Alwaght | News & Analysis Website

Editor's Choice

News

Most Viewed

Day Week Month

In Focus

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
New node

New node

Map of  Latest Battlefield Developments in Syria and Iraq on

alwaght.net
Yemen 2016 in Retrospect
Report

Yemen 2016 in Retrospect

Sunday 1 January 2017
World Health Organization estimated that 6,780 people had been killed since March 2015. The number was believed to be much higher as air strikes targeted hospitals and residential areas. Nine of Yemen’s 22 governorates remain at emergency levels for food security. August The Russian Cha ...
alwaght.net
ISIS Entraps 350,000 Iraqi Children in West Mosul
News

ISIS Entraps 350,000 Iraqi Children in West Mosul

Tuesday 31 January 2017 ،
World Food Programme announced 50-percent cuts in monthly food rations distributed to 1.4 million Iraqis displaced in the wake of anti-ISIS military campaign. The UN agency blamed delays in payments of funds from donor states for the measure. Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city, fell into ...
alwaght.net
17 Million Yemenis Food Insecure under Saudi Siege
News

17 Million Yemenis Food Insecure under Saudi Siege

Saturday 11 February 2017 ،
World Food Programme (WFP) said in a joint statement on Friday that the number of food insecure people in Yemen had risen by three million during the past seven months, reaching an estimated 17.1 million people and exceeding two-thirds of the entire population of 27.4 million. The three UN agencies ...
alwaght.net
Over Half of Britons Unaware of Ongoing Saudi aggression on Yemen
Report

Over Half of Britons Unaware of Ongoing Saudi aggression on Yemen

Saturday 18 March 2017 ،
More than half of British people are unaware of the “forgotten war” underway in Yemen, despite the Government’s support for a military coalition accused of killing thousands of civilians. More than half of British people are unaware of the “forgotten war” underway in Yemen, despite the G ...
alwaght.net
Nigeria on Verge of Famine as WFP Runs out of Funding
Report

Nigeria on Verge of Famine as WFP Runs out of Funding

Saturday 15 April 2017 ،
World Food Programme could in a few weeks run out of funding to feed millions living on the brink of famine in Nigeria, four people familiar with the matter said, intensifying one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises. The United Nations' World Food Programme could in a few weeks run out of ...
alwaght.net
10 Million Yemeni Children in Dire Need, Saudis Continue Bombardment
News

10 Million Yemeni Children in Dire Need, Saudis Continue Bombardment

Friday 7 July 2017 ،
World Food Programme, meanwhile, says more than 17 million Yemenis do not know where their next meal will come from. On Wednesday, Stephane Dujarric, the UN spokesman, said the cholera outbreak that started in April has spread to Yemen's all 21 governorates. There have been 270,000 suspected c ...
alwaght.net
80,000 Muslim Children in Myanmar Facing Hunger: WFP
News

80,000 Muslim Children in Myanmar Facing Hunger: WFP

Monday 17 July 2017 ،
World Food Programme has warned. The report from the United Nations agency was based on an assessment of villages in western Rakhine state, where some 75,000 stateless Muslim Rohingya people have fled a bloody army crackdown. According to WFP spokesperson in Myanmar, the “wasting” cond ...
alwaght.net
Italy Bribes Libyan Militias to Stop Migrants Eeaching Europe: Report
Report

Italy Bribes Libyan Militias to Stop Migrants Eeaching Europe: Report

Saturday 26 August 2017 ،
World Food Programme. Another source in Sabratha said that any negotiations aimed at preventing the departure of migrants from the Libyan coast must have involved the Dabbashi miltiia, which controls the nearby Mellitah Oil and Gas compound. Ahmed Dabbashi – also known as al-Ammu – h ...
alwaght.net
Myanmar Blocks UN Aids as Army Continues Slaughtering Rohingyas
News

Myanmar Blocks UN Aids as Army Continues Slaughtering Rohingyas

Monday 4 September 2017 ،
World Food Programme (WFP) said it also had to suspend distributions to other parts of the state, leaving a quarter of a million people without regular food access. Sixteen major non-government aid organizations – including Oxfam and Save the Children – have also complained that the gov ...
alwaght.net
Yemen Facing World’s Worst Famine Amid Saudi Aggression, Blockade
Report

Yemen Facing World’s Worst Famine Amid Saudi Aggression, Blockade

Friday 10 November 2017 ،
World Food Programme ship to anchor off the Yemeni coast, the re-opening of all seaports, to allow food, fuel and medical supplies to enter the country, and a scaling back of interference with vessels that have passed inspection by the UN verification and inspection mechanism. 15 humanitarian organ ...

Gallery

Photo

Film

Exclusive: A mirror named the Persian Gulf: Reflecting the continuity of Iranian identity

Exclusive: A mirror named the Persian Gulf: Reflecting the continuity of Iranian identity