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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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Muqtada al-Sadr Wins Iraq Parliamentarian Vote: Initial Results
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Muqtada al-Sadr Wins Iraq Parliamentarian Vote: Initial Results

Tuesday 12 October 2021
Prominent cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s party has become the biggest winner in Iraq’s parliamentarian election after it swept the vote and increased the number of seats the influential cleric holds in parliament, initial results and officials say.
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ISIS Seeking to Lead Afghanistan into Civil War: Hezbollah
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ISIS Seeking to Lead Afghanistan into Civil War: Hezbollah

Tuesday 12 October 2021
Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary general of Lebanon’s Hezbollah, condemned the ISIS terrorist attack against a Shiite mosque in Afghanistan’s Kunduz city, saying the terrorist outfit aims to stoke tensions and plunge Afghanistan into a civil war.
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An Empty Building with a Tattered Flag: Palestinians Have No Voice in Washington
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An Empty Building with a Tattered Flag: Palestinians Have No Voice in Washington

Tuesday 12 October 2021
In January of 2021 Reuters reported on “U.S. President Joe Biden’s plan to work to reopen the Palestinians’ diplomatic mission in Washington.” The office was closed down by then-President Donald Trump almost 25 years to the day after the signing of the Oslo Accords at the White House. The report mentions some of the legal and political hurdles that stand in the way of this plan, many of which were put in place during the Trump administration precisely for the purpose of preventing the mission’s reopening.
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Israel Plans to Construct New Settler Units near Occupied East al-Quds, Golan Heights
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Israel Plans to Construct New Settler Units near Occupied East al-Quds, Golan Heights

Tuesday 12 October 2021
Israeli regime plans to construct hundreds of new settler units near occupied East al-Quds and the occupied side of Syria’s Golan Heights, despite international outcry against Tel Aviv’s unlawful land grab policies.
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Decaying Oil Tanker in Red Sea Threatens Millions
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Decaying Oil Tanker in Red Sea Threatens Millions

Tuesday 12 October 2021
The impact of an oil spill in the Red Sea from a tanker that is decaying in the water could be "catastrophic" , with 8 million people losing access to running water and Yemen’s Red Sea fishing stock destroyed within three weeks.
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India Drawing Inspiration from Israel in Kashmir: Pakistan PM
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India Drawing Inspiration from Israel in Kashmir: Pakistan PM

Tuesday 12 October 2021
Pakistani prime minister said India enjoys the same kind of impunity within the international community over its attempts to change the demographic balance of Kashmir that Israeli regime has in the occupied Palestinian territories.
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UN’s HRC Aborts Its Yemen Mission: Causes, Future Requirements
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UN’s HRC Aborts Its Yemen Mission: Causes, Future Requirements

Wednesday 13 October 2021
The UN Human Rights Council ended its mission monitoring abuses in Yemen war influenced by Saudis and allies, in a blow to anti-war efforts.
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Iran Armed Forces Launch Large-Scale Air-Defense Drills
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Iran Armed Forces Launch Large-Scale Air-Defense Drills

Tuesday 12 October 2021
Iran’s Armed Forces have launched a large-scale wargames in the country’s central desert, involving with the goal of strengthening the protection of aerial borders and sensitive sites.
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Capturing ISIS’s Second-In-Command Highlights Baghdad-Damascus Partnership Need
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Capturing ISIS’s Second-In-Command Highlights Baghdad-Damascus Partnership Need

Thursday 14 October 2021
Iraqi government said it arrested ISIS’s second most powerful man outside Iraq’s borders. The arrest calls attention to the need for Iraqi-Syrian cooperation.
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US Biggest Loser of Iraqi Elections
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US Biggest Loser of Iraqi Elections

Saturday 16 October 2021
Election results came out with all anti-American parties holding the majority. Apparently, this will help advance anti-American agenda.
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Saudi Activist Dies in Saudi Jail after Spending 15 Years behind Bars
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Saudi Activist Dies in Saudi Jail after Spending 15 Years behind Bars

Saturday 16 October 2021
Musa al-Qarni, prominent activist, has died in a Saudi prison after spending 15 years behind bars.
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Yemeni Operations to Continue until Expulsion of Foreign Invaders: Bukhaiti
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Yemeni Operations to Continue until Expulsion of Foreign Invaders: Bukhaiti

Saturday 16 October 2021
Yemeni resistance forces will continue military operations until Saudi forces and their mercenaries fully withdraw from the Arab country, a high-ranking member of Yemen’s Ansarullah movement said.
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Hezbollah Says Won’t Be Dragged into Civil War
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Hezbollah Says Won’t Be Dragged into Civil War

Saturday 16 October 2021
Hezbollah says it will not be dragged into a civil war, despite the killing of seven Shiite Muslims during recent violence, which is blamed on the Christian Lebanese Forces (LF) Party.
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Turkey Threatens New Operation against Kurdish Militants in Syria
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Turkey Threatens New Operation against Kurdish Militants in Syria

Saturday 16 October 2021
Turkish President threatened to launch a new military campaign on the Syrian soil after a rocket attack blamed on the Kurdish militants killed two Turkish special force police in northern Syria.

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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