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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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Britain Lends Navy Forces to UAE Drills in Persian Gulf

Britain Lends Navy Forces to UAE Drills in Persian Gulf

Monday 16 January 2017
UK Royal Navy and the UAE Navy took part in the International Mine Countermeasures exercise off the coast of Abu Dhabi.
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Bahraini Masses, Scholars Urge Continued Resistance

Bahraini Masses, Scholars Urge Continued Resistance

Saturday 28 January 2017 ،
UK military, the Royal Navy port was built largely with Bahraini tax payers money. Meanwhile, fresh reports indicate that the British government is using a multi-million pound aid program to fund Bahraini regime's parliament while the tyrannical kingdom bans opposition parties, violates human r ...
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Britain New Carrier ‘Convenient Target’: Russia

Britain New Carrier ‘Convenient Target’: Russia

Thursday 29 June 2017 ،
UK’s new aircraft carrier as is a “convenient target” the Russian Defense Ministry said in statement on Thursday, snapping back at Britain’s disparaging comments about Russian aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov. Alwaght- The UK’s new aircraft carrier as is a “convenient target&rdquo ...
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US Admiral Ready to Launch Nuclear Attack on China

US Admiral Ready to Launch Nuclear Attack on China

Thursday 27 July 2017 ،
UK and China still share several points of contention. The most acute ones involve tensions over the status of the South China Sea, an area crossed by numerous maritime shipping lanes. Whereas Beijing claims that its sovereignty over key parts of the sea dates back centuries, London and Washington ...
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Amnesty Slams US, UK Support for Repressive Bahraini Regime

Amnesty Slams US, UK Support for Repressive Bahraini Regime

Thursday 7 September 2017 ،
UK, USA and other countries that have leverage over Bahrain to speak out in the face of the disastrous decline in human rights in the country over the past year has effectively emboldened the government to intensify its endeavor to silence the few remaining voices of dissent,” said Philip Luth ...
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US Selling Arms Worth Nearly $ 4 Billion to Repressive Bahraini Regime

US Selling Arms Worth Nearly $ 4 Billion to Repressive Bahraini Regime

Saturday 9 September 2017 ،
UK, USA and other countries that have leverage over Bahrain to speak out in the face of the disastrous decline in human rights in the country over the past year has effectively emboldened the government to intensify its endeavor to silence the few remaining voices of dissent,” said Philip Luth ...
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Sleeping Dragon No More: China About to Replace US as Strongest Naval Power, Washington Is Too Late to Stop It

Sleeping Dragon No More: China About to Replace US as Strongest Naval Power, Washington Is Too Late to Stop It

Sunday 22 December 2019 ،
UK Royal Navy has a total of just six similar-class vessels, Forbes notes. As if it was not enough, the same shipyard is also building China's newest aircraft carrier – the third in a row. The second one, called the Shandong, was commissioned by the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PL ...
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UK to Sell Naval Ex-Royal Ships to Egypt for First Time in 30 Years

UK to Sell Naval Ex-Royal Ships to Egypt for First Time in 30 Years

Saturday 30 October 2021 ،
UK has concluded an agreement with Egypt for the sale of two second-hand Royal Fleet Auxiliary solid stores ships, a deal criticized by human rights groups. Alwaght- The UK has concluded an agreement with Egypt for the sale of two second-hand Royal Fleet Auxiliary solid stores ships, a deal criticiz ...
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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 ،
UK pilots to train Chinese counterparts had been a concern within the Ministry of Defence for a number of years. Personnel already in China have been approached and advised against continuing such work, he said. Mr Heappey said the law will be changing to make it illegal to ignore such warnings in ...
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Russia Accuses UK of Being Involved in Nord Stream 2 Sabotage

Russia Accuses UK of Being Involved in Nord Stream 2 Sabotage

Saturday 29 October 2022 ،
UK defense official as saying Nord Stream 1 and 2 could have been damaged by a remotely detonated underwater explosive device. At the time, the broadcaster said the pipelines might have been breached by mines lowered to the seabed, or explosives dropped from a boat or planted by an undersea drone. ...

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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