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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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Trump’s Militaristic Approach Towards West Asia
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Trump’s Militaristic Approach Towards West Asia

Thursday 6 April 2017
Yemeni movement. Afghanistan Afghanistan is another target of Trump’s military expansion plans in West Asia. The schemes released by the new White House officials suggest that the US eyes enlarging number of its forces in Afghanistan, moving just against the policy of the former President Ba ...
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Saudi Airstikes on Yemen’s Residential Districts Kills 5 Civilians
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Saudi Airstikes on Yemen’s Residential Districts Kills 5 Civilians

Saturday 8 April 2017 ،
Yemeni provinces of Hajjah and Ta’izz has claime lives of at least five civilians Alwaght- Saudi-led coalition’s airstrikes on residential areas in the Yemeni provinces of Hajjah and Ta’izz has claime lives of at least five civilians. According to Yemen’s al-Masirah television, Sa ...
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Yemeni Forces Kill 5 Sudanese Mercenaries
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Yemeni Forces Kill 5 Sudanese Mercenaries

Wednesday 12 April 2017 ،
Yemeni forces have foiled an attack by Saudi-led coalition in southwestern Yemen, killing a number of the Sudanese mercenaries among them in the process Alwaght- Yemeni forces have foiled an attack by Saudi-led coalition in southwestern Yemen, killing a number of the Sudanese mercenaries among them ...
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Nine Million Yemenis on Brink of Starvation: UN
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Nine Million Yemenis on Brink of Starvation: UN

Wednesday 12 April 2017 ،
Yemenis for one year. During the next two months, the agency aims to reach almost 7 million people facing hunger, prioritizing the regions of Taiz, Hodeidah, Lahj, Abyan and Sa'ada which are quickly sinking into famine-like conditions, WFP said. Yemen has historically imported up to 90 percent ...
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Like Predecessors, Trump Embarks on Traditional US "Double-standard" Policy
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Like Predecessors, Trump Embarks on Traditional US "Double-standard" Policy

Thursday 13 April 2017 ،
Yemeni revolutionaries. The reaffirmed military support for the Saudis, according to the analysts, lays bare that the ostensibly pro-rights West disregards that jeopardize lives of thousands of innocent people as it blindly forces its way towards its West Asian policy and confrontation of Iran-led A ...
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Yemeni Forces Kill over 100 Saudi Mercenaries in Mokha
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Yemeni Forces Kill over 100 Saudi Mercenaries in Mokha

Thursday 13 April 2017 ،
Yemeni forces have killed over 100 of US-backed Saudi-paid mercenaries east of Mokha district of Taiz province of the war-torn country. Alwaght- Yemeni forces have killed over 100 Saudi-paid mercenaries east of Mokha district of Taiz province of the war-torn country. According to Yemeni news a ...
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HRW Warns Australia to Halt Arms Sale to Saudi Arabia amid Concerns over Yemen War
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HRW Warns Australia to Halt Arms Sale to Saudi Arabia amid Concerns over Yemen War

Wednesday 19 April 2017 ،
Yemeni people's uprising in 2015. However the Saudi-led coalition has not seriously investigated alleged laws-of-war violations, and has provided almost no information on which country’s forces participated in such attacks, HRW says. Saudi Regime has also imposed a naval blockade on Yeme ...
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Four Elements Preventing Boosted Iran-Arab States Relations
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Four Elements Preventing Boosted Iran-Arab States Relations

Wednesday 19 April 2017 ،
Yemeni conflict. Saudi Arabia accuses Iran of meddling in Yemen in favor of Ansarullah, a revolutionary anti-Saudi movement. To press Tehran in the region, Riyadh waged a war along with other allied Arab states against the neighboring Yemen. Second: Identity difference is another element that destr ...
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Iran Rubbishes US Claims of Shipping Arms to Yemen
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Iran Rubbishes US Claims of Shipping Arms to Yemen

Wednesday 19 April 2017 ،
Yemeni people have stood up to the Saudi aggression, which has enjoyed full-fledged US support, by reliance on their own power and capabilities and have managed to prevent their foes from achieving their objectives. “Today, Takfiri-Wahhabi terrorists are committing crimes in different parts o ...
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Reasons behind US Defense Sec Trip to West Asia
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Reasons behind US Defense Sec Trip to West Asia

Thursday 20 April 2017 ،
Yemeni conflict and also launched a missile attack against Syria’s Shayrat airbase, measures that aimed at expanding Washington regional activism and getting on board the regional allies which were dissatisfied with the former President Barack Obama administration’s policy. Analysts bel ...

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Commemorating the 36th anniversary of the passing of Imam Khomeini (RA), the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Commemorating the 36th anniversary of the passing of Imam Khomeini (RA), the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran.