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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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Hamas Calls for Cancellation of Bahrain Conference, Rebukes Normalization of Ties with Israel

Hamas Calls for Cancellation of Bahrain Conference, Rebukes Normalization of Ties with Israel

Sunday 26 May 2019
Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. We would have decided to participate in the Bahrain economic workshop if it had been an Arab-Palestinian meeting or a Palestinian-Islamic event. However, it starts with the economic aspect before the political one in order to offer financial bribe to Palestinians. We reje ...
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Downing of US Drone over Hodeida Shows Direct US Involvement in Yemeni War

Downing of US Drone over Hodeida Shows Direct US Involvement in Yemeni War

Wednesday 19 June 2019 ،
Dhahran city in Sadaa, northern Yemen, when Saudi warplanes dropped the U.S.-manufactured Raytheon Mark-82 bomb, killing 40 children. Saudi warplanes also used the Mark-82 in a 2016 attack on a funeral in the capital Sana’a. That attack claimed over 140 lives and injured 525 others.   R ...
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What’s Behind US Forces’ Return to Saudi Arabia?

What’s Behind US Forces’ Return to Saudi Arabia?

Sunday 28 July 2019 ،
Dhahran, King Khalid airbase in Riyadh, King Faisal airbase south of the country, King Fahad airbase, Prince Abdullah bin Abdulaziz airbase in Jeddah, King Abdulaziz sea base in Dammam, and a naval base in Al Jubail, a city in Eastern Province. These bases stayed active despite the fact that the Ame ...
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Yemeni Drones Hit Fires Saudi Oil Facilities, Cause Fire

Yemeni Drones Hit Fires Saudi Oil Facilities, Cause Fire

Saturday 14 September 2019 ،
Dhahran in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province, contains the world's largest oil processing plant. Most Saudi oil exported from the Persian Gulf is processed there. The incident comes nearly a month after Saudi Aramco’s oil facilities in Shaybah, the kingdom’s largest ...
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Why Saudi Arabia’s Bloody US-Backed War in Yemen Will Likely Escalate in 2020

Why Saudi Arabia’s Bloody US-Backed War in Yemen Will Likely Escalate in 2020

Saturday 4 January 2020 ،
Dhahran between the Houthis and Saudi Arabia also failed. Saudi Arabia is bogged down in Yemen as it has failed to achieve any of its objectives in the devastating war it launched against its southern neighbor in 2015. Saudi leaders promised a decisive victory in a matter of weeks, one to two month ...
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Saudi Arabia Confirms Yemeni Drone, Missile Attacks on Oil Facilities

Saudi Arabia Confirms Yemeni Drone, Missile Attacks on Oil Facilities

Monday 8 March 2021 ،
Dhahran. Alwaght- Saudi Energy Ministry confirmed on Sunday that a Yemeni drone attack targeted a petroleum tank farm at Ras Tanura port and a ballistic missile targeted Saudi Aramco’s facilities in the city of Dhahran. In a statement on Sunday, a spokesman for the Saudi Energy Ministry ackno ...
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Yemeni Forces Establish Security in Areas of Ma’rib Liberated from Saudi-led Forces

Yemeni Forces Establish Security in Areas of Ma’rib Liberated from Saudi-led Forces

Friday 12 March 2021 ،
Dhahran. Saudi Arabia and some of its regional allies waged the Yemen war in March 2015 with the aim of reinstating a Riyadh-friendly regime. The Saudi-led war, which has been accompanied by a full blockade on Yemen, has killed tens of thousands of people and taken a heavy toll on the Arab country ...
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Yemeni Forces Target Saudi Aramco Oil facilities, Airbase in Retaliatory Attacks

Yemeni Forces Target Saudi Aramco Oil facilities, Airbase in Retaliatory Attacks

Friday 26 March 2021 ،
Dhahran Air Base, in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province capital city of Dammam was also targeted in the drone and missile strikes. The Yemeni forces also launched six Qasef-2K (Striker-2K) armed drones against military sites in Saudi Arabia’s Najran, situated 844 kilometers  ...
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Yemeni Forces Launch Retaliatory Missile, Drone Strikes on Saudi Arabia

Yemeni Forces Launch Retaliatory Missile, Drone Strikes on Saudi Arabia

Sunday 5 September 2021 ،
Dhahran, also located in Eastern province, witnesses said that facilities belonging to state-controlled oil giant Saudi Aramco had been shut down due to blasts in their vicinity caused by missile and drone attacks. A source familiar with the matter told Reuters that there was no impact on Aramco fa ...
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Saudi Arabia to Regret if the Regime Misses 3-Day Truce Opportunity to End War

Saudi Arabia to Regret if the Regime Misses 3-Day Truce Opportunity to End War

Tuesday 29 March 2022 ،
Dhahran al-Janub, Abha and Khamis Mushait were also hit with a high numbers of ballistic missiles. Saree highlighted that Yemeni troops will conduct more qualitative strikes with the intent to break the crippling Saudi-led siege, emphasizing they will not hesitate to expand their military operation ...

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