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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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Britain Blocks EU Investigation into Saudi War on Yemen

Britain Blocks EU Investigation into Saudi War on Yemen

Sunday 25 September 2016
A move by some EU members to launch an independent investigation of Saudi aggressions against Yemen was blocked by UK Alwaght- A move by some EU members to launch an independent investigation of Saudi aggressions against Yemen was blocked by the UK, Guardian reported. The move was initiated by the ...
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Trump Fires Attorney General, Immigration Chief for Refusal to Enforce Muslim Ban

Trump Fires Attorney General, Immigration Chief for Refusal to Enforce Muslim Ban

Tuesday 31 January 2017 ،
Sally Yates, making Dana Boente for refusing to defend his anti Muslim executive order that bars people from six Muslim countries. Alwaght- US Donald Trump US President Donald Trump has replaced the acting head of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement shortly after he fired acting Attorney Gen ...
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Trump’s Contradictory Decisions after False Promises

Trump’s Contradictory Decisions after False Promises

Thursday 2 February 2017 ،
Sally Yates – who was shown the door after questioning whether the controversial Muslim ban is legal, and refusing to defend it in court. Legal experts say the president is not supposed to dictate to the attorney general how to interpret the law. Trump's decision violated the independence ...
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Tenth Anniversary of US Airstrike on Iraqi Capital that Killed over 12

Tenth Anniversary of US Airstrike on Iraqi Capital that Killed over 12

Wednesday 12 July 2017 ،
Yates, Reuters bureau chief in Iraq at the time of the attack, told ABC last month that the news agency was not aware of the US military’s rules of engagement. “What we didn't realise at that time was that the US military had decided that anyone seen in the stree ...
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Trump’s Push to Blacklist Muslim Brotherhood Threatens Muslim Americans

Trump’s Push to Blacklist Muslim Brotherhood Threatens Muslim Americans

Wednesday 1 May 2019 ،
Sally Howell, a professor of Arab American studies at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. The US president is working to blacklist the Muslim Brotherhood, a transnational Islamist group, the New York Times reported on Tuesday, citing administration officials, including a White House spokeswoman. ...
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UN Human Rights Council Denounces Saudi Human Rights Record

UN Human Rights Council Denounces Saudi Human Rights Record

Tuesday 24 September 2019 ،
Sally Mansfield said, reading out the statement. We are concerned at reports of torture, arbitrary detention, enforced disappearances, unfair trials and harassment of individuals engaged in promoting and defending human rights, their families and colleagues,” she said.  
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Four Reasons Why Iraq Reducing Reliance on US, Seeking Russian Arms

Four Reasons Why Iraq Reducing Reliance on US, Seeking Russian Arms

Monday 24 May 2021 ،
Sallyport, an American military contractor that in 2018 won a contract to support Iraq's F-16 program, recently evacuated Balad Air Base.  Iraqi officials have announced their intention to buy Russian fighter jets since August 2020. Baghdad has put high on its military renewal program the ...
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Airstrike on Gaza Media Tower in May Was ‘Own Goal’: EX-General

Airstrike on Gaza Media Tower in May Was ‘Own Goal’: EX-General

Monday 25 October 2021 ،
Sally Buzbee, the AP’s executive editor, said that the news agency had had offices in the tower for 15 years and was never informed or had any indication that Hamas might be operating in the structure. Tel Aviv launched a brutal bombing campaign against the besieged Gaza Strip on May 10, foll ...
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The Execution of Julian Assange

The Execution of Julian Assange

Wednesday 15 December 2021 ،
Yates can tell you what US “assurances” are worth. He was the Reuters bureau chief in Baghdad on the morning of July 12, 2007 when his Iraqi colleagues Namir Noor-Eldeen and Saeed Chmagh were killed, along with nine other men, by US Army Apache gunships. Two children were seriously wound ...
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Iraq’s Moving To Rebuild Air Force With Non-American Fighter Jets

Iraq’s Moving To Rebuild Air Force With Non-American Fighter Jets

Wednesday 9 February 2022 ،
Sallyort Global Services, which specializes in protecting and maintaining fighter jets at Balad Air Base and has a contract with the Iraqi government, has recently decided to withdraw from Iraq.  Growing disappointed with the Americans, in 2020, Iraqi government openly talked about its interes ...

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