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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 Slams US Move to Re-Impose Unilateral Sanctions against Iran
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Russia Slams US Move to Re-Impose Unilateral Sanctions against Iran

Friday 10 August 2018
-Russia slammed the United States for re-imposing its unilateral sanctions against Iran after exiting the 2015 multilateral nuclear deal
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Iraq Confirms Parliamentary Election Results after Manual Recount
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Iraq Confirms Parliamentary Election Results after Manual Recount

Friday 10 August 2018
Iraq’s Independent High Electoral Commission says a manual recount of the May 12 parliamentary election results is compatible with the electronic count.
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North Korea to Keep Nuclear Weapons if US Maintains Sanctions
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North Korea to Keep Nuclear Weapons if US Maintains Sanctions

Friday 10 August 2018
North Korea says "one cannot expect any progress in the implementation" of Pyongyang’s denuclearization agreement if US maintains its emphasis on sanctions.
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Russian Forces in Syria Shoot Down Drone Near Hmeymim Air Base
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Russian Forces in Syria Shoot Down Drone Near Hmeymim Air Base

Friday 10 August 2018
Russian forces in Syria downed an intrusive drone that was approaching Russia’s Hmeymim air base
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Taliban Attacks Afghanistan’s Strategic City of Ghazni
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Taliban Attacks Afghanistan’s Strategic City of Ghazni

Friday 10 August 2018
Taliban militants attacked the Afghan provincial capital of Ghazni early on Friday, gaining control of parts of the city center, from where they were shelling houses and business areas
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Russia to Consider Further US Sanctions as ’Declaration of Economic War’: Premier
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Russia to Consider Further US Sanctions as ’Declaration of Economic War’: Premier

Friday 10 August 2018
Russia will consider any new sanctions by the United States against the country’s banking operations and currency trade as "declaration of economic war" and will retaliate in kind, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has warned on Thursday.
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Israeli Regime Kills 5 Palestinians Including Pregnant Women, Toddler in Gaza
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Israeli Regime Kills 5 Palestinians Including Pregnant Women, Toddler in Gaza

Friday 10 August 2018
Israeli regime forces have opened fire on Palestinians taking part in a peaceful protest in the area between the occupied territories and the besieged Gaza Strip
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UNSC Calls for ’Transparent’ Inquiry into Saudi-Led Strike in Yemen
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UNSC Calls for ’Transparent’ Inquiry into Saudi-Led Strike in Yemen

Saturday 11 August 2018
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has called for a "credible and transparent investigation" into a airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition that killed dozens of schoolchildren in northern Yemen on Thursday.
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China to Continue ’Fair, Lawful’ Business with Iran despite US Sanction Threats
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China to Continue ’Fair, Lawful’ Business with Iran despite US Sanction Threats

Saturday 11 August 2018
China has rejected Donald Trump’s threats to block all business trading with Iran from accessing the US market, saying its business and energy ties with the Islamic Republic do not harm the interests of any other country.
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Erdogan Urges Turks to Buy Falling Lira amid Economic War with US
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Erdogan Urges Turks to Buy Falling Lira amid Economic War with US

Saturday 11 August 2018
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on Turkish nation to sell their gold and US dollars to support the country’s currency which free-fell after US President Donald Trump doubled tariffs on Turkish steel and aluminums.
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Saudi-Coalition Failed in Hudaydah, Unlikely to Reattack Yemeni Port: Russian Diplomat
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Saudi-Coalition Failed in Hudaydah, Unlikely to Reattack Yemeni Port: Russian Diplomat

Saturday 11 August 2018
Russian Ambassador to Yemen says it is unlikely that Saudi-led coalition be able to occupy the strategic port city of Hudaydah that is controlled by Ansarullah resistance movement forces.
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Israel Intentionally Targets Palestinian Civilians as Collective Punishment: Paper
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Israel Intentionally Targets Palestinian Civilians as Collective Punishment: Paper

Saturday 11 August 2018
The Hebrew-language version of Israeli newspaper Haaretz says Tel Aviv regime’s military is intentionally targeting Palestinian civilians in Gaza as a form of collective punishment aimed at placing Hamas resistance group “in a problematic situation".
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US Pressing for UNIFIL Mission Review for Israel’s Advantage
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US Pressing for UNIFIL Mission Review for Israel’s Advantage

Sunday 12 August 2018
US national security advisor John Bolton seeks expansion of UN peace-keeping forces’ mandate to press Hezbollah.
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Is Trump Pushing Turkey into China’s Arms?
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Is Trump Pushing Turkey into China’s Arms?

Sunday 12 August 2018
Turkey heads to make new allies and friends, something Turkish President Erdogan said as tensions with US escalate.

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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.