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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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UN Concerned over Arrests of Women’s Rights Activists in Saudi Arabia
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UN Concerned over Arrests of Women’s Rights Activists in Saudi Arabia

Tuesday 29 May 2018
The United Nations expressed concern over the situation of the women’s rights activists and their fellow campaigners, who are being held in Saudi Arabia.
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Why Is US Opposing Syria’s Daraa Liberation?
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Why Is US Opposing Syria’s Daraa Liberation?

Tuesday 29 May 2018
The US warns that Syrian government’s operation to drive the militants out of Daraa will draw Washington’s strong response.
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Over 120 Child Refugees Missing in UK
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Over 120 Child Refugees Missing in UK

Tuesday 29 May 2018
More than 120 child refugees believed to have been trafficked to the UK from northern France have gone missing, a new report has revealed.
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Syria Takes over as Chair of UN Disarmament Body, Irks West
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Syria Takes over as Chair of UN Disarmament Body, Irks West

Tuesday 29 May 2018
Syria took the rotating presidency of the United Nations (UN)’s Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, irking the US and allies.
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Israeli Regime Strikes over 30 Targets in Gaza
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Israeli Regime Strikes over 30 Targets in Gaza

Wednesday 30 May 2018
Israeli regime struck dozens more targets in besieged Gaza strip allegedly in response to the cross-border fire and shelling.
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Iran To Sue US for ISIS Terror Attacks, Based on Trump’s Remarks
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Iran To Sue US for ISIS Terror Attacks, Based on Trump’s Remarks

Wednesday 30 May 2018
Iran plans to sue the US for its indirect involvement in ISIS’s twin terror attacks in the country’s capital last year, Iranian legislator Abolfazl Aboutorabi said, explaining that that US president Donald Trump himself has repeatedly admitted Washington leaders has created the terrorist group .
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Saudi Arabia Seeks to Form Kurdish-Arabic Militia in Syria
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Saudi Arabia Seeks to Form Kurdish-Arabic Militia in Syria

Wednesday 30 May 2018
Saudi officials have reported met with members of the predominately Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) in northeastern Syria recently, as Riyadh seeks to expand its clout in the warn-torn country.
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Afghan Forces End Assault on Interior Ministry Building in Kabul
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Afghan Forces End Assault on Interior Ministry Building in Kabul

Wednesday 30 May 2018
Afghan security forces have managed to kill 6 attackers on Wednesday, putting an end to a coordinated assault on the Interior Ministry building in the capital, Kabul.
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Turkey May Deny US Access to Incirlik Base amid F-35 Deal Tensions
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Turkey May Deny US Access to Incirlik Base amid F-35 Deal Tensions

Wednesday 30 May 2018
Turkey threatened to deny the US access Incirlik Air Base in the country’s south amid reports that the United States blocks the sale of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 fighter jets to Ankara.
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Post-Brexit Britain Expands Arms Sales Even to Abusive Regimes
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Post-Brexit Britain Expands Arms Sales Even to Abusive Regimes

Thursday 31 May 2018
London government seeks more markets to its arms as its economy is on shaky ground after withdrawal from the EU.
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Militants Clash with Security Forces in Saudi City of Taif , One Dead
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Militants Clash with Security Forces in Saudi City of Taif , One Dead

Thursday 31 May 2018
Militants have clashed with security forces in the western Saudi Arabian city of Taif leaving at least one person dead.
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We Press for US Military Exit from Iraq: Al-Sadr Office’s Head
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We Press for US Military Exit from Iraq: Al-Sadr Office’s Head

Thursday 31 May 2018
Mr Al-Assadi has discussed a set of issues with Alwaght.
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Trump’s ’Animal’ Insult Represents Himself: President Assad
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Trump’s ’Animal’ Insult Represents Himself: President Assad

Thursday 31 May 2018
Syrian president Bashar al Assad has said that US Donald Trump’s "animal Assad" insult is representation of the US president himself.
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Russian FM Meets North Korean Leader in Pyongyang, Invites Him to Moscow
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Russian FM Meets North Korean Leader in Pyongyang, Invites Him to Moscow

Thursday 31 May 2018
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has met North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang.

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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.