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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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Trial or Infighting? How Are Netanyahu Cases Polarizing Israel?
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Trial or Infighting? How Are Netanyahu Cases Polarizing Israel?

Saturday 26 April 2025
lawyer illness, or the need for more time to review evidence). For example, in 2021, several hearings were postponed due to the PM's alleged engagement or technical difficulties. Netanyahu has also changed his lawyers several times, each time resulting in a temporary suspension of the case.  ...
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Tehran Condemns Paraguay’s IRGC Blacklisting as Illegal, Israel-driven
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Tehran Condemns Paraguay’s IRGC Blacklisting as Illegal, Israel-driven

Saturday 26 April 2025 ،
US and Israel. He accused the IRGC of human rights violations without providing evidence, while the US and Israeli officials praised Paraguay’s decision. Peña has also deepened relations with Israel by reopening Paraguay’s embassy in occupied al-Quds in 2024. Iran responded by hi ...
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Forbidden Relation? Iraqis Angry as Govt. Invites Syria’s Al-Sharaa
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Forbidden Relation? Iraqis Angry as Govt. Invites Syria’s Al-Sharaa

Sunday 27 April 2025 ،
laws of other countries. He told Al-Hurra that this immunity is not for the presidents or rulers of countries, but rather this immunity generally includes those who hold the top leadership of countries, and regardless of domestic legitimacy or illegitimacy, rulers who hold power in different countri ...
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Hamas Blasts US Decision to Eliminate UNRWA’s Immunity
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Hamas Blasts US Decision to Eliminate UNRWA’s Immunity

Sunday 27 April 2025 ،
US for stripping UNRWA immunity, accusing Washington of blatant anti-Palestinian bias ALWAGHT- Hamas slams US for stripping UNRWA immunity, accusing Washington of 'blatant anti-Palestinian bias'. Hamas has strongly condemned the US Justice Department's decision to revoke UNRWA's leg ...
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UNRWA Reveals Disturbing Abuse of Gaza Aid Workers in Israeli Custody
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UNRWA Reveals Disturbing Abuse of Gaza Aid Workers in Israeli Custody

Tuesday 29 April 2025 ،
law by restricting humanitarian aid. The blockade has brought Gaza to the brink of famine, with over 2.4 million people facing severe shortages of food, water, and medical supplies.
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Iranian UN Representative Dismisses France’s Nuclear Claims as Groundless and Reckless
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Iranian UN Representative Dismisses France’s Nuclear Claims as Groundless and Reckless

Wednesday 30 April 2025 ،
US withdrawal from the deal and the failure of European partners to uphold their obligations. Iran stressed that its actions were transparent and in line with the provisions of the agreement, not a sign of pursuing nuclear weapons. Iran also condemned France’s threat to reimpose sanctions as ...
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Why Shouldn’t the World Be Fooled by Protests in Israel?
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Why Shouldn’t the World Be Fooled by Protests in Israel?

Thursday 1 May 2025 ،
US-enabled Israeli crimes since October 2023? Senior Israeli affairs expert at International Crisis Group Mairav Zonszein in April 2024 in a piece published by Foreign Policy website warned that the recent Israeli protests have been deceptively exploited to whitewash Israeli society as a “hum ...
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Israel and HTS: Two Blades of the Same Sword Tearing Apart Syria
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Israel and HTS: Two Blades of the Same Sword Tearing Apart Syria

Monday 5 May 2025 ،
US and Israel to encourage separatism  Though ostensibly looking as a local and religious conflict, the escalation against the Druze can make the ground for implementation of old scenario of Syria partition, a scenario that actually benefits the strategic interests of Israel.  In recent ...
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Why’s Hezbollah Lead in Municipal Elections Important?
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Why’s Hezbollah Lead in Municipal Elections Important?

Wednesday 7 May 2025 ،
law, in the same year these elections should have been held, but they were delayed as the country held parliamentary elections. In 2023 due to stalemate on president post and in 2024 due to the Israeli war in Lebanon these elections were not held. Multi-phase vote  It is noteworthy that the m ...
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Hunger for Petrodollars: What to Expect from Trump’s Persian Gulf Tour?
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Hunger for Petrodollars: What to Expect from Trump’s Persian Gulf Tour?

Tuesday 13 May 2025 ،
US president is expected to make a set of economic and security deals with Arab countries. Alwaght- The US president is set to land in Saudi Arabia in the coming hours to start his Persian Gulf tour that will see him also visiting Qatar and the UAE. This visit is coming as West Asia is in a state of ...

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