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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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Turkey Offers $700,000 Bounty for Exiled Palestinian Strongman Dahlan
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Turkey Offers $700,000 Bounty for Exiled Palestinian Strongman Dahlan

Saturday 23 November 2019
Turkey says it would give four million lira ($700,000) for information leading to the arrest of exiled former strongman of Palestinian Fatah party, Mohammed Dahlan.
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Turkey’s Measures to Change Syria’s North Demographically
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Turkey’s Measures to Change Syria’s North Demographically

Sunday 24 November 2019
The Turkish government is displacing the Kurdish Syrians and replacing them with Arab refugees in the north and northeast.
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Turkish Forces Attack Key Town in Northern Syria
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Turkish Forces Attack Key Town in Northern Syria

Sunday 24 November 2019
Turkish forces and allied militants have attacked Syria’s Ayn Issa town in northern province of Raqqa, more than a month after they mounted a cross-border offensive to clear the region of YPG Kurdish militants.
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Prince Andrew Booted out of Buckingham Palace over Epstein Scandal
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Prince Andrew Booted out of Buckingham Palace over Epstein Scandal

Sunday 24 November 2019
British Prince Andrew Andrew’s charity office is leaving Buckingham Palace over his friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Netanyahu Rivals, Protesters Seek to Oust Him after Indictment
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Netanyahu Rivals, Protesters Seek to Oust Him after Indictment

Sunday 24 November 2019
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political opponents and hundreds of demonstrators have moved to capitalize on the indictment on charges relating to corruption, bribery and breach of trust against him, hoping to strip the weakened 70-year-old leader of power.
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In WWII-Era Fashion, Saudi-led Coalition is Weaponizing Disease in Yemen
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In WWII-Era Fashion, Saudi-led Coalition is Weaponizing Disease in Yemen

Sunday 24 November 2019
What’s happening in Yemen may not be literal biological warfare, but it is certainly biological warfare by other means.
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1 Child under 5 Dies Every 10 Minutes in Yemen Due to Extreme Hunger
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1 Child under 5 Dies Every 10 Minutes in Yemen Due to Extreme Hunger

Sunday 24 November 2019
Every 10 minutes a Yemeni child under the age of five dies from extreme hunger in the conflict-plagued and impoverished Arab country, the country’s minister of public health and population said, warning that the ongoing Saudi-led blockade is also taking a heavy toll on newborn babies.
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What’s Netanyahu’s Political Fate After Indictment?
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What’s Netanyahu’s Political Fate After Indictment?

Monday 25 November 2019
Netanyahu is turning into a trouble for his party and an obstacle ahead of a new government.
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Landslides Kill over 56 in Kenya as Heavy Rains Lash Country’s North West
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Landslides Kill over 56 in Kenya as Heavy Rains Lash Country’s North West

Monday 25 November 2019
At least 56 people have been killed in northwestern Kenya triggered after heavy rains triggered on Saturday landslides and caused rivers to burst their banks.
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Israeli Regime Cuts Palestinian Farmers’ Access to Their Land in Occupied W Bank
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Israeli Regime Cuts Palestinian Farmers’ Access to Their Land in Occupied W Bank

Monday 25 November 2019
Israeli regime has further restricted Palestinian farmers’ access to their land that is ended up on the wrong side of occupied West Bank separation wall, Russia Today reported.
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Bolivia’s Coup Gov’t Targets Alternative Media as Crackdown Turns Increasingly Violent
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Bolivia’s Coup Gov’t Targets Alternative Media as Crackdown Turns Increasingly Violent

Monday 25 November 2019
Facing increased resistance to its rule, the new “transition” government of Jeanine Añez in Bolivia has begun to purge and censor potential threats to its authority, including in the media.
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What’s Behind Pence’s Iraq Trip?
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What’s Behind Pence’s Iraq Trip?

Tuesday 26 November 2019
The US Vice-president visited iraq without meeting with Baghdad officials.
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Tehran Hosts Massive Pro-Establishment Rally
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Tehran Hosts Massive Pro-Establishment Rally

Tuesday 26 November 2019
Crowds of Tehran residents have amassed at the Iranian capital’s Enqelab (Revolution) Square to avow support for the country’s Islamic establishment, condemn the recent violent rioting that broke out under the guise of fuel price protests, and convey their demands to the authorities.
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Jewelry of Billion Euros Worth Stolen from German Museum
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Jewelry of Billion Euros Worth Stolen from German Museum

Tuesday 26 November 2019
Thieves in the German city of Dresden have broken into o Green Vault Museum, making swiped hundreds of artifacts in what German media has described as the biggest such theft since the second world war.

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Palestinians Protest near Nablus against Return of Settlers to Homesh

Palestinians Protest near Nablus against Return of Settlers to Homesh