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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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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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70,000 Japanese Rally for Removal of US Base off Okinawa
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70,000 Japanese Rally for Removal of US Base off Okinawa

Sunday 12 August 2018 ،
Japanese held mass rally in Okinawa to protest government’s plan to relocate and expand a US air base in the southern Island.
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Trump Calls Former White House Aid ’Lowlife’
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Trump Calls Former White House Aid ’Lowlife’

Sunday 12 August 2018 ،
US President Trump called his former White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman a “lowlife,” as she, in her upcoming memoir, calls Trump a "racist" suffering from "mental decline" .
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Bahraini Activist on Hunger Strike Since August 1 to Save Father in Regime’s Jail
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Bahraini Activist on Hunger Strike Since August 1 to Save Father in Regime’s Jail

Sunday 12 August 2018 ،
Ali Mushaima has launched an open-ended hunger strike outside Bahrain’s embassy in London since 1st August to tell world that the West-backed Al Khalifa regime is slowly killing his father Hassan Mushaima, a prominent opposition figure jailed in Bahrain.
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US Budget Deficit Rises 21%, on Track for Biggest gap in 6 Years
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US Budget Deficit Rises 21%, on Track for Biggest gap in 6 Years

Sunday 12 August 2018 ،
The US budget deficit in the first 10 months of this budget year has increased 20.8 percent keeping the country on track to record its biggest annual deficit in six years.
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China Holds Million Ethnic Uighurs in Secret Camps: UN
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China Holds Million Ethnic Uighurs in Secret Camps: UN

Sunday 12 August 2018 ،
A United Nations human rights panel said on Friday that it had received many credible reports that 1 million ethnic Uighurs in China are held in what resembles a “massive internment camp that is shrouded in secrecy.”
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Is Gaza Escalation Prelude to War?
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Is Gaza Escalation Prelude to War?

Monday 13 August 2018 ،
Palestinian factions fired large number of rockets into Israeli cities in response to Tel Aviv’s air raids on Gaza.
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Maduro Conditionally Permits FBI Cooperation in Assassination Attempt
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Maduro Conditionally Permits FBI Cooperation in Assassination Attempt

Monday 13 August 2018 ،
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro put conditions on Sunday for permitting FBI agents to cooperate in the investigation into the recent assassination attempt against him.
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US Bomb Used by Saudis to Strike School Bus in Yemen’s Sadaa, 51 Killed
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US Bomb Used by Saudis to Strike School Bus in Yemen’s Sadaa, 51 Killed

Monday 13 August 2018 ،
The bombs used by Saudi-led coalition to strike a school bus packed with Yemeni schoolchildren was Raytheon Mark 82 general-purpose free-fall bomb, which is made in the US.

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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.