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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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Indian Police Arrest Dozens of Workers for Protesting Food Poisoning at Apple Plant
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Indian Police Arrest Dozens of Workers for Protesting Food Poisoning at Apple Plant

Sunday 19 December 2021
Indian police arrested on Sunday dozens of workers protesting food poisoning at a Foxconn unit producing iPhones for the American tech giant Apple
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Iran Urges France to Revise Anti-Muslim Laws
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Iran Urges France to Revise Anti-Muslim Laws

Sunday 19 December 2021
Iran urged France to revise laws targeting the Muslim minority across the European country after the French government ordered the closure of nearly two dozen more mosques in a fresh assault on freedom of religion.
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Israeli Officials Warn against Any Military Adventurism against Iran
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Israeli Officials Warn against Any Military Adventurism against Iran

Sunday 19 December 2021
The Israeli regime lacks the ability to act on its threats of launching an attack against nuclear sites in Iran, as the Islamic Republic has significantly promoted its defense capabilities, said several current and former Israeli military officials, and experts.
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Israel Arrests Six Palestinians after Settler Killed
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Israel Arrests Six Palestinians after Settler Killed

Sunday 19 December 2021
Israeli Regime arrested six Palestinians over a recent shooting attack that killed a settler and injured two others in occupied West Bank.
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Iraq, Possible Options for PM, President, Parliament Speaker Posts
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Iraq, Possible Options for PM, President, Parliament Speaker Posts

Monday 20 December 2021
The current leaders are unlikely to remain in power. Shiites, Sunnis, and Kurds have options as replacements.
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Ankara-Damascus Talks: Failure of Erdogan’s Decade-Long Hostility to Syria
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Ankara-Damascus Talks: Failure of Erdogan’s Decade-Long Hostility to Syria

Monday 20 December 2021
Seeing his policy unable to meet goals in Syria and Arabs normalizing to Damascus, Erdogan shifts and thinks dialogue with Syria.
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Zionist Settlers Attacked Palestinian Vehicles, Injured Three in West Bank City of Nablus
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Zionist Settlers Attacked Palestinian Vehicles, Injured Three in West Bank City of Nablus

Monday 20 December 2021
Zionists settlers have attacked Palestinians’ vehicles and injured three of them in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus
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Yemeni Forces Launched Retaliatory Attacks against Several Saudi Cities
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Yemeni Forces Launched Retaliatory Attacks against Several Saudi Cities

Monday 20 December 2021
Yemeni forces launched retaliatory missile and drone attacks against "several" Saudi Arabian cities on Sunday.
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China Moves in on Iraq, But Not Like America Did
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China Moves in on Iraq, But Not Like America Did

Monday 20 December 2021
China signed a deal to build 1,000 schools across Iraq shortly after the US announced the end of its combat mission in the country, having left over a million Iraqis dead.
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Iranian Gen Vows Decisive Crushing against Any Israeli Attack on Nuclear, Military Sites
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Iranian Gen Vows Decisive Crushing against Any Israeli Attack on Nuclear, Military Sites

Monday 20 December 2021
A senior Iranian general has warned Israeli regime of a "crushing" response to any attack on its nuclear and military sites, emphasizing that Tehran will target the source of any aggression against its sensitive sites.
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Ex-Israeli Spy Chief Shared Secret Info with Flight Attendant: Report
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Ex-Israeli Spy Chief Shared Secret Info with Flight Attendant: Report

Monday 20 December 2021
Former head of Israeli spy agency Mossad, Yossi Cohen, revealed regime’s secrets to a flight attendant with whom he was having an affair, as well as to her husband, Israel’s Channel 13 broadcaster reported on Sunday.
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Russia Expels German Diplomats in Retaliation Move
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Russia Expels German Diplomats in Retaliation Move

Tuesday 21 December 2021
Russia will expel two German diplomats in retaliation for a similar move taken by Berlin
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Japan to Pay More for Housing US Troops
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Japan to Pay More for Housing US Troops

Tuesday 21 December 2021
Japan is set to pay $1.86 billion per fiscal year to host more than 50,000 US troops in Japan starting next
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Omicron Becomes Dominant Covid Variant in US
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Omicron Becomes Dominant Covid Variant in US

Tuesday 21 December 2021
The Omicron strain of the coronavirus now accounts for more than 73% of new US cases of Covid-19, up from 13% just a week ago, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported.

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Commemorating the 36th anniversary of the passing of Imam Khomeini (RA), the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Commemorating the 36th anniversary of the passing of Imam Khomeini (RA), the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran.