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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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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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Over 110 Afghans Killed as Taliban Attack on Ghazni Rages for Forth Day
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Over 110 Afghans Killed as Taliban Attack on Ghazni Rages for Forth Day

Monday 13 August 2018 ،
At least 90 Afghan forces and 16 civilians have been killed in Ghazni as Taliban terrorist group’s attack on the strategic city has entered forth day, 1TV reported.
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Russian Forces Arrive in Idlib as Syrian Army Prepares to Liberate Province from Militants
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Russian Forces Arrive in Idlib as Syrian Army Prepares to Liberate Province from Militants

Monday 13 August 2018 ،
Russian Special Forces and several aircraft technicians have reportedly arrived in the southern countryside of Syria’s Idlib.
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Emirati Forces Tortured Dozens to Death in Secret Jails in Yemen
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Emirati Forces Tortured Dozens to Death in Secret Jails in Yemen

Monday 13 August 2018 ،
Army forces of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and their mercenaries have reportedly tortured to death dozens of people in secret prisons run by the UAE in southern Yemen.
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China Denies Detaining 1 Million Muslim Minorities in Secret Camps
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China Denies Detaining 1 Million Muslim Minorities in Secret Camps

Monday 13 August 2018 ،
China rejected on Monday the UN reports on holding some 1 million Uighurs in internment camps in the Xinjiang autonomous region.
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No War No Talks with US: Iran Leader
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No War No Talks with US: Iran Leader

Monday 13 August 2018 ،
Leader of Islamic Republic of Iran Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei dismissed talks with the US after President Trump called for direct negotiations with Tehran, saying Washington is only after concessions.
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Trump’s Attacks on Press Incitement of Violence: UN Human Rights Chief
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Trump’s Attacks on Press Incitement of Violence: UN Human Rights Chief

Monday 13 August 2018 ،
Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein , the outgoing UN human rights commissioner, said Donald Trump’s anti-press rhetoric is “very close to incitement to violence” that would lead to journalists censoring themselves or being attacked, The Guardian reported.
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Saudi Airstrike Kills 5 Members of One Yemeni Family killed in Hudaydah
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Saudi Airstrike Kills 5 Members of One Yemeni Family killed in Hudaydah

Tuesday 14 August 2018 ،
Saudi-led coalition killed five members of a family in Yemen’s Hudaydah province on Monday.

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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.