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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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Sights on Syria: War-Torn Country Becoming Tourist Destination Good Thing

Sights on Syria: War-Torn Country Becoming Tourist Destination Good Thing

Sunday 14 November 2021
UNESCO heritage sites like Palmyra, Krak des Chevaliers, old Damascus and old Aleppo, among others, Syria is a historian’s dream. Over the years, Syrians I've encountered frequently told me they wished tourists would return and, now, they can. Even I would like to return as a tourist, not ...
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UAE Dream for Yemen’s Socotra Island May Turn Nightmarish

UAE Dream for Yemen’s Socotra Island May Turn Nightmarish

Friday 11 March 2022 ،
UNESCO World Heritage list. It is located in the western Indian Ocean and is a bridge between the two continents of Africa and Asia, and the strategic location of the Bab al-Mandeb Strait even adds to the importance of the archipelago.  With the start of the Saudi-led Arab coalition's aggr ...
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Russian Missiles Hit Aircraft Plant Near Lviv Airport in Western Ukraine

Russian Missiles Hit Aircraft Plant Near Lviv Airport in Western Ukraine

Friday 18 March 2022 ،
UNESCO-designated world heritage site, had until Friday been largely unharmed by Russia’s military operation that is now into its fourth week. Since the Russian military operation began last month, the city has rapidly transformed into a garrison town, with hundreds of thousands of people see ...
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Noam Chomsky, Cornel West, Naomi Klein Join Over 100 Academics Denouncing The Israel lobby’s Attempt To Cancel Lowkey

Noam Chomsky, Cornel West, Naomi Klein Join Over 100 Academics Denouncing The Israel lobby’s Attempt To Cancel Lowkey

Thursday 31 March 2022 ،
UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, American linguist and political scientist Noam Chomsky and philosopher and political activist Cornel West. In recent weeks Lowkey – a tireless campaigner for Palestinian human rights – has been the target of a disingenuous attempt to destroy his career, led b ...
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Anti-Judaization Commission Warns of Israeli Plans to Take over Al-Aqsa Mosque

Anti-Judaization Commission Warns of Israeli Plans to Take over Al-Aqsa Mosque

Sunday 16 July 2023 ،
UNESCO) to assume its responsibilities and confront the scheme. The ministry, in a statement, condemned the late July 13 raid on the archaeological village of Sebastia, located some 12 kilometers (7.4 miles) northwest of the city of Nablus. It also warned that the Israeli military and settler ...
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Powerful Earthquake Hits Morocco

Powerful Earthquake Hits Morocco

Saturday 9 September 2023 ،
UNESCO World Heritage site, and local television showed pictures of a fallen mosque minaret with rubble lying on smashed cars. Pan-Arab al-Arabiya news channel reported that five people were killed from one family, citing unnamed local sources. The Interior Ministry, in its televised statement on ...
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Morocco Quake Death Toll Crosses 2,000

Morocco Quake Death Toll Crosses 2,000

Sunday 10 September 2023 ،
UNESCO World Heritage site Marrakesh were also damaged in the earthquake. Earthquakes are infrequent in North Africa, with a notable exception being the 1960 tremor near Agadir, which registered a magnitude of 5.8 and resulted in the tragic loss of thousands of lives.  
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Running with Hare, Hunting with Hound: Bin Salman’s Indecision about Normalization

Running with Hare, Hunting with Hound: Bin Salman’s Indecision about Normalization

Sunday 10 September 2023 ،
UNESCO conference, finally leading to cancellation of the visit.  On the other hand, Saudi Arabia welcomed the leaders of Hamas in Jeddah after 17 years of conflict in warning to the hardline Israeli government to stop its adventures in the West Bank. The meeting between the members of Hamas a ...
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Morocco Rescuers Race to Find Survivors as Earthquake Toll Nears 2,500

Morocco Rescuers Race to Find Survivors as Earthquake Toll Nears 2,500

Monday 11 September 2023 ،
UNESCO World Heritage Site, were damaged. The quake also reportedly did major damage to the historically significant 12th-century Tinmel Mosque in a remote mountain area closer to the epicentre. It was the North African country's deadliest earthquake since 1960, when a tremor was esti ...
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Israeli Regime Angry as UNESCO Lists Ariha Ruins as World Heritage Site in Palestine

Israeli Regime Angry as UNESCO Lists Ariha Ruins as World Heritage Site in Palestine

Monday 18 September 2023 ،
UNESCO, in the Saudi capital city of Riyadh on Sunday. It is the fourth site in the occupied West Bank to receive UN recognition as a World Heritage Site. The Church of the Nativity and the pilgrimage route in Bethlehem, the cultural landscape of southern al-Quds and Battir, and the Old City i ...

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