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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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Israel ‘Vivid Obstacle’ to Establishment of Nuke-Free West Asia: Iran
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Israel ‘Vivid Obstacle’ to Establishment of Nuke-Free West Asia: Iran

Wednesday 6 April 2022
Iran called for international pressure on the Israeli regime to make it join the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)
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Egypt’s Wheat Imports from Russia Rose in March despite War
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Egypt’s Wheat Imports from Russia Rose in March despite War

Wednesday 6 April 2022
Egypt, often the world’s top wheat buyer, saw a rise in imports of the grain from Russia in March despite supply and payment disruptions following its invasion of Ukraine that also drove traders to seek shipments from other suppliers.
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Israel’s Far-Right Militias Pile On the Apartheid State’s Official Terror Campaign
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Israel’s Far-Right Militias Pile On the Apartheid State’s Official Terror Campaign

Wednesday 6 April 2022
The violence that has characterized the State of Israel since its establishment is, without a doubt, extreme and overwhelming. Over the years Israel has developed many “security” agencies that are renowned for their ruthlessness. The IDF, or the Israeli military; the Shabak, or internal security service; the Mossad; the various special commando units that are merely glorified terror squads; the Israeli police with its terror units, and on and on. And yet, it seems that the Israeli public’s appetite for violence has not been satisfied.
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Bahraini Opposition Urges US Naval Base to Leave Country
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Bahraini Opposition Urges US Naval Base to Leave Country

Wednesday 6 April 2022
A Bahraini opposition group has denounced the presence of the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet in the Persian Gulf kingdom, emphasizing that the massive American naval base there must be disbanded and the military forces fully withdrawn.
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Website of Russian Oil Firm Gazprom Neft Goes down after Apparent Hack
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Website of Russian Oil Firm Gazprom Neft Goes down after Apparent Hack

Wednesday 6 April 2022
The website of Gazprom Neft (SIBN.MM), the oil arm of Russian state gas giant Gazprom (GAZP.MM), went down on Wednesday after an apparent hack, in what looked like the latest attack on government-linked sites following Russia’s actions in Ukraine.
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Israel’s Ruling Coalition on brink of collapse as Whip Quits
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Israel’s Ruling Coalition on brink of collapse as Whip Quits

Wednesday 6 April 2022
A member of the Israeli parliament (Knesset), who is the chairwoman of the ruling coalition, has announced her resignation in a move that leaves the regime of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett without a majority at the legislature.
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Six Scenarios Iraqi Politics Facing after Al-Sadr’s Deadline
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Six Scenarios Iraqi Politics Facing after Al-Sadr’s Deadline

Thursday 7 April 2022
The powerful Iraqi cleric gave his rivals, a Shiite bloc, 40 days to negotiate an agreement with with rivals to form government, triggering some scenarios.
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Taliban Condemns Stab Attack at Holy Shiite Shrine in Iran
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Taliban Condemns Stab Attack at Holy Shiite Shrine in Iran

Thursday 7 April 2022
Afghanistan’s Taliban condemned a deadly stabbing attack at the holy shrine of Imam Reza (AS), the eighth Shiite Imam, in Iran’s northeastern city of Mashhad
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Turkey Transferred Khashoggi Murder Trial Case to Saudi Arabia
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Turkey Transferred Khashoggi Murder Trial Case to Saudi Arabia

Thursday 7 April 2022
Turkey halted the trial of Saudi suspects over the gruesome killing of prominent dissident and journalist Jamal Khashoggi and approved transfer of the case to Saudi Arabia, drawing condemnation from rights groups.
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US Soldiers Injured as Military Bases Housing American Forces Attacked in Syria
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US Soldiers Injured as Military Bases Housing American Forces Attacked in Syria

Thursday 7 April 2022
Two American soldiers were injured Thursday when an indirect fire attack targeted a military base housing forces from the US-led military coalition in eastern Syria, marking the third assault this year on occupation troops in the area.
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Why is Riyadh Reopening Beirut Embassy While its Conditions to Lebanon not Met?
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Why is Riyadh Reopening Beirut Embassy While its Conditions to Lebanon not Met?

Saturday 9 April 2022
The Saudis are reopening their embassy in Lebanon as the latter is nearing its elections and pro-Saudi forces are deeply divided.
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Fighting Occupying Israeli Forces Palestinians’ Legitimate Right: Iran
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Fighting Occupying Israeli Forces Palestinians’ Legitimate Right: Iran

Saturday 9 April 2022
Iranian Foreign Ministry said fighting the occupying Israeli regime is the legitimate, obvious, and natural right of the defenseless Palestinian people.
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Pakistan Premier Accepts Court Ruling on No-Confidence Vote
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Pakistan Premier Accepts Court Ruling on No-Confidence Vote

Saturday 9 April 2022
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan accepted a Supreme Court ruling that ordered that the country’s parliament can go ahead with a no-confidence vote against him.
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Resistance Groups Won’t Lay down Arms until US Troops Exit: Iraqi Popular Forces
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Resistance Groups Won’t Lay down Arms until US Troops Exit: Iraqi Popular Forces

Saturday 9 April 2022
The chairman of Iraq’s anti-terror Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) said on Friday resistance fighters will not lay down their arms and halt their operations until all American occupation troops beat a retreat from the Arab country.

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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.