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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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Germany Urges India Continue Iran Oil Imports despite ‘Irritating’ US pressure
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Germany Urges India Continue Iran Oil Imports despite ‘Irritating’ US pressure

Tuesday 24 July 2018
India and Iran are good partners in the oil trade despite Washington’s discontent, and they should continue cooperating if they so wish, Germany’s Minister of State for Foreign affairs Niels Annen said on a visit to New Delhi.
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Turkish President Pans Israel as Most Fascist, Racist Regime in World
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Turkish President Pans Israel as Most Fascist, Racist Regime in World

Tuesday 24 July 2018 ،
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan denounced Israel as the most fascist and racist regime in the world after its parliament approved apartheid Jewish nation-state bill last week.
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Israel Targets Syrian Jet Conducting Anti-Terror Op near Golan Heights
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Israel Targets Syrian Jet Conducting Anti-Terror Op near Golan Heights

Tuesday 24 July 2018 ،
Israeli regime targeted a Syrian fighter jet that was conducting airstrikes against militants’ positions near Israeli-occupied occupied Golan Heights.
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Russia to Meddle in Upcoming US Election in Favor of Democrats: Trump
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Russia to Meddle in Upcoming US Election in Favor of Democrats: Trump

Wednesday 25 July 2018 ،
Donald Trump’s comment on Russian interference in US presidential election have taken another odd turn on Tuesday, this time claiming to be "very concerned" Moscow will meddle in the upcoming US election in favor of the Democrats.
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Israeli Social Gaps Fire under Ashes
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Israeli Social Gaps Fire under Ashes

Wednesday 25 July 2018 ،
The Israeli regime has failed to build a nation with a sense of coherence and belonging to a state named Israel.
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Afghan Taliban Overruns 2 Districts on Pakistan Border
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Afghan Taliban Overruns 2 Districts on Pakistan Border

Wednesday 25 July 2018 ،
Taliban militants have seized on Tuesday two districts in Afghanistan’s Paktika province, on the border with Pakistan.
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Millions of Pakistanis Head to Polls in General Elections
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Millions of Pakistanis Head to Polls in General Elections

Wednesday 25 July 2018 ،
Polling stations are open to millions of Pakistanis who are ready to make the second democratic transition of power in the nation’s 70-year coup-studded history.
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Dozens Killed as ISIS Suicide Bombers Hit Syria’s Sweida, Nearby Villages
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Dozens Killed as ISIS Suicide Bombers Hit Syria’s Sweida, Nearby Villages

Wednesday 25 July 2018 ،
At least 38 people have been killed and 37 others injured after multiple attacks hit Syria’s southern city of Sweida and villages around it, the head of the health authority told state-run Ikhbariyah TV on Wednesday.
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Scores Killed as Suicide Blast Hits Polling Station in Pakistan’s Quetta
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Scores Killed as Suicide Blast Hits Polling Station in Pakistan’s Quetta

Wednesday 25 July 2018 ،
At least 25 people were killed and 40 wounded in after a suicide bomber below himself up outside a polling station in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Quetta , as the nation is voting in general election.
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Iran Rejects Talks with US Under Shadow of Threats
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Iran Rejects Talks with US Under Shadow of Threats

Thursday 26 July 2018 ،
Iran says the United States should forget about the possibility of holding one-sided negotiations with the Islamic Republic "under the shadow of threats."
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How Is Saudi-Qatari Political Crisis Going Geographical?
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How Is Saudi-Qatari Political Crisis Going Geographical?

Friday 27 July 2018 ،
Saudi Arabia announces plan to dig a canal on the ground border with Qatar that will isolate the emirate into an island.
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Yemen Retaliatory Attacks Compel Saudis to Halt Oil Exports Through Bab al-Mandeb
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Yemen Retaliatory Attacks Compel Saudis to Halt Oil Exports Through Bab al-Mandeb

Thursday 26 July 2018 ،
Retaliatory attacks on crude-carrying vessels by Yemeni resistance forced Saudi Arabia to suspended all oil shipments through the Bab al-Mandeb Strait.
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ISIS Terrorists Suffer Heavy Losses in Syria’s Daraa
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ISIS Terrorists Suffer Heavy Losses in Syria’s Daraa

Thursday 26 July 2018 ،
Syrian forces in the southwestern countryside of Daraa continued their operations against ISIS terrorists, inflicting heavy losses on the Takfiri terrorist group.
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What’s Behind China’s Closeness to Arab States?
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What’s Behind China’s Closeness to Arab States?

Friday 27 July 2018 ،
Beijing seeks moving closer to the Arab world to build new trade and energy partnerships but Arab countries face US red lines for that.

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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.