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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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Pakistan’s former PM Imran Khan arrested in Islamabad
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Pakistan’s former PM Imran Khan arrested in Islamabad

Tuesday 9 May 2023
tortured, Imran Khan has been whisked away by unknown people to an unknown location”. In a video posted to PTI’s official Twitter account, the barrister Gohar Khan alleged that Khan had been hit in the head and the legs by rangers and paramilitary officers who entered the prem ...
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US Was Manipulated by Pakistan Military into Backing Overthrow: Imran Khan
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US Was Manipulated by Pakistan Military into Backing Overthrow: Imran Khan

Tuesday 6 June 2023 ،
tortured. One of my staff, he was picked up and tortured. So speak out against custodial torture, but most of all, fundamental rights. … So that’s all we expect: The U.S. being the guardian of Western values, they should just speak out about what their professed values are. The same thi ...
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Imam Khomeini’s Political Ideology for All Justice Lovers: Sheikh Zakzaky
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Imam Khomeini’s Political Ideology for All Justice Lovers: Sheikh Zakzaky

Wednesday 7 June 2023 ،
tortured by Nigerian government forces and his house was razed to the ground, he has spent over five years in illegal incarceration. The renowned cleric has often spoken about the Islamic Revolution led by Imam Khomeini and how he took inspiration from Imam Khomeini’s struggle against the arr ...
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Return of Refugees to Syria Should Not Be Politicized: President Assad
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Return of Refugees to Syria Should Not Be Politicized: President Assad

Tuesday 27 June 2023 ،
tortured upon their return to Syria. Also on Monday, Griffiths held talks with Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad in Damascus. The top Syrian diplomat said humanitarian affairs should not be politicized, demanding respect for UN resolutions, as well as Syria’s sovereignty and territo ...
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US Aware of Saudis’ Killing of African Migrants but Kept Silent:  NYT
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US Aware of Saudis’ Killing of African Migrants but Kept Silent: NYT

Wednesday 30 August 2023 ،
tortured their victims, asking detained migrants “in which limb of their body they preferred to be shot,” as well as firing artillery pieces at migrants who were trying to flee back into Yemen. While it was not immediately clear whether the killings were carried out by the border guards ...
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Saudi Court Sentences Media Activists to Decades in Prison over Critical Posts
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Saudi Court Sentences Media Activists to Decades in Prison over Critical Posts

Wednesday 4 October 2023 ،
tortured as freedom of expression, association, and belief continues to be denied by the kingdom's authorities. Over the past years, Riyadh has also redefined its anti-terrorism laws to target activism.  
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Western-backed Israeli Torture and Sexual Abuse of Palestinian Prisoners
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Western-backed Israeli Torture and Sexual Abuse of Palestinian Prisoners

Tuesday 13 August 2024 ،
tortured this Palestinian prisoner in the worst form of mental and physical torture with ferocity and inhuman behavior. But this footage was not the only act of rape and torture against Palestinian prisoners. Betsalim law firm, which is a Hebrew-language institute located in Tel Aviv, published a re ...
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HTS’s Violence against Minorities Activates Security Fault Lines in Syria
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HTS’s Violence against Minorities Activates Security Fault Lines in Syria

Monday 30 December 2024 ،
tortured and humiliated the Alawites by calling them “pigs” and “dogs” and by claiming that they had played a role in the unrest. A protesting Alawite representative said during the demonstration: “We are the second largest religion in Syria and we will not allow religi ...
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Gaza Genocide: Death Toll Nears 62,000 as Thousands of Missing are Presumed Dead
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Gaza Genocide: Death Toll Nears 62,000 as Thousands of Missing are Presumed Dead

Monday 3 February 2025 ،
tortured to death in Israeli custody. The offensive has also led to the displacement of over 2 million Palestinians, many of whom have been forced to relocate multiple times with no access to essential services. The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) highlighted the immense humanitarian need ...
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"Returned to Life from Narrow Grave": Harrowing Accounts of Palestinians Released from Israeli Prisons
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"Returned to Life from Narrow Grave": Harrowing Accounts of Palestinians Released from Israeli Prisons

Sunday 9 February 2025 ،
tortured, we endured a whole year of suffering and oppression, days that were very difficult, and our bodies speak of what we went through. The severity of the daily torture broke his ribs, and at one point he was unable to even walk. His wrists and feet bear deep scars indicating that they were ti ...

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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