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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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Bahrain-Qatar Old Disputes Resurfacing Amid Pro-reconciliation Efforts
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Bahrain-Qatar Old Disputes Resurfacing Amid Pro-reconciliation Efforts

Sunday 3 January 2021
Bahrain is taking some measures to reopen old disputes with Qatar while efforts are underway to end (Persian) Gulf Cooperation Council’s crisis. Alwaght- Tensions between Bahrain and Qatar are escalating and presenting an essential challenge to the efforts done during the past few months to end the ...
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Who Did Lay Bloody Carpet For New Hadi Cabinet in Aden?
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Who Did Lay Bloody Carpet For New Hadi Cabinet in Aden?

Sunday 3 January 2021 ،
southerners have to withdraw their forces from Aden and hand over the presidential palace, Abyan, and Socotra Island to the Hadi forces.  The main driver behind Saudi Arabia’s push for a fast end to the divisions through putting pressure on Hadi is keeping the Arab coalition focus on Ma& ...
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Gen. Soleimani’s First Anniversary: Regional States Remember A Big Anti-terror Name
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Gen. Soleimani’s First Anniversary: Regional States Remember A Big Anti-terror Name

Monday 4 January 2021 ،
south of the country. It renamed the area after General Soleimani.  Ali Fayadh, the Loyalty to Resistance parliamentary bloc’s head, in the representation of Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayed Hasan Nasrallah said that the naming comes in appreciation of the diligence of the “histor ...
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Muslim Scholars for Mass Economic Boycott of Israeli Regime
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Muslim Scholars for Mass Economic Boycott of Israeli Regime

Monday 4 January 2021 ،
The International Union of Muslim Scholars on Sunday called for a mass boycott of Israel as the regime is occupying Arab territories, and is attacking Muslims in Palestine and Syria’s Golan Heights. Alwaght- The International Union of Muslim Scholars on Sunday called for a mass boycott of Israel as ...
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ISIS Claims Responsibility for Murder of 11 Shiite Hazaras in Pakistan
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ISIS Claims Responsibility for Murder of 11 Shiite Hazaras in Pakistan

Monday 4 January 2021 ،
southwestern Pakistan early Sunday. All the victims were ethnic Hazaras, a minority Shiite group that has often been the target of Taliban and ISIS terrorists and other militant groups in both Pakistan and Afghanistan. The attack took place early on Sunday morning in the Mach area of Bolan district ...
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What’s Behind Yemeni Ansarullah Anti-Israeli Threats?
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What’s Behind Yemeni Ansarullah Anti-Israeli Threats?

Tuesday 5 January 2021 ،
southern Yemeni regions.   
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Activists Call for Boycott of Saudi Dakar Rally While Women’s Right to Drive Activist in Prison
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Activists Call for Boycott of Saudi Dakar Rally While Women’s Right to Drive Activist in Prison

Tuesday 5 January 2021 ،
Human rights activists have called for a boycott of the Saudi Dakar Rally 2021, saying the off-road competition is “sportswashing” the reputation of the Riyadh that has imprisoned Loujain al-Hathloul, women’s rights activist who campaigned for women’s right to drive in Saudi Arabia. Alwaght- Human r ...
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Iran Revolutionary Guards Unveil Underground Missile City on Persian Gulf Shores
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Iran Revolutionary Guards Unveil Underground Missile City on Persian Gulf Shores

Friday 8 January 2021 ،
southern Persian Gulf coast Alwaght- Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) unveiled on Friday one of the strategic underground missile cities that the Islamic Republic has built all along its southern Persian Gulf coast.  “The base is one of several bases housing the Guards ...
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US Sanctions Chairman of Iraqi Anti-Terror Popular Forces
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US Sanctions Chairman of Iraqi Anti-Terror Popular Forces

Saturday 9 January 2021 ،
south, northeast and north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, ever since the terrorists launched an offensive in the country in June 2014. Back in November 2016, the Iraqi parliament approved a law giving full legal status to the fighters. It recognized the PMU as part of the national armed forces, ...
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A Manufactured Crisis: How Saudi Arabia Uses Oil to Bring Yemen to its Knees
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A Manufactured Crisis: How Saudi Arabia Uses Oil to Bring Yemen to its Knees

Saturday 9 January 2021 ،
southern areas of Yemen under its control with cheap fuel, exacerbating regional tensions and creating an ideal environment for black market petroleum products to boom. The stark disparity between the availability of fuel in Saudi-controlled areas versus areas under Houthi control is also causing pr ...

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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.