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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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Thousands of Yazidis Remain Displaced Amid Baghdad-Erbil Gaps

Thousands of Yazidis Remain Displaced Amid Baghdad-Erbil Gaps

Tuesday 23 May 2023
West of Nineveh province and killed and injured a number of Yazidis. They also displaced them from their homes, and since then, no positive measures have been taken for their return. This is in addition to kidnapping of thousands of others, mainly children and women, whose fate is unclear yet.  ...
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No Progress in Saudi-Israel Détente as MBS Rejects Netanyahu’s Request to Meet

No Progress in Saudi-Israel Détente as MBS Rejects Netanyahu’s Request to Meet

Tuesday 23 May 2023 ،
West Bank, the report said. MBS also requested Palestinian security control over al-Aqsa Mosque compound and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in the occupied Old City of al-Quds. Last week, Israeli foreign minister Eli Cohen told The Jerusalem Post newspaper normalization with Saudi Arab ...
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Russia’s Energy Exports to China to Increase 40% This Year: Deputy PM

Russia’s Energy Exports to China to Increase 40% This Year: Deputy PM

Tuesday 23 May 2023 ،
Western sanctions over its military operation in Ukraine, which began in February 2022 in response to persisting eastern expansion of the US-led NATO military alliance aimed at bringing their forces even closer to Russian borders. Ever since the beginning of the war, Kiev's Western allies, led ...
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Hezbollah’s Military Drills A Clear Message to Israeli Hardliners

Hezbollah’s Military Drills A Clear Message to Israeli Hardliners

Wednesday 24 May 2023 ،
West Bank, inside the occupied territories and Lebanon, and will develop day by day, and the resistance that has achieved great victories will never grow exhausted. If the enemy thinks of broadening the range of its attacks, the resistance is ready to rain it with missiles in such a way that it cann ...
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Saudis Can Secure Peace for by Stopping Hostilities against Yemen: Ansarullah

Saudis Can Secure Peace for by Stopping Hostilities against Yemen: Ansarullah

Wednesday 24 May 2023 ،
Western governments, has been seeking to restore power in Yemen to the country's former Riyadh- and Washington-friendly government. The former Yemeni government's president Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi resigned from the presidency in late 2014 and later fled to Riyadh amid a political conflict wi ...
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Biden-Netanyahu’s Strategy for Breaking Growing Iranian-Saudi Bonds

Biden-Netanyahu’s Strategy for Breaking Growing Iranian-Saudi Bonds

Friday 26 May 2023 ،
West Bank and giving it to the Palestinian Authority’s forces, as well as giving security authority to these forces in Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in the Old City in Al-Quds, but these proposals have so far been rejected by Netanyahu.  Though Netanyahu has had a p ...
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Libyan Political Impasse and the Domino of Unimplemented Agreements

Libyan Political Impasse and the Domino of Unimplemented Agreements

Saturday 27 May 2023 ،
Western countries and Turkey back the Tripoli-based government, but Russia and some Persian Gulf Arab countries support Haftar, and these interventions have so far fueled the war in the country.  Some of these countries provide weapons and vehicles to both sides, fomenting the fighting in viol ...
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Shiites Biggest Missing Part in Bin Salman’s Reforms

Shiites Biggest Missing Part in Bin Salman’s Reforms

Saturday 27 May 2023 ،
Western rights groups are crying out. The European Saudi Organization for Human Rights (ESOHR) in a statement published on Tuesday reiterated concerns about repeated execution of people detained for charges related to freedom of expression, adding that these executions give away the incredibility of ...
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What’s Oman Sultan’s Tehran Visit Agenda?

What’s Oman Sultan’s Tehran Visit Agenda?

Sunday 28 May 2023 ،
Western nationals in Iran has always been one of the most challenging issues between Tehran and the West, and Oman has played a role in the release of prisoners from both sides several times.  Also, in Iran the name of Oman is reminiscent of the nuclear case, and it seems that this time, too, ...
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Street Executions: Netanyahu Sowing Wind, Shall Reap Whirlwind

Street Executions: Netanyahu Sowing Wind, Shall Reap Whirlwind

Sunday 28 May 2023 ،
West Bank, the besieged Gaza Strip, and Israeli settlements around them have considerably increased, to an extent that days hardly go without news of tensions.  Part of Israeli escalatory measures include systemic demotion of the Palestinians homes in various villages and cities of the West Ba ...

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Egypt Unveils Ancient Mummification Workshops, Tombs

Egypt Unveils Ancient Mummification Workshops, Tombs