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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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Turkey’s Foreign Policy Source of Instability for our Country, Region, World: Ex-Commander
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Turkey’s Foreign Policy Source of Instability for our Country, Region, World: Ex-Commander

Wednesday 11 August 2021
Former Turkish Rear Admiral Turker Erturk said Erdogan government’s foreign policy is based on an “outdated ideology,” and "is a source of instability" for the world.
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Iraqi Resistance to Treat Occupiers, Americans or Turks, the Same: Nujaba
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Iraqi Resistance to Treat Occupiers, Americans or Turks, the Same: Nujaba

Wednesday 11 August 2021 ،
Iraq’s al-Nujaba Movement warned that the resistance group does not differentiate between Turkish and American occupation forces in protecting Iraq’s territorial integrity.
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Bahraini Nation Wants Transition from Tyranny to Democracy: Opposition Group
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Bahraini Nation Wants Transition from Tyranny to Democracy: Opposition Group

Wednesday 11 August 2021 ،
Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, Bahrain’s main opposition group, said the nation wants an end to tyranny and a peaceful transition to democracy in the Persian Gulf kingdom, as the ruling Al Khalifah regime presses ahead with its crackdown on dissent.
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Afghan Taliban Seize Ninth Provincial Capital in Five Days
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Afghan Taliban Seize Ninth Provincial Capital in Five Days

Wednesday 11 August 2021 ،
Afghan Taliban captured three more provincial capitals, taking the number of provincial capitals the group has seized since Friday to nine.
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Canada PM Slams China’s 11-year Prison Sentence for Businessman Charged with Spying
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Canada PM Slams China’s 11-year Prison Sentence for Businessman Charged with Spying

Wednesday 11 August 2021 ،
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau rejected as "absolutely unacceptable" a Chinese court’s sentencing of Canadian businessman to 11-year prison term in prison on espionage charges.
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Extremist Hindus Storm Muslims’ Shrine in Delhi
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Extremist Hindus Storm Muslims’ Shrine in Delhi

Wednesday 11 August 2021 ،
Dozens of extremist Hindus stormed the Islamic shrine of Dargah Madad Ali Shah last week in Delhi’s, threatening the caretaker to vacate the premises by 13 August, Sputnik reported.
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Germany Detains Briton Suspected of Spying for Russia
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Germany Detains Briton Suspected of Spying for Russia

Wednesday 11 August 2021 ،
Germany arrested a British national who worked at the United Kingdom’s embassy in Berlin on charges of spying for the Russian intelligence, the press office of the German prosecutor’s office said on Wednesday.
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Bahraini-Israeli Cyber and Espionage Cooperation: Aspects and Consequences
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Bahraini-Israeli Cyber and Espionage Cooperation: Aspects and Consequences

Saturday 14 August 2021 ،
The Israelis find such partnerships a window to work against Persian Gulf security. Bahrain wants the cooperation to crack down on opposition.
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Assault on Kabul Imminent as Afghanistan 2nd-, 3rd-Biggest Cities Fall to Taliban
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Assault on Kabul Imminent as Afghanistan 2nd-, 3rd-Biggest Cities Fall to Taliban

Saturday 14 August 2021 ،
Taliban Militants have seized Afghanistan’s Herat and Kandahar, second- and third-biggest cities, triggering fear that an assault on the capital Kabul could be just days away.
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UN Experts Urge Suspension of Surveillance Tech Sales Following Israeli Spyware Scandal
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UN Experts Urge Suspension of Surveillance Tech Sales Following Israeli Spyware Scandal

Saturday 14 August 2021 ،
UN experts urged an international moratorium on the sale of surveillance technology until regulations are enforced to protect human rights following a scandal surrounding the Israeli-made Pegasus spyware.
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Hezbollah Not After War with Israel, But Won’t Tolerate Any Aggression: Official
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Hezbollah Not After War with Israel, But Won’t Tolerate Any Aggression: Official

Saturday 14 August 2021 ،
Hezbollah does not seek a military confrontation with the Tel Aviv regime, but would not stand any act of aggression by the Israeli military on Lebanon’s soil, Lebanese resistance movement’s Deputy Secretary General said on Friday.
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Manipulating Dollar-Riyal Exchange Rate, Saudis, US Double Cost of Yemen’s Staple Goods
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Manipulating Dollar-Riyal Exchange Rate, Saudis, US Double Cost of Yemen’s Staple Goods

Saturday 14 August 2021 ،
Thousands of Yemenis held rallies in cities across the country demanding hunger not be used as a weapon by Saudi Arabia and the United States in order to bring locals to their knees.
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CIA Plans ’Mission Center for China’ to Counter Beijing’s Rise
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CIA Plans ’Mission Center for China’ to Counter Beijing’s Rise

Saturday 14 August 2021 ،
The US spy agency is mulling to establish an independent mission center with special focus on China in a bid to counter Beijing’s growing influence on the international arena.
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Russia, China Wrap up Joint Exercises, Vow Closer Alliance
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Russia, China Wrap up Joint Exercises, Vow Closer Alliance

Saturday 14 August 2021 ،
Russia and China have concluded their five-day joint military exercise in Northwest China, vowing further collaborations amid rising US-led provocations in eastern Europe and the pacific.

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Palestinian prisoner exchange operation under strict security measures

Palestinian prisoner exchange operation under strict security measures