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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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US Supports Japan’s Decision to Release Contaminated Fukushima Water into Sea

US Supports Japan’s Decision to Release Contaminated Fukushima Water into Sea

Tuesday 13 April 2021
140,000 people. The bombing udestroyed almost everything within 10 square kilometers in the area. Three days later, a second nuclear attack on Nagasaki killed another 70,000 people. Every year, tens of thousands of people in Hiroshima gather to honor the victims of the world’s first ever ato ...
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Barzani Demands UN Interference in Blow to Trust, Deal with Baghdad

Barzani Demands UN Interference in Blow to Trust, Deal with Baghdad

Sunday 25 April 2021 ،
Article 140 of the constitution, oil and gas-related laws, and distribution of the incomes.  More surprisingly, Barzani went on to call for an increase in supervisory role of the UN in the October parliamentary elections of Iraq. Such a letter to the UN by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KR ...
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Ghani Left Kabul with Bags Stuffed with Money: Bodyguard

Ghani Left Kabul with Bags Stuffed with Money: Bodyguard

Sunday 10 October 2021 ،
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled Afghanistan with ’big bags’ of money, his ex-bodyguard has claimed in an interview with Daily Mail. Alwaght- Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled Afghanistan with 'big bags' of money, his ex-bodyguard has claimed in an interview with Daily Mail. I have a rec ...
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Hamas: 34 Years of Unwavering Resistance

Hamas: 34 Years of Unwavering Resistance

Tuesday 14 December 2021 ،
The Palestinian movement was founded to resist Israeli occupation and advance pro-liberation agenda. Alwaght- The Israeli occupation of Palestine in 1948, the continuation of aggression and the occupation of two-thirds of the Palestinian territory after the Arab defeat in the 1967 war, the lack of i ...
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Shadow of Collapse, Internal Conflict over Declining US

Shadow of Collapse, Internal Conflict over Declining US

Wednesday 22 December 2021 ،
Many in the US agree that the country may become scene to conflict in the years to come, mainly driven by pro-separation tendencies in various states. Alwaght- As about two weeks remain to anniversary of Trump supporters' attack on the US Congress,  a large number of political observers and ...
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Russia Invades Ukraine

Russia Invades Ukraine

Thursday 24 February 2022 ،
Article 51, part 7 of the UN Charter, with the sanction of the Federation Council and in pursuance of the friendship treaties ratified by the Federal Assembly and mutual assistance with the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics, I have decided to conduct a special military operation,” the ...
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Iraq Limbo: SCF Activities and Tangible Progress towards Stalemate End

Iraq Limbo: SCF Activities and Tangible Progress towards Stalemate End

Tuesday 5 July 2022 ،
Article 140, Sinjar dispute settlement, allocation of 17 percent of the federal Iraqi budget to Kurdistan region, in addition to approval of a separate budget to the Kurdish Peshmerga forces.  Inter-Kurdish talks on the president post progressing  While over the past seven months the Kur ...
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Years after ISIS Obliteration, Thousands of Iraqis Remain Domestically Displaced

Years after ISIS Obliteration, Thousands of Iraqis Remain Domestically Displaced

Wednesday 26 July 2023 ،
140 of the Iraqi constitution that include parts of Diyala, Salaheddin, Kirkuk, Nineveh, and Maysan. On the other hand, Nineveh plain is located on a strategic line that links Iran and Syria via Iraq, and therefore, the interests of foreign actors like Iran and the US are tied in Iraq. Since the def ...
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SCF Mediating to Settle Baghdad-Erbil Oil Disputes

SCF Mediating to Settle Baghdad-Erbil Oil Disputes

Thursday 10 August 2023 ،
Article 140, which the Kurds insist on, is based on the control of the Kurdish forces over the disputed areas, which the federal government and other ethnic groups have not agreed to. The central government grew further against the article 140 especially after the Kurdistan government held independe ...
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Shocking Reports of Sexual Assault against Palestinian Women in the Gaza War

Shocking Reports of Sexual Assault against Palestinian Women in the Gaza War

Saturday 24 February 2024 ،
Article 7 of the International Criminal Court's Statute explicitly defines sexual violence as crimes against humanity, encompassing acts such as sexual assault, sexual slavery, forced prostitution, forced pregnancy, enforced sterilization, and any other form of sexual violence. Furthermore, the ...

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Farmers in Poland are on the streets again to protest EU agricultural policies

Farmers in Poland are on the streets again to protest EU agricultural policies