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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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Trump Threatens to Shut down Government if Congress Fails to Fund Border Wall

Trump Threatens to Shut down Government if Congress Fails to Fund Border Wall

Sunday 29 April 2018
US President warned on Saturday that he would close down the federal government in September if Congress did not allocate sufficient funding for construction of the separating wall on Mexico border. Alwaght- US President warned on Saturday that he would close down the federal government in September ...
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Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations: Islamabad’s Goals, Limits

Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations: Islamabad’s Goals, Limits

Saturday 11 September 2021 ،
Pakistan wants to preserve its sway over the Taliban but the group is now different from what it was before 2001. Alwaght- Afghanistan keeps to be at the center of the Central, and even West, Asian developments, with various actors struggling to set up new relations with the country under its new ru ...
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Taliban Flexes Muscles to Backer Pakistan: What’s their Difference Point?

Taliban Flexes Muscles to Backer Pakistan: What’s their Difference Point?

Monday 27 December 2021 ،
The Taliban forces clashes with Pakistani forces over the border. The group said it does not approve of border line drawn by Islamabad. Alwaght- Until just a few months ago, when the Taliban took full control of Kabul, a few people imagined that there would be a crisis between the Taliban and Pakis ...
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Pakistan-Taliban Border Dispute: From Historical Roots to Political Exploration

Pakistan-Taliban Border Dispute: From Historical Roots to Political Exploration

Monday 7 February 2022 ،
While insisting on their stances in border case, Taliban and Pakistan exploit the dispute to pain new Kabul rulers independent. Alwaght- During a recent visit of a Pakistani delegation to Afghanistan and meeting with the Taliban officials, the two sides reportedly agreed to settle their border dispu ...
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Libyan Fencing Team Refuses to Face Israel in UAE’s World Championships

Libyan Fencing Team Refuses to Face Israel in UAE’s World Championships

Tuesday 12 April 2022 ،
Fencing Championships 2022 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to avoid facing Israeli opponents in solidarity with the Palestinian cause and in opposition to normalization agreements between the occupying regime and a few Arab countries, including the UAE. Alwaght- The Libyan national team withdrew f ...
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Death Toll from Pakistan’s Airstrikes on Eastern Afghanistan’s Rises to 47

Death Toll from Pakistan’s Airstrikes on Eastern Afghanistan’s Rises to 47

Monday 18 April 2022 ،
The death toll from Pakistan’s airstrikes on Afghanistan’s border region has risen to at least 47, according to local officials Alwaght- The death toll from Pakistan’s airstrikes on Afghanistan’s border region has risen to at least 47, according to local officials. Afghan officials on S ...
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Kuwaitis ‘Proud of’ Chess Champion for Refusing to Face Israeli Player

Kuwaitis ‘Proud of’ Chess Champion for Refusing to Face Israeli Player

Wednesday 4 May 2022 ،
Fencing Championships held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to avoid facing an Israeli opponent. Fadli also withdrew from an international tournament in the Dutch capital, Amsterdam, in September 2019, after the draw placed him in a group competing with an Israeli player. In January, teenage Kuwa ...
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Iranian Athlete Quits UAE Jiu-Jitsu Contests to Avoid Facing Israeli Rival

Iranian Athlete Quits UAE Jiu-Jitsu Contests to Avoid Facing Israeli Rival

Tuesday 5 July 2022 ،
Fencing Championships held in the UAE for the same reason Fadli also withdrew from an international tournament in the Dutch capital, Amsterdam, in September 2019, after the draw placed him in a group competing with an Israeli player. In July 2021, Algerian judoka Fethi Nourine withdrew from the 20 ...
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Jordanian Taekwondo Fighter Shuns Israeli Opponent in Bulgaria Tournament

Jordanian Taekwondo Fighter Shuns Israeli Opponent in Bulgaria Tournament

Monday 1 August 2022 ،
Fencing Championships 2022 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in solidarity with the Palestinian cause and in opposition to normalization agreements between the occupying regime and a few Arab countries. Back in January, Kuwait’s tennis player Muhammad al-Awadi also withdrew from an internatio ...
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Iraqi Fencing Team Quit World Cup to Avoid Competing against Israel

Iraqi Fencing Team Quit World Cup to Avoid Competing against Israel

Monday 22 May 2023 ،
Fencing Federation (FIE)’s Senior World Cup in the Turkish port city of Istanbul in order to refrain from facing Israeli regime’s fencers. Alwaght- Iraq's national fencing team withdrew from the 2023 International Fencing Federation (FIE)'s Senior World Cup in the Turkish port city of I ...

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