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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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Nigeria’s IMN Ban: Mix of Govt. Fear, Foreign Influence

Nigeria’s IMN Ban: Mix of Govt. Fear, Foreign Influence

Wednesday 31 July 2019
Buhari, an ally to Saudi Arabia, became president in 2015, the anti-Shiite clampdown ratcheted up. He, won the election last year with the slogan of fighting the terrorist group Boko Haram, in practice stepped up anew the pressures against the IMN. Despite Zaria massacre of 2015 in which the governm ...
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Saudi Involvement Conceivable in Nigeria Crackdown: Commentator

Saudi Involvement Conceivable in Nigeria Crackdown: Commentator

Wednesday 11 September 2019 ،
President Muhammadu Buhari is not a strong leader from the standpoint that... his foreign policy as well as domestic policy are very inconsistent. They do not serve the interests of the Nigerian people,” Azikiwe said.
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Iran Pursuing Nigerian Cleric’s Health Via Diplomatic Channels: Diplomat

Iran Pursuing Nigerian Cleric’s Health Via Diplomatic Channels: Diplomat

Monday 9 December 2019 ،
President Muhammadu Buhari and Iranian Vice President for Economic Affairs Mohammad Nahavandian have recently held a meeting on a range of issues, including Zakzaky’s case, Press TV reported. The meeting in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, took place on the sidelines of the 5th Summit of Gas E ...
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Islamic Movement Urges Nigerian Govt to Release Sheikh Zakzaky amid Coronavirus Pandemic

Islamic Movement Urges Nigerian Govt to Release Sheikh Zakzaky amid Coronavirus Pandemic

Saturday 11 April 2020 ،
President Muhammadu Buhari and the local officials in the north-central Kaduna State, where the cleric was first arrested in 2015. Various Nigerian media outlets carried the statement, which the movement had sent them on Friday. “Sheikh Zakzaky deserves immediate freedom for very many reasons ...
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Sheikh Zakzaky’s Critical Conditions In Prison and Israeli-Saudi Role

Sheikh Zakzaky’s Critical Conditions In Prison and Israeli-Saudi Role

Sunday 18 October 2020 ،
President Muhammadu Buhari and the Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz. The Saudi ruler vowed support for Nigeria’s so-called fight against terrorism and rejected any foreign intervention in the Nigerian internal affairs. The phone was deemed apparent solidarity to Buhari and his suppression campa ...
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Bandits Attack School in Nigeria’s Northwest, Kidnap Hundreds of Pupils

Bandits Attack School in Nigeria’s Northwest, Kidnap Hundreds of Pupils

Sunday 13 December 2020 ،
President Muhammadu Buhari, whose home state is where the assault occurred, censured the attack in a statement and ordered security reinforcement in other schools. I strongly condemn the cowardly bandits' attack on innocent children at the Science School, Kankara. Our prayers are with the famil ...
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Scores Killed after Gunmen Torch Bus in Nigeria

Scores Killed after Gunmen Torch Bus in Nigeria

Wednesday 8 December 2021 ،
President Muhammadu Buhari has come under fire for the worsening security situation in several regions of the country.
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Some 200 Killed in Attacks in Northwest Nigeria: Report

Some 200 Killed in Attacks in Northwest Nigeria: Report

Sunday 9 January 2022 ،
President Muhammadu Buhari said in a statement on Saturday the military had acquired more equipment to track down and eliminate criminal gangs that have been subjecting people to a reign of terror, including through the illegal imposition of taxes on communities under siege. The latest attacks on i ...
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OPEC Secretary General Dies at 63

OPEC Secretary General Dies at 63

Wednesday 6 July 2022 ،
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, and later gave a speech at an oil and gas conference on Tuesday, the paper said. Barkindo was appointed secretary general of OPEC in 2016. OPEC consists of 13 oil-exporting nations from the Middle East, Africa, and South America, including Saudi Arabia, Iran, ...
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Armed Bandits Attack Mosque in Nigeria, Abduct 19 Worshippers

Armed Bandits Attack Mosque in Nigeria, Abduct 19 Worshippers

Monday 5 December 2022 ،
President Muhammadu Buhari has been under intense pressure to end the violence before he leaves office next year at the end of his eight-year tenure in office. There is growing concern over an alliance in the northeast between the bandits and terrorists waging a 12-year insurgency against the ...

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