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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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Exposure of UK Troops Stationed at Saudi Torture Facility in Yemen Offers Peek into Dirty War There

Exposure of UK Troops Stationed at Saudi Torture Facility in Yemen Offers Peek into Dirty War There

Wednesday 7 July 2021
Typhoon and Tornado aircraft, Paveway bombs, and Brimstone and Stormshadow missiles. Without exaggeration, every day Yemen is hit by UK-made bombs, dropped by UK-made planes, which are repaired and serviced on Saudi soil by UK contractors, including Royal Air Force engineers, and flown by UK-trained ...
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UK’s Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia 3 Times Higher Than Previously Thought: Report

UK’s Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia 3 Times Higher Than Previously Thought: Report

Thursday 15 July 2021 ،
Typhoon jets to Saudi Arabia. The warplanes have been used in Saudi airstrikes across Yemen. The researchers also examined the accounts of companies known to be selling arms to Saudi Arabia, and discovered that the revenues of British multinational arms producer BAE Systems, for instance, totaled n ...
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Despite Pledge, Biden Leaves Tap Open, Approving Billions in Arms Deals to Saudi Arabia

Despite Pledge, Biden Leaves Tap Open, Approving Billions in Arms Deals to Saudi Arabia

Saturday 20 November 2021 ،
Typhoon and Tornado aircraft have been central to Saudi Arabia’s devastating attacks on Yemen. BAE Systems also has 6,300 employees in Saudi Arabia supporting the Saudi Air Force as part of the British-Saudi Defence Cooperation Programme, and we know [it] sends weekly shipments by air to the S ...
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Tracking Britain’s Role in West Asia Crises as Queen Rewards Blair with "Knighthood"

Tracking Britain’s Role in West Asia Crises as Queen Rewards Blair with "Knighthood"

Wednesday 5 January 2022 ،
Typhoon and Tornado fighter jets. Storm Shadow air-launched cruise missiles and Brimstone bombs were also supplied to Riyadh by London. BAE Systems, Britain's largest weapons maker, sold worth of £15 billion ($20.2 billion) weapons, equipment, and training services to Saudi Arabia from 201 ...
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Japan Tells Nearly 3 Million to Evaculate as Typhoon Nanmadol Is about to Hit the South

Japan Tells Nearly 3 Million to Evaculate as Typhoon Nanmadol Is about to Hit the South

Sunday 18 September 2022 ،
Typhoon Nanmadol was classed at the agency’s top category of “violent”, and was carrying gusts of up to 270km/h (168mph) as it hovered about 200km (124 miles) north-northeast of Minami Daito island, 400km (250 miles) east of Okinawa island, the weather agency said. The eye of Typh ...
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UK Concerned as China Recruiting Dozens of Its Military Pilots

UK Concerned as China Recruiting Dozens of Its Military Pilots

Tuesday 18 October 2022 ،
Typhoon and Tornado fighter jets and the Harrier jump jet - which used to operate off British aircraft carriers, to teach its pilots how best to counter their capabilities, the western official said. It's not training Chinese pilots on Western jets. It's taking Western pilots of great exper ...
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Death Toll from Tropical Storm in Philippines Jumps to 98, Dozens Missing

Death Toll from Tropical Storm in Philippines Jumps to 98, Dozens Missing

Monday 31 October 2022 ،
The death toll from a devastating storm that has lashed the Philippines in recent days has jumped to 98, the country’s disaster agency said Monday, with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. set to tour the flood-submerged areas. The death toll from a devastating storm that has lashed the Philippines in re ...
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A Look at Turkish Election Atmosphere, Scenarios Ahead

A Look at Turkish Election Atmosphere, Scenarios Ahead

Monday 9 January 2023 ،
Typhoon missiles and drones to the military in Erdogan’s recent speeches has been another part of these measures.  Other measures include change in the statute of the AKP. The statute of the party stipulates that a person can be a member of parliament for a maximum of three terms, and th ...
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At Least 87 Civilians Killed by UK, US Weapons in Just over Year

At Least 87 Civilians Killed by UK, US Weapons in Just over Year

Wednesday 11 January 2023 ،
Typhoon and Tornado aircraft sold and maintained by Britain and F-15s from the US. Some of the bombs used, such as the Paveway IV, are made in the UK – and the Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) estimates that the total value of UK arms sales to Saudi since it began its intervention in the Ye ...
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Saudi Execution Rate Almost Doubled under Bin Salman: Report

Saudi Execution Rate Almost Doubled under Bin Salman: Report

Wednesday 1 February 2023 ،
Typhoon aircraft and bombs.  CAAT says the true value of arms sales could be more than £23bn (around $28bn) when additional open licensees are taken into account.  A previous court challenge by CAAT in 2019 forced the UK government to suspend arms sales, but after an internal ...

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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