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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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Gaza War: An Arrow Lodged in Netanyahu’s Bone
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Gaza War: An Arrow Lodged in Netanyahu’s Bone

Thursday 17 April 2025
release of all prisoners; even at the cost of stopping the war. Part of the letter states that at this stage, the war is primarily serving the political and personal interests of the government and not the security, national, and social interests of the nation and the country. Growing protests in a ...
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Father Of Israeli Hostage Calls on Trump to Pressure Netanyahu to Halt Gaza Offensive
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Father Of Israeli Hostage Calls on Trump to Pressure Netanyahu to Halt Gaza Offensive

Sunday 1 June 2025 ،
released several captives during ceasefires and truce periods, while Israel has freed thousands of Palestinian detainees in exchange. Although some captives have been found alive or their bodies recovered, others remain in captivity, including the body of a soldier killed in 2014 still held by Hamas ...
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Hamas And Allied Groups Agree to Egypt-Qatar Ceasefire Plan
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Hamas And Allied Groups Agree to Egypt-Qatar Ceasefire Plan

Monday 18 August 2025 ،
released in return for 140 Palestinian prisoners serving life sentences, 60 with long-term sentences, and 1,500 detainees from Gaza. Additionally, for every Israeli captive’s remains returned, the bodies of 10 Palestinians would be released, and all incarcerated women and children would be fre ...
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Survivors of Israeli Prisons Speak Out: ‘We Were in a Slaughterhouse’
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Survivors of Israeli Prisons Speak Out: ‘We Were in a Slaughterhouse’

Tuesday 14 October 2025 ،
released 250 Palestinian prisoners serving life sentences and 1,718 detainees held since October 7, 2023. Many of the freed Palestinians described their imprisonment as a living nightmare, calling the facilities “slaughterhouses.” Former detainees recounted being subjected to beatings, h ...
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Figures on Palestinians Hamas Freed during Two-year War: Epic Stories of Four Prisoners
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Figures on Palestinians Hamas Freed during Two-year War: Epic Stories of Four Prisoners

Wednesday 15 October 2025 ،
release of many of their prisoners over the past two years. The figures on prisoner releases during the Gaza war are as follows: Three agreements: The number of prisoner swap deals reached between Hamas resistance forces and Israeli occupation troops during two years of fighting in Gaza. 3,985 Pal ...
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Chilling Accounts from Israeli Prisons: From Torture to Human Organ Theft
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Chilling Accounts from Israeli Prisons: From Torture to Human Organ Theft

Saturday 18 October 2025 ،
release of around 1,700 Palestinian prisoners undisclosed a human disaster that has taken place at the Israeli prisons. This report, citing field evidence, stories of the survivors, and forensic documents, gives a horrific picture of systematic torture, trans-judicial executions, and organized viola ...
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Revolving Door Policy: The PA as a Gatekeeper for Israeli Military in West Bank
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Revolving Door Policy: The PA as a Gatekeeper for Israeli Military in West Bank

Tuesday 21 October 2025 ،
release of the Palestinian prisoners under the swap deal between Israel and Hamas has led to celebrations and rejoicing across West Bank and Gaza Strip and the Palestinians called it the day of victory, reports suggest that in recent days various parts of West Bank have been scenes to fresh wave of ...
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What’s behind Knesset Law Authorizing Execution of Palestinians?
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What’s behind Knesset Law Authorizing Execution of Palestinians?

Wednesday 12 November 2025 ،
release, they capitalize on these gains. The success of the October 7 operation was in large part a result of this very awareness and experience, gained by former prisoners like Yahya Sinwar. Tel Aviv officials have long been deeply concerned about the resistance's influence in the West Bank. T ...
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Peaceful Protest by Alawites Met with Gunfire From HTS
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Peaceful Protest by Alawites Met with Gunfire From HTS

Wednesday 26 November 2025 ،
release of detainees. SOHR described the demonstrations as a “peaceful Alawite uprising” held across 42 locations. The group also reported mass killings in recent months, estimating at least 1,600 Alawite civilians were killed in March alone, amid what it called systematic sectarian att ...
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Yemen Approves Prisoner Exchange Covering Nearly 3,000 Detainees
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Yemen Approves Prisoner Exchange Covering Nearly 3,000 Detainees

Tuesday 23 December 2025 ،
released ALWAGHT- A new Yemen prisoner exchange agreement, mediated by Oman, will see nearly 3,000 detainees released. An agreement has been reached for the exchange of nearly 3,000 detainees held during the Yemen war, including Yemeni, Saudi, and Sudanese prisoners. The deal follows the tenth roun ...

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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.