place in Mars ...
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Europe, Garden or Jungle?
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Europe, Garden or Jungle?

Thursday 30 March 2023 ،
Toulouse due to strikes. This is while labor unions have called for the continuation of protests and strikes throughout France, and Macron’s government is likely to face serious challenges in the coming days.  Germany to Britain encompassed by protests  Protests and strikes are not ...
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Two Fatalities Reported After Israeli Strike on Southern Lebanese Town of Toul
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Two Fatalities Reported After Israeli Strike on Southern Lebanese Town of Toul

Friday 24 October 2025 ،
Toul, in the Nabatieh region ALWAGHT- Lebanon’s Health Ministry reported that two people were killed and two others injured in an Israeli airstrike on Toul, in the Nabatieh region — the latest in a series of Israeli attacks on Lebanon. Lebanon’s Ministry of Health reported that tw ...

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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.