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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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Violent Protests Erupt in Cairo after Man Dies in Police Custody
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Violent Protests Erupt in Cairo after Man Dies in Police Custody

Saturday 6 January 2018
Violent protests erupted between Egyptian protesters and policemen on Saturday outside a Cairo police station over the death of a young man in custody.
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Protests Erupt in Sudan Over Bread Price Hike
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Protests Erupt in Sudan Over Bread Price Hike

Saturday 6 January 2018
Sudanese security forces have fired teargas to disperse hundreds of demonstrators protesting against a hike in bread prices in Sennar southeast of Khartoum.
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Sudan’s Military Reacts after UAE-Funds Egyptian Troops Deployment in Eritrea
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Sudan’s Military Reacts after UAE-Funds Egyptian Troops Deployment in Eritrea

Saturday 6 January 2018
Sudanese army has deployed thousands of troops on the eastern border with Eritrea after Egypt, funded by UAE, dispatched its forces to a base in Eritrea.
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UN’s Iran Meeting another Blow to US Unilateralism
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UN’s Iran Meeting another Blow to US Unilateralism

Sunday 7 January 2018
Meeting was called for by US envoy who failed to build consensus to impose sanctions on Iran under the ruse of support to protestors.
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32 Missing as Iranian Tanker Collides with Chinese Freighter
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32 Missing as Iranian Tanker Collides with Chinese Freighter

Sunday 7 January 2018
Thirty two people went missing off the eastern coast of China after an Iranian-owned tanker has collided with a cargo ship
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Militants Shoot Dead, Behead 13 People in Southern Senegal
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Militants Shoot Dead, Behead 13 People in Southern Senegal

Sunday 7 January 2018
At least 13 people have been killed in Senegal’s restive south after militants attacked people who were searching for dead wood in the Bayotte forest
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Syrian Army Liberates Strategic Town of Sinjar from Al-Qaeda Terrorists
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Syrian Army Liberates Strategic Town of Sinjar from Al-Qaeda Terrorists

Sunday 7 January 2018
Syrian army have liberated on Sunday town of Sinjar, establishing control over a key stronghold of terrorists in the country’s northwestern province of Idlib
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Iran Rejects US Claims of Supplying Missiles to Yemen
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Iran Rejects US Claims of Supplying Missiles to Yemen

Sunday 7 January 2018
The commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has rejected claims by the US and its allies that Tehran supplies missiles to Yemeni forces.
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Egypt Privately Backs Trump’s Al-Quds Move, Protests Publicly: Report
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Egypt Privately Backs Trump’s Al-Quds Move, Protests Publicly: Report

Sunday 7 January 2018
The Egyptian government is privately backing US recognition of al-Quds (Jerusalem) as Israeli regime’s capital while opposing the move publicly
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Four Indian Policemen Killed in Kashmir Clashes
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Four Indian Policemen Killed in Kashmir Clashes

Sunday 7 January 2018
Four Indian government police officers have been killed in an ambush by militants fighting Indian rule in a northwestern town in disputed Kashmir.
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Yemeni Forces Down Saudi Warplane Flying over Saada
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Yemeni Forces Down Saudi Warplane Flying over Saada

Sunday 7 January 2018
Yemeni air defense forces have shot down a warplane belonging to the Saudi-led military alliance involved in the aerial bombardment campaign against Yemen.
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Inside Bahraini Regime Death Chambers
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Inside Bahraini Regime Death Chambers

Monday 8 January 2018
Over the past year, Bahraini activists, politicians and clerics faced torture, threats and extortion, inside the regime’s death chambers
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Iraq’s Parliament Slams US Decision on Al-Quds
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Iraq’s Parliament Slams US Decision on Al-Quds

Sunday 7 January 2018
Iraq’s Parliament on Sunday passed a resolution condemning the United States move to recognize al-Quds (Jerusalem) as Israeli regime’s capital.
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Shadow Armies: Unseen, But Real US War in Africa
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Shadow Armies: Unseen, But Real US War in Africa

Monday 8 January 2018
Africa and its 54 nations are still not free from the stubborn neocolonial mindset, which is grounded in racism, economic exploitation and military interventions.

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Courages Individiuals like Sinvar are on the Rise

Courages Individiuals like Sinvar are on the Rise