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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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Russia Denies Ukraine War-Crimes Accusations
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Russia Denies Ukraine War-Crimes Accusations

Sunday 3 April 2022
The Russian military has firmly denied accusations of mass killings of civilians in Bucha, a Ukrainian town northwest of Kiev. The claims have been raised by Ukraine itself, some Western media outlets and human rights groups, after Moscow had withdrawn its troops from the outskirts of Ukraine’s capital.
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Algerian Boy Donates $2,800 Qur’an Contest Prize Money to Palestinian Children
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Algerian Boy Donates $2,800 Qur’an Contest Prize Money to Palestinian Children

Monday 4 April 2022
An Algerian boy, who emerged as the winner in a competition for Qur’an memorization, dedicated his $2,800 prize money to Palestinian children while expressing his wish to pray in the holy city of al-Quds.
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Pakistan’s PM Names US Diplomat behind ‘Conspiracy’ to Topple His Government
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Pakistan’s PM Names US Diplomat behind ‘Conspiracy’ to Topple His Government

Monday 4 April 2022
Pakistani Premier Imran Khan named on Sunday the senior US government official behind the controversial letter that threatened to overthrow Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) government.
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Saudi Arabia, UAE Continue to Rebuff Biden’s Demand as Ties Hit New Low
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Saudi Arabia, UAE Continue to Rebuff Biden’s Demand as Ties Hit New Low

Monday 4 April 2022
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) reportedly continue to rebuff the US president’s demands to increase their oil exports as the two Arab countries’ ties with Washington have hit a new low under the administration of President Joe Biden.
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Taliban: 7 Months of Rule, 11 Cases of Violations
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Taliban: 7 Months of Rule, 11 Cases of Violations

Tuesday 5 April 2022
The group breached its initial promises for social freedoms, introduced draconian laws, and launched massive purge campaigns.
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Two-month Yemen Truce: Reactions and Outcomes
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Two-month Yemen Truce: Reactions and Outcomes

Tuesday 5 April 2022
The truce was announced by the UN envoy as the Saudis are in a frustrating conditions in the war in the eighth year.
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Israeli Regime Killed 78 Palestinian Children in 2021: Organization
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Israeli Regime Killed 78 Palestinian Children in 2021: Organization

Tuesday 5 April 2022
Israeli regime forces killed 78 Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank and the besieged Gaza Strip in 2021, the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) said on Tuesday, marking the Palestinian Child Day.
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France Closing Mosques under Pretext of ‘Secretive Evidence’
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France Closing Mosques under Pretext of ‘Secretive Evidence’

Tuesday 5 April 2022
French government is closing a growing number of mosques, using powers that rights activists say give authorities a blank check to shut down places of worship without proper scrutiny
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Assailant Stabs to Death One Cleric, Injures Two More at Holy Shrine in Iran’s Mashhad City
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Assailant Stabs to Death One Cleric, Injures Two More at Holy Shrine in Iran’s Mashhad City

Tuesday 5 April 2022
One Iranian cleric was stabbed to death and two others were wounded on Tuesday in an unprecedented incident at the holy shrine of Imam Reza in the northeastern city of Mashhad
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Israel ‘Vivid Obstacle’ to Establishment of Nuke-Free West Asia: Iran
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Israel ‘Vivid Obstacle’ to Establishment of Nuke-Free West Asia: Iran

Wednesday 6 April 2022
Iran called for international pressure on the Israeli regime to make it join the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)
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Egypt’s Wheat Imports from Russia Rose in March despite War
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Egypt’s Wheat Imports from Russia Rose in March despite War

Wednesday 6 April 2022
Egypt, often the world’s top wheat buyer, saw a rise in imports of the grain from Russia in March despite supply and payment disruptions following its invasion of Ukraine that also drove traders to seek shipments from other suppliers.
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Israel’s Far-Right Militias Pile On the Apartheid State’s Official Terror Campaign
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Israel’s Far-Right Militias Pile On the Apartheid State’s Official Terror Campaign

Wednesday 6 April 2022
The violence that has characterized the State of Israel since its establishment is, without a doubt, extreme and overwhelming. Over the years Israel has developed many “security” agencies that are renowned for their ruthlessness. The IDF, or the Israeli military; the Shabak, or internal security service; the Mossad; the various special commando units that are merely glorified terror squads; the Israeli police with its terror units, and on and on. And yet, it seems that the Israeli public’s appetite for violence has not been satisfied.
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Bahraini Opposition Urges US Naval Base to Leave Country
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Bahraini Opposition Urges US Naval Base to Leave Country

Wednesday 6 April 2022
A Bahraini opposition group has denounced the presence of the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet in the Persian Gulf kingdom, emphasizing that the massive American naval base there must be disbanded and the military forces fully withdrawn.
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Website of Russian Oil Firm Gazprom Neft Goes down after Apparent Hack
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Website of Russian Oil Firm Gazprom Neft Goes down after Apparent Hack

Wednesday 6 April 2022
The website of Gazprom Neft (SIBN.MM), the oil arm of Russian state gas giant Gazprom (GAZP.MM), went down on Wednesday after an apparent hack, in what looked like the latest attack on government-linked sites following Russia’s actions in Ukraine.

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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.