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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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Cooperation Council’s Summit: Fragile, Imposed Détente
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Cooperation Council’s Summit: Fragile, Imposed Détente

Thursday 7 January 2021
Saudi Arabia announced it would lift blockade on Qatar and reopen borders. But the friendship gesture could not hide their standing division.
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Iraq Issues Arrest Warrant for Trump Over Assassination of Gen. Soleimani, Abu Mahdi
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Iraq Issues Arrest Warrant for Trump Over Assassination of Gen. Soleimani, Abu Mahdi

Thursday 7 January 2021
An Iraqi court issued arrest warrant for the US President Donald Trump in connection with the assassination of top Iranian general General Qassem Soleimani and the deputy commander of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis in a US drone strike near Baghdad International Airport on January 3 last year.
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How Are Al-Kadhimi Cabinet’s Stances On US Exit Contradictory?
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How Are Al-Kadhimi Cabinet’s Stances On US Exit Contradictory?

Friday 8 January 2021
Since his taking the post, Iraqi PM took no steps to expel the Americans. Additionally, some of his cabinet officials support US military stay.
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Election Fiasco, Paralyzed Economy Show What The US Has Turned To: Iran Leader
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Election Fiasco, Paralyzed Economy Show What The US Has Turned To: Iran Leader

Friday 8 January 2021
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei said on Friday its weird that despite the United States’ election fiasco, paralyzed economy, and human rights records “some stile worship America”.
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Iran Revolutionary Guards Unveil Underground Missile City on Persian Gulf Shores
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Iran Revolutionary Guards Unveil Underground Missile City on Persian Gulf Shores

Friday 8 January 2021
Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) unveiled on Friday one of the strategic underground missile cities that the Islamic Republic has built all along its southern Persian Gulf coast
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Pelosi Asks Military about Preventing ‘Unhinged’ Trump from Launching Nukes
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Pelosi Asks Military about Preventing ‘Unhinged’ Trump from Launching Nukes

Saturday 9 January 2021
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said on Friday she spoke to the country’s army chief about preventing the “unstable” President Donald Trump from “ordering a nuclear strike,” or even accessing nuclear launch codes or starting other military hostilities.
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US Sought to Orchestrate Capitol Riot-Style Incident in Lebanon: Hezbollah
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US Sought to Orchestrate Capitol Riot-Style Incident in Lebanon: Hezbollah

Saturday 9 January 2021
The US for years has sought to orchestrate an incident in Lebanon similar to the deadly Capitol riot, the secretary-general of Hezbollah said on Friday night.
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US ’Biggest Enemy’ of North Korea No Matter Who Leads the Country: Kim Jong-un
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US ’Biggest Enemy’ of North Korea No Matter Who Leads the Country: Kim Jong-un

Saturday 9 January 2021
The US is the “biggest enemy” of North Korea, the country’s leader Kim Jong-un said on Saturday, insisting that the hostile policy adopted by Washington toward Pyongyang will not change regardless of who leads the White House.
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US Sanctions Chairman of Iraqi Anti-Terror Popular Forces
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US Sanctions Chairman of Iraqi Anti-Terror Popular Forces

Saturday 9 January 2021
The US sanctioned chairman of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) as Washington has escalated its measures against the popular anti-terror forces.
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A Manufactured Crisis: How Saudi Arabia Uses Oil to Bring Yemen to its Knees
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A Manufactured Crisis: How Saudi Arabia Uses Oil to Bring Yemen to its Knees

Saturday 9 January 2021
By manufacturing an oil crisis in Yemen, Saudi Arabia is able to foment political chaos in the country and stir up popular discontent against domestic oil companies, many of which are run by the Houthi-led resistance
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Countering Terrorism, US-Israel Disinformation War: How Is Iran Winning A Dual-fronted War?
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Countering Terrorism, US-Israel Disinformation War: How Is Iran Winning A Dual-fronted War?

Sunday 10 January 2021
The Islamic republic is fighting tough wars, one against terrorism and one against West’s reality distortion campaign, and its winning both.
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US Mortar Shells Kill Syrian Child in Deir Ez-Zor: SANA
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US Mortar Shells Kill Syrian Child in Deir Ez-Zor: SANA

Sunday 10 January 2021
One child has been killed in Syria’s Deir Ez-Zor province after American forces targeted al-Azba village with mortar shells on Saturday, Syria’s official news agency SANA reported.
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Only Iran Backed Iraqi Nation in Difficult Times of Anti-ISIS Fight: Al-Amiri
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Only Iran Backed Iraqi Nation in Difficult Times of Anti-ISIS Fight: Al-Amiri

Sunday 10 January 2021
Only Iran stood by Iraq in the nation’s difficult times of fighting against ISIS terrorist group, Hadi al-Amiri, head of Iraq’s parliamentary Fatah Alliance said, hailing the role played by Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in the fight against terrorism.
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Pakistani Hazars Bury 11 Slain Miners, End Protests
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Pakistani Hazars Bury 11 Slain Miners, End Protests

Sunday 10 January 2021
Thousands of people gathered on Saturday to bury the bodies of 11 Hazara Shiites who were killed at the hands of ISIS terrorists in Pakistan’s Balochistan province on January 3.

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Ashura ceremony in holy Mashhad

Ashura ceremony in holy Mashhad