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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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Six-Year-Old Boy Shoots Teacher  in Virginia, US
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Six-Year-Old Boy Shoots Teacher in Virginia, US

Saturday 7 January 2023
A 6-year-old American boy has shot and injured his elementary school teacher in Newport News, Virginia, putting her in the hospital with life-threatening injuries in an attack.
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Pentagon Misled Public on Drone Strike that Killed Children: Report
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Pentagon Misled Public on Drone Strike that Killed Children: Report

Saturday 7 January 2023 ،
Erroneous assumptions and biases by US analysts led to the Kabul drone attack that killed ten civilians, including seven children, during the Pentagon’s chaotic August 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan, an internal military investigation has reportedly found.
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Iran Urges UN Security Council to Condemn Israeli Crimes in Occupied Palestine
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Iran Urges UN Security Council to Condemn Israeli Crimes in Occupied Palestine

Saturday 7 January 2023 ،
Iran’s permanent envoy to the United Nations (UN) has strongly condemned the desecration of the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of al-Quds by Israeli’s extremist security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, calling on the Security Council to condemn the Tel Aviv regime’s ongoing violations and crimes in the occupied territories.
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Trans-Caspian Gas Pipeline and Turkish Dream for an Energy Hub
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Trans-Caspian Gas Pipeline and Turkish Dream for an Energy Hub

Saturday 7 January 2023 ،
Turkey is working on realization of Trans-Caspian pipeline for transit revenues and cheaper gas for own market.
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UAE’s Envoy to UN Slams Politicization of Syrian Chemical Weapons Issue
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UAE’s Envoy to UN Slams Politicization of Syrian Chemical Weapons Issue

Saturday 7 January 2023 ،
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) ambassador to the United Nations has condemned attempts by certain states to politicize the Syrian chemical weapons file, stating that all parties must adhere to the fundamental principles of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).
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Radical Israeli Settlers Chop down Dozens of Olive Trees Belonging to Palestinians
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Radical Israeli Settlers Chop down Dozens of Olive Trees Belonging to Palestinians

Saturday 7 January 2023 ،
Extremist Israeli settlers chopped down dozens of olive trees belonging to Palestinian residents near the village of Amateen to the east of Qalqilia in the occypied West Bank, WAFA reported on Saturday.
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UAE’s Quiet Push to Control more Yemeni Cities in South: Goals, Ramifications
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UAE’s Quiet Push to Control more Yemeni Cities in South: Goals, Ramifications

Sunday 8 January 2023 ،
Abu Dhabi leaders pushing to take control of southern cities driven by strategic and economic interests.
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Yemen’s Ansarullah Warns Will Strike Deep inside Saudi Arabia, UAE
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Yemen’s Ansarullah Warns Will Strike Deep inside Saudi Arabia, UAE

Sunday 8 January 2023 ،
Yemeni resistance movement Ansarullah blamed Saudi-led coalition for exploiting UN-sponsored truce to tighten the brutal blockade against the war-wracked country, stressing that it won’t allow the status quo to persist, and will inevitably launch missile strikes against the Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
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Saudi Regime Adds 8 Years to Prison Sentence Given to Dissident Cleric
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Saudi Regime Adds 8 Years to Prison Sentence Given to Dissident Cleric

Sunday 8 January 2023 ،
Saudi regime reportedly has extended the prison sentence handed down to a dissident religious scholar amid a crackdown led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman against opponents in the West-backed kingdom.
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Iran Slams France for Insulting Other Religions, Followers under ‘Free Speech’ Guise
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Iran Slams France for Insulting Other Religions, Followers under ‘Free Speech’ Guise

Sunday 8 January 2023 ،
Iran’s Foreign Ministry says France has no right whatsoever to insult any religion and its followers under pretext of "free speech," calling on European country’s authorities to observe the basic principle of international rules.
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Humans or Chess Pieces? Costs of US-led War on Afghans
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Humans or Chess Pieces? Costs of US-led War on Afghans

Monday 9 January 2023 ،
Prince Harry in his recent book revealed part of the Western war crimes in Afghanistan and the costs the conflict left on Afghans.
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Iranians Protest outside French Embassy after Sacrilegious Cartoons
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Iranians Protest outside French Embassy after Sacrilegious Cartoons

Monday 9 January 2023 ،
Dozens of Iranians Protesters outside France’s embassy in Tehran to express their anger at a French publication after it called for cartoons attacking the Islamic Republic’s top religious and political authority.
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New US House Speaker Promises to Limit Ukraine Aid: Report
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New US House Speaker Promises to Limit Ukraine Aid: Report

Monday 9 January 2023 ،
The newly elected speaker of the US House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, reportedly won over the final votes required to secure the post by promising conservative House Republicans that he will help pass a bill to limit future financial and military aid to Ukraine, which is fighting a war against Russia.

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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.