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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 Regime kills 3 Activists in Shiite-Populated Qatif
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Saudi Regime kills 3 Activists in Shiite-Populated Qatif

Friday 28 September 2018
Saudi forces have reportedly killed three activists in a Wednesday raid on a house in the Shiite-populated Qatif region in the east of the Arab kingdom, as the Riyadh regime continues its brutal crackdown on political dissidents. Alwaght- Saudi forces have reportedly killed three activists in a Wedn ...
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Saudi Regime Kills 5 at Qatif Village, Cracking Down on Shiite Minority
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Saudi Regime Kills 5 at Qatif Village, Cracking Down on Shiite Minority

Friday 25 January 2019 ،
Saudi regime forces have killed five and injured an unspecified number of civilians after raiding a small village in the kingdom’s Shiite-populated Qatif region. Alwaght- Saudi regime forces have killed five and injured an unspecified number of civilians after raiding a small village in the kingdom& ...
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Bahraini People Hold Protests  amid US FM Visit
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Bahraini People Hold Protests amid US FM Visit

Friday 25 January 2019 ،
Bahraini people have held anti-regime protests, expressing anger at crackdown on pro-democracy activists. The protests coincided with US Secretary of State Mike Pompe’s visit to the the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom as part of his tour of the West Asia aimed and North Africa at coordinating an ‘anti-Ira ...
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Shiites in Saudi Arabia: Victims of US-backed State Terror
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Shiites in Saudi Arabia: Victims of US-backed State Terror

Sunday 12 May 2019 ،
The Saudi government on Saturday killed 8 Shiite citizens in an assault on a residential area. Alwaght- On Saturday, Saudi security forces in another crime against the country’s Shiite minority killed at least 8 people in Tarot Island in the Shiite-majority Qatif province. The media reports su ...
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Saudi Seeks to Execute Teenager over Participating at Anti Regime Protests
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Saudi Seeks to Execute Teenager over Participating at Anti Regime Protests

Saturday 8 June 2019 ،
Saudi Arabia is seeking death penalty for a teenager who has been held in pre-trial detention for almost four years for protesting on his bicycle against the West-backed Arab regime. Alwaght- Saudi Arabia is seeking death penalty for a teenager who has been held in pre-trial detention for almost fou ...
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What’s behind Severely-Censored Jeddah Blasts?
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What’s behind Severely-Censored Jeddah Blasts?

Sunday 23 June 2019 ،
After two weeks of silence, Saudi Arabia confirmed that two blasts took place in Jeddah. Alwaght- After two weeks of silence, Saudi Arabia’s interior ministry finally confirmed that two blasts took place in the resort city of Jeddah west of the Arab kingdom on June 7. Mansour al-Turki, the spo ...
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What’s Behind Claims of Anti-Saudi Attacks from Iraq?
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What’s Behind Claims of Anti-Saudi Attacks from Iraq?

Tuesday 2 July 2019 ،
Washington claims of attacks on Saudi oil facilities were launched from Iraq not Yemen. It seems that a set of goals have motivated such allegation. Alwaght- Recently, Wall Street Journal, citing sources in the US State Department, reported that an attack on Saudi oil facilities and oil pipelines or ...
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Saudi Youth Injured by Regime Gunfire Dies
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Saudi Youth Injured by Regime Gunfire Dies

Tuesday 16 July 2019 ،
Majid Abdullah al-Adam has succumbed to death on Sunday 10 days after Saudi regime’s forces shot him during a raid on a district in the kingdom’s oil-rich and Shiite-populated Eastern Province. The raid was part of a crackdown led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman against pro-democracy campaigners ...
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Saudi Regime Defrock Preacher over Demanding Tax Cuts: Report
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Saudi Regime Defrock Preacher over Demanding Tax Cuts: Report

Thursday 18 July 2019 ،
Saudi regime defrocked preacher Sheikh Talal Sultan Bukhari, as a brutal crackdown led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman against Muslim preachers and intellectuals widens in the ultra-conservative kingdom. Alwaght- Saudi regime defrocked preacher Sheikh Talal Sultan Bukhari, as a brutal crackdown ...
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Amnesty Calls for Unconditional Release of Dissident Saudi Cleric
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Amnesty Calls for Unconditional Release of Dissident Saudi Cleric

Friday 2 August 2019 ،
Amnesty International called on the Saudi regime to immediately and unconditionally release prominent dissident Muslim cleric Sheikh Salman al-Awdah, as a crackdown led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman against pro-democracy campaigners, Muslim preachers and intellectuals continues in the West-bac ...

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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.