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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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Saudi Wahhabi Cleric Ready for Debate with Iraqi, Iranian Shiite Scholars
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Saudi Wahhabi Cleric Ready for Debate with Iraqi, Iranian Shiite Scholars

Saturday 18 June 2016
alks with Shiite Islamic scholars from Iran and Iraq. Alwaght- Sheikh Abdullah bin Sulaiman AI Manea an advisor to the Saudi monarchy has declared readiness for debate and talks with Shiite Islamic scholars from Iran and Iraq. In an interview with the Saudi Al Madina newspaper, he boasted that the ...
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Muslim World Slams Nice Attack, Fault Double Standards
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Muslim World Slams Nice Attack, Fault Double Standards

Friday 15 July 2016 ،
al times, terrorism is an ominous phenomenon that will be eradicated only with international cooperation and consensus,” he stressed.  Qassemi underlined that any “negligence or double standards” on battling terrorism is condemned and will be doomed to failure. Lebanon’s ...
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Al-Azhar Scholar Slams Wahhabis, Says Saudi Forces Killed in Aggression on Yemen Not Martyr
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Al-Azhar Scholar Slams Wahhabis, Says Saudi Forces Killed in Aggression on Yemen Not Martyr

Friday 9 September 2016 ،
al-Azhar University, regarding Wahhabism and the Saudi-led war coalition in Yemen. Alwaght- Ahmed Karima, scholar of Islamic law at al-Azhar University, in an exclusive interview with Alwaght news and analysis website, declared that unlike the propaganda  of Riyadh and Abu Dhabi, Saudi and Emir ...
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ISIS, Opportunity in North Africa
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ISIS, Opportunity in North Africa

Monday 19 September 2016 ،
all of Muammar Gaddafi, the dead Libyan dictator, there have been endless internal conflicts and wars in Libya. Currently, there are two governments ruling over different parts of the country. One of these governments is Secular and the other is Islamic. Due to this discord, the Libyan military is a ...
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Hajj Pilgrims again Suffered Saudi Arabian Mistreatment: Witnesses
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Hajj Pilgrims again Suffered Saudi Arabian Mistreatment: Witnesses

Monday 19 September 2016 ،
allowed to travel to Mecca to perform their Hajj rites. As part of efforts to fan tensions and step up hostilities against Iran, Al Saud regime has used Hajj as an instrument. It politicized the Muslim ceremony to put strains on the Islamic Republic in a bid to realize its agenda. The tensions affec ...
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Differences Between Saudi Arabia, Egypt
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Differences Between Saudi Arabia, Egypt

Wednesday 28 September 2016 ،
alman al-Saud came to power in Saudi Arabia, afterwards, with the occurrence of certain events, including Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's decision to assign two islands of Tiran and Sanafir to Saudi Arabia, speculations about a rapprochement between the two sides strengthened. But what has ha ...
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How Saudi Arabia Loses Place in Russian Policy?
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How Saudi Arabia Loses Place in Russian Policy?

Tuesday 4 October 2016 ،
alternatives like Egypt. Alwaght- The world is changing fast for the Saudis. Saudi Arab gradually loses its once-held place among the Arab and Muslim countries. Even the conventional backers of the kingdom like the US no longer want to offer a full-scale support to the Saudi ruling family. The cost ...
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Saudi Arabia behind Attack on Egyptian Coptic Church?
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Saudi Arabia behind Attack on Egyptian Coptic Church?

Tuesday 13 December 2016 ،
al, occurred while worshipers were attending prayers in Abbasiya neighborhood. President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi said Monday that a 22-year-old suicide bomber carried out the attacks inside Egypt’s main Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo. Al-Sisi spoke during a funeral organized by the state for ...
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Reasons for Egypt, Persian Gulf States Tensions
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Reasons for Egypt, Persian Gulf States Tensions

Monday 13 March 2017 ،
ally with Saudi Arabia. Alwaght-Sharp disagreements have worsened ties between Egypt and some Persian Gulf monarchies especially Saudi Arabia. Cairo and Riyadh have sharp differences on several issues across the region especially the crisis in Syria where the two sides have been at odds. The increa ...
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France Turning Blind Eye to Saudi’s Dangerous Power Games
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France Turning Blind Eye to Saudi’s Dangerous Power Games

Saturday 18 March 2017 ،
ality in terms of diplomacy could pose problems for France Pierre Conesa's new book on Saudi's soft power projection opens with a quote from Richard Holbrooke, former US ambassador to the UN, that sets the tone for what follows: “The Saudis exported their problems by funding the school ...

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Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution

Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution