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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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UAE Acquires US-Made Laser-Guided Bombs amid Persian Gulf Tensions
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UAE Acquires US-Made Laser-Guided Bombs amid Persian Gulf Tensions

Tuesday 14 November 2017
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has signed a new deal to purchase US-made laser-guided bombs amid rising Persian Gulf tensions.
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Turkish President Visiting Qatar after Kuwait with Regional Crisis on Agenda
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Turkish President Visiting Qatar after Kuwait with Regional Crisis on Agenda

Tuesday 14 November 2017 ،
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Qatar on Tuesday to discuss the Persian Gulf crisis as well as Ankara’s bilateral relations with Doha.
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Syria Denounces US Military Presence as Act of Aggression
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Syria Denounces US Military Presence as Act of Aggression

Friday 17 November 2017 ،
Syria reaffirmed on Tuesday that the uninvited presence of the US military forces in the country is considered an aggression.
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US military No to ’Blindly’ Follow ’Illegal’ Nuclear Strike Order by Trump: General
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US military No to ’Blindly’ Follow ’Illegal’ Nuclear Strike Order by Trump: General

Wednesday 15 November 2017 ،
US military would not "blindly" follow a potential presidential order to carry out a nuclear first strike they view as illegal, senators were told during a hearing.
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Turkey Irate as US-Backed Militants Let 4,000 ISIS Terrorists Leave Raqqa
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Turkey Irate as US-Backed Militants Let 4,000 ISIS Terrorists Leave Raqqa

Wednesday 15 November 2017 ،
Turkey denounced secret deal between US-Baked Kurdish militants and ISIS terrorists in Syria’s Raqqa and Washington’s stance towards it as “extremely grave and eye-opening revelation”.
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UN Rebukes EU’s Helping Libya Detain Migrants as ’Inhuman’
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UN Rebukes EU’s Helping Libya Detain Migrants as ’Inhuman’

Wednesday 15 November 2017 ،
The UN denounced the EU policy of supporting Libyan regime intercept migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean and return them to prisons as “inhuman".
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Nobel Laureate Suu Kyi Complicit in Myanmarese Regime’s ’Ethnic Cleansing’ against Rohingya
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Nobel Laureate Suu Kyi Complicit in Myanmarese Regime’s ’Ethnic Cleansing’ against Rohingya

Wednesday 15 November 2017 ،
Rights groups urge UK government and international community to consider Nobel laureate ‘part of the problem’ over atrocities against Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state
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Saudi Arabia’s Desperate Moves against Hezbollah
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Saudi Arabia’s Desperate Moves against Hezbollah

Thursday 16 November 2017 ،
Amid Saudi Arabia’s onslaught on Hezbollah, Lebanese President Michel Aoun has said that the country’s prime minister, Saad Hariri, is being detained in Saudi Arabia against his will.
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Veteran Zimbabwean President Mugabe Ousted in Bloodless Power Transition
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Veteran Zimbabwean President Mugabe Ousted in Bloodless Power Transition

Wednesday 15 November 2017 ،
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has been ousted by the country’s military in what has been termed as a "bloodless transition" of power.
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Turkey, Qatar Strengthen Ties as Erdogan visits Doha
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Turkey, Qatar Strengthen Ties as Erdogan visits Doha

Wednesday 15 November 2017 ،
Turkey and Qatar signed several cooperation agreements during Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visit to capital Doha on Wednesday
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400 Palestinian Minors Held in Notorious Israeli Prisons: NGO
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400 Palestinian Minors Held in Notorious Israeli Prisons: NGO

Wednesday 15 November 2017 ،
At least 400 Palestinian children are currently languishing in notorious Israeli prisons, according to a local Palestinian NGO.
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Russian MPs Reciprocate US Hostility on Media Outlets
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Russian MPs Reciprocate US Hostility on Media Outlets

Wednesday 15 November 2017 ،
Russian lawmakers on Wednesday passed a bill requiring mass-media outlets operating in the country but funded from abroad to register as foreign agents.
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Saudi Regime Hysterical after Defeat of Wahhabi Terrorists in Syria: Al Jaafari
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Saudi Regime Hysterical after Defeat of Wahhabi Terrorists in Syria: Al Jaafari

Wednesday 15 November 2017 ،
Syria’s UN envoy says that the Saudi regime and its allies are in a state of hysteria the Syrian defeated their Wahhabi terrorist scheme.
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Saudi Arabia’s Empty Trumpeting for War against Iran
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Saudi Arabia’s Empty Trumpeting for War against Iran

Thursday 16 November 2017 ،
Seeing itself falling far behind its major regional rival Tehran, Riyadh stages anti-Iranian accusations and warns of possible conflict with the Islamic Republic.

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