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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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Yemeni Forces Attack Abu Dhabi International Airport Using Powerful Drone: Reports
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Yemeni Forces Attack Abu Dhabi International Airport Using Powerful Drone: Reports

Thursday 26 July 2018
Yemen resistance forces have launched their first ever retaliatory attack on the Abu Dhabi International Airport.
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UN Experts Urge Bahraini Regime to Halt Repression, Discrimination
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UN Experts Urge Bahraini Regime to Halt Repression, Discrimination

Thursday 26 July 2018
UN human rights experts urged the Bahraini regime to release detained activists, end restrictions on freedom of expression, and end discrimination against women.
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White Helmets Mask for ISIS, Al-Qaeda in Syria: President Assad
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White Helmets Mask for ISIS, Al-Qaeda in Syria: President Assad

Friday 27 July 2018
Syrian President says White Helmets are terrorists posing as volunteer rescue personnel, and will be killed if they don’t surrender and lay down their arms.
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Turkey Slams Trump’s Threats of Sanctions Over Detained American Pastor
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Turkey Slams Trump’s Threats of Sanctions Over Detained American Pastor

Friday 27 July 2018
Turkish presidential spokesperson on Thursday condemned US President Donald Trump’s threats of imposing sanctions on the country unless Ankara releases a detained American pastor. In a statement, Ibrahim Kalin said: “It is not possible to accept threatening language used towards our country.”
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Imran Khan Wins Pakistan Elections
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Imran Khan Wins Pakistan Elections

Friday 27 July 2018
-Imran Khan has won Pakistan parliamentary election but has fallen short of an outright majority and will need to enter into a coalition to form a government
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BRICS Summit Backs Political Settlement of Syria Crisis
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BRICS Summit Backs Political Settlement of Syria Crisis

Friday 27 July 2018
Russian President Vladimir Putin said the BRICS summit in Johannesburg, South Africa emphasized the support for a political settlement to the crisis in Syria
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Saudi Economy Outlook Gloomy, Investors Jittery: Report
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Saudi Economy Outlook Gloomy, Investors Jittery: Report

Friday 27 July 2018
The much-hyped economic reforms attributed to the Saudi Crown Prince bin Salman may not progress according to plan due to a range of “unprecedented” issues
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US Def Sec Rejects Report of Bombing Iran as ‘Fiction’
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US Def Sec Rejects Report of Bombing Iran as ‘Fiction’

Saturday 28 July 2018
US Defense Secretary James Mattis has vehemently dismissed as "fiction" news in Australian media that American military is planning a missile strike against Iran as early as next month.
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Israeli Regime Kills 2 More Palestinians in Besieged Gaza
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Israeli Regime Kills 2 More Palestinians in Besieged Gaza

Saturday 28 July 2018
Israeli forces has killed on Friday two more Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip as the regime continues cracking down on Gazans weekly protests launched since Mrach 30.
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3 More Women Paid Hush Money to Conceal Affairs with Trump: Lawyer
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3 More Women Paid Hush Money to Conceal Affairs with Trump: Lawyer

Saturday 28 July 2018
Three more women say US President or his associates have paid them hush money to conceal affairs with Donald Trump, Michael Avenatti, the lawyer for adult film actress Stormy Daniels said on Friday.
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China Calls For Preserving Syria’s Integrity, Reconstructing Country
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China Calls For Preserving Syria’s Integrity, Reconstructing Country

Saturday 28 July 2018
China’s Special Envoy for Syria reiterated Beijing’s calls for preserving Syria’s sovereignty and political solution to the war-torn country’s crisis.
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US-Backed Militants Agree with Damascus to End Syria Crisis
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US-Backed Militants Agree with Damascus to End Syria Crisis

Saturday 28 July 2018
The so-called Syrian Democratic Council (SDC), an alliance of Kurdish and Arab militants, announced that it has come to an agreement with the Syrian government to develop negotiations to end violence in Syria.
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Egypt Grand Mufti to Decide on Court’s Ruling on 75 Death Sentences
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Egypt Grand Mufti to Decide on Court’s Ruling on 75 Death Sentences

Saturday 28 July 2018
An Egyptian court sentenced on Saturday 75 of people over security-related charges, including senior Muslim Brotherhood figures. The ruling by the Cairo Criminal Court will automatically be referred to Egypt’s top theological authority, the Grand Mufti, to decide whether they should be sentenced to death
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Three Reasons to Believe Tel Aviv-Ankara Rifts Are Strategic
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Three Reasons to Believe Tel Aviv-Ankara Rifts Are Strategic

Sunday 29 July 2018
The Israeli-Turkish relations are growing strategically complicated and are not likely to heal even if their leaders change.

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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.