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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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Iran Denounces War Crime Following Israeli Attack on Gaza Hospital
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Iran Denounces War Crime Following Israeli Attack on Gaza Hospital

Saturday 28 December 2024
freeze to death in Gaza. Since October 7, 2023, Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 45,436 Palestinians and injured over 108,038.
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Trump Removes Restriction on Transfer of 2,000-Pound Bombs to Israel
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Trump Removes Restriction on Transfer of 2,000-Pound Bombs to Israel

Sunday 26 January 2025 ،
freeze imposed by his predecessor as a symbolic critique of Israel's intense bombardment of densely populated areas in the Gaza Strip using American-supplied ammunition. Former US President Donald Trump has lifted a ban, originally imposed by Joe Biden, on the transfer of 1,800 MK-84 bombs to I ...
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Trump Foreign Aid Cuts: Losing Global Influence to China
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Trump Foreign Aid Cuts: Losing Global Influence to China

Saturday 15 February 2025 ،
freeze international aid system in recent days has triggered a backlash. With the new Trump order, over $60 billion in US foreign aids were frozen for 90 days, pending government review. Meanwhile, even the US Secretary of State Mark Rubio said that the administration may dissolve the United State ...
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Has France Really Become Supporter of Palestine?
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Has France Really Become Supporter of Palestine?

Monday 26 May 2025 ،
freeze on two far-right members of Netanyahu's cabinet. These two are Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, but will this measure really have any effect on stopping the Gaza war? In fact, the sanctions imposed by Britain, such as the suspension of trad ...
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Mamdani Overcomes Billionaire-backed Challenge, Deepening Democratic Rift
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Mamdani Overcomes Billionaire-backed Challenge, Deepening Democratic Rift

Wednesday 5 November 2025 ،
freezes, universal childcare, free bus service, and higher taxes on corporations and the wealthy. His victory came despite a heavily funded opposition campaign backed by 26 billionaires, including Michael Bloomberg and Bill Ackman, who spent more than $22 million to defeat him. The election has exp ...
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Mamadani Wins: A Pro-Palestinian Mayor Now Leads Heart of US Capitalism
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Mamadani Wins: A Pro-Palestinian Mayor Now Leads Heart of US Capitalism

Thursday 6 November 2025 ،
freeze rents, curb soaring real estate prices, provide affordable transit, and create jobs for the city's youth. A viral video of him interviewing working-class New Yorkers of color about their reasons for supporting Trump or not voting at all first made him a household name. His affable person ...
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Mamadani’s Victory: Sociological Roots and Implications
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Mamadani’s Victory: Sociological Roots and Implications

Monday 10 November 2025 ،
freeze, reduced transit fares and free buses, universal childcare, a higher minimum wage, and increased government intervention in food and housing markets. Simultaneously, he ran on a distinctly progressive platform, voicing staunch support for Palestinian rights, backing immigrant communities, an ...
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Netanyahu Drags War into Cabinet to Save Power
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Netanyahu Drags War into Cabinet to Save Power

Saturday 29 November 2025 ،
freeze appointments to senior military positions for 30 days, which Zamir described as political interference that damages the army’s readiness. A few days ago, Netanyahu summoned both to his office to broker a peace, but Katz did not show up to the meeting. He requested a separate meeting in ...
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Deep Rift in Israeli Army Leadership
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Deep Rift in Israeli Army Leadership

Tuesday 9 December 2025 ،
freeze by proceeding with dozens of appointments, deepening the institutional standoff. Katz further escalated by canceling a specific appointment based on the officer's past association with an anti-government protest movement, a move widely seen within the military as dangerous political inter ...
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Tehran Meeting Further Step to Address Afghanistan Challenges
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Tehran Meeting Further Step to Address Afghanistan Challenges

Monday 15 December 2025 ،
freeze of approximately $7 billion in Afghan foreign reserves held in Western banks. If the US were to release these blocked assets, a significant portion of the interim Taliban government’s financial crises, including paying civil servant salaries, providing basic public necessities, and revi ...

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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.