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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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Saudi Arabia Occupying Two Bahraini Islands, Oilfield: Report
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Saudi Arabia Occupying Two Bahraini Islands, Oilfield: Report

Wednesday 9 August 2017
- A Qatari newspaper reported that that Saudi Arabia is occupying two Bahraini islands and a large oil field.
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US Airstrikes Slay 29 More Civilians in Syria’s Raqqa
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US Airstrikes Slay 29 More Civilians in Syria’s Raqqa

Wednesday 9 August 2017 ،
US airstrike have killed at least 29 civilians, including 14 children and 9 women, in 24 hours in Syria’s northern city of Raqqa, a monitoring group said on Tuesday.
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Suicide Bomber Kill 4 Pakistan Army Personnel Near Afghanistan Border
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Suicide Bomber Kill 4 Pakistan Army Personnel Near Afghanistan Border

Wednesday 9 August 2017 ،
Four Pakistani army forces were killed after a suicide bomber blew himself up in the troubled northwest, near the border with Afghanistan.
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Saudi Blockade on Yemen Airport Killed 10,000: Aid Agency
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Saudi Blockade on Yemen Airport Killed 10,000: Aid Agency

Wednesday 9 August 2017 ،
At least 10,000 people have died in Yemen as a result of the Saudi-led coalition’s restriction on airspace , an Aid agency has said.
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Iraq Requirements to Find Way Out of Current Messy Conditions
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Iraq Requirements to Find Way Out of Current Messy Conditions

Thursday 10 August 2017 ،
Politicians and people need unity, awareness and rule of law to make sure they can clear the blatant mess the county suffering from.
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Trump Boasts about Stronger, Modernized US Nuclear Arsenal
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Trump Boasts about Stronger, Modernized US Nuclear Arsenal

Wednesday 9 August 2017 ،
US President has boasted that his first order as president was to renovate and modernize the American nuclear arsenal, which is now stronger "than ever before.”
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Russia, Indonesia to Collaborate in War on ISIS Terrorists
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Russia, Indonesia to Collaborate in War on ISIS Terrorists

Wednesday 9 August 2017 ،
Russia and Indonesia have agreed to increase collaboration in the the fight against the ISIS terrorists group.
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Iran Slams Massacre of Shiites in Afghanistan, Urges Unity in War on Terror
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Iran Slams Massacre of Shiites in Afghanistan, Urges Unity in War on Terror

Wednesday 9 August 2017 ،
Iran has condemned an attack that left dozens of Shiite Muslims dead in a remote Shia village in northern Afghanistan
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Famine Affecting Over 20 Million in War Torn Yemen, Somalia, S. Sudan, Nigeria
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Famine Affecting Over 20 Million in War Torn Yemen, Somalia, S. Sudan, Nigeria

Wednesday 9 August 2017 ،
Over than 20 million people are at risk from famine in war torn Yemen, Somalia, South Sudan and the northeast of Nigeria,
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Satellite Imagery Shows Extent of Saudi Atrocities in Awamiyah
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Satellite Imagery Shows Extent of Saudi Atrocities in Awamiyah

Thursday 10 August 2017 ،
New satellite imagery has shown the extent of destruction at a Shiite Muslim town in eastern Saudi Arabia currently besieged by the kingdom’s forces.
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Is US, North Korea Nuclear War Imminent?
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Is US, North Korea Nuclear War Imminent?

Thursday 10 August 2017 ،
The nuclear war rhetoric between the US and North Korea has moved to new levels after Trump warned Pyongyang would face “fire and fury”.
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Saudi Regime to Executes 14 Shiite Muslims after Unfair Trial: HRW
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Saudi Regime to Executes 14 Shiite Muslims after Unfair Trial: HRW

Thursday 10 August 2017 ،
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has warned that 14 Shiite Muslims are at imminent risk of execution in Saudi Arabia
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Somali Refugees Forced from Boat off Yemen, 55 Feared Dead
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Somali Refugees Forced from Boat off Yemen, 55 Feared Dead

Thursday 10 August 2017 ،
At least 55 people are feared to have drowned off the coast of Yemen after being forced from a migrant boat, in the second such incident within 24 hours.

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Iran Sends Space Capsule Carrying Animals into Orbit

Iran Sends Space Capsule Carrying Animals into Orbit