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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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Saudi Regime Kills 5 at Qatif Village, Cracking Down on Shiite Minority

Saudi Regime Kills 5 at Qatif Village, Cracking Down on Shiite Minority

Friday 25 January 2019
Awamiyah, another Shiite-populated Qatif town, witnessed a deadly military crackdown on protests against the regime’s attempt to raze the historical Musawara neighborhood of the town under the pretext of “renovating” the area. Saudi rulers claimed the district’s narrow stree ...
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Saudi Seeks to Execute Teenager over Participating at Anti Regime Protests

Saudi Seeks to Execute Teenager over Participating at Anti Regime Protests

Saturday 8 June 2019 ،
Awamiya, located some 390 kilometers northeast of the capital, Riyadh. Ali allegedly threw Molotov cocktails at the police station there. Murtaja was 11 when his brother died taking part in protests, which Saudi officials described as violent. He was 13 years old, when Saudi a ...
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Amnesty Calls for Unconditional Release of Dissident Saudi Cleric

Amnesty Calls for Unconditional Release of Dissident Saudi Cleric

Friday 2 August 2019 ،
Awamiyah on July 31, Arabic-language Mirat al-Jazeera news website reported on Friday. She was rushed to hospital for treatment, and her fate remains unknown ever since. Separately, Saudi forces detained Zakaria Mohammed al-Bannawi, a resident of Awamiyah, upon his return from the h ...
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Saudi Regime Sentences Shiite Cleric to 12 Years in Jail

Saudi Regime Sentences Shiite Cleric to 12 Years in Jail

Thursday 12 September 2019 ،
Awamiyah town, situated in the al-Qatif region of Eastern Province. Eastern Province has been the scene of peaceful demonstrations since February 2011. Protesters have been demanding reforms, freedom of expression, the release of political prisoners, and an end to economic and religious discriminat ...
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Destruction of Shiite Sites in Saudi Arabia: From Wahhabism Monopolism to Regime Authoritarianism

Destruction of Shiite Sites in Saudi Arabia: From Wahhabism Monopolism to Regime Authoritarianism

Friday 4 December 2020 ،
Awamia in the Eastern Province in the recent weeks. He also disclosed Al Saud regime’s plan to demolish Imam Hussein Mosque in the town. Commenting on the drivers behind the mosque demolition decision, al-Saeed said since the executed prominent Shiite Cleric Sheikh Nimr Baqir al-Nimr was the ...
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Bin Salman’s New Circus For the West

Bin Salman’s New Circus For the West

Tuesday 22 December 2020 ،
Awamiyah east of the country, demolition of their holy sites, and also suppression of the rights activists.  Last month, the Independent newspaper in a detailed report shed light on the woeful conditions of the political prisoners and women in Saudi prisons.  The report, arranged by the ...
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Bin Salman Shows His True Colors Executing 81 in a Single Day

Bin Salman Shows His True Colors Executing 81 in a Single Day

Tuesday 15 March 2022 ،
Awamiyah cities. The Saudi citizens were charged with affiliation with ISIS and the Yemenis were charged with assisting Yemen's Ansarullah to flag targets inside the kingdom.  Bin Salman shows true colors  There is little doubt that the executions were orderd directly by bin Salman. ...
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Israeli Regime Brought on Its Knees by Palestinian Prisoners

Israeli Regime Brought on Its Knees by Palestinian Prisoners

Sunday 4 September 2022 ،
Awamiyah, too, expressed his happiness as he over the past six months suffered critical conditions.  This victory was achieved with the help of efforts, sacrifices, persistence and support of all the free people of the world for this just cause….. I had no fear for my life during the hu ...
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Saudi Regime Attacks Shiite-Majority Qatif Region, Detain Ten Youths

Saudi Regime Attacks Shiite-Majority Qatif Region, Detain Ten Youths

Wednesday 1 February 2023 ،
Awamiyah town and Umm al-Hamam village of Qatif region on Monday morning and detained ten youths. The rights organization added that the forces took the young men away to an unknown location. Saudi Arabia has stepped up politically-motivated arrests, prosecution, and conviction of peaceful di ...
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Where’s Bangladesh Heading after Popular Uprising?

Where’s Bangladesh Heading after Popular Uprising?

Monday 12 August 2024 ،
Awami League, a street uprising all of a sudden overthrew the new government.  Before the protests, Bangladesh was politically fragile, but after the elections, the country looked stable. Despite the public's obvious frustration with the state of the economy and politics, few citizens agre ...

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