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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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What Are Barzani’s Turkey Visit Goals?
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What Are Barzani’s Turkey Visit Goals?

Monday 7 September 2020
President of Iraqi Kurdish region had a set of topics to discuss with Turkey including trade and possibility of bringing Ankara and PKK to negotiating table.
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Israel Presses US for Advanced Weapons after F-35 Jets Sale to UAE
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Israel Presses US for Advanced Weapons after F-35 Jets Sale to UAE

Monday 7 September 2020 ،
Israel reportedly seeks to convince the US to provide the regime with advanced weapons to maintain Tel Aviv’s alleged “military edge” in the West Asia after it failed to block the sale of American-made F-35 stealth fighters to the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
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Biden Leading Trump by 10 Points in New National Poll
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Biden Leading Trump by 10 Points in New National Poll

Monday 7 September 2020 ،
Hopeful US Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has a ten percentage points lead over President Donald Trump nationally with less than two months before the November 3 election, A new opinion poll shows.
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China Hold Naval Drills amid Rising Tensions with US
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China Hold Naval Drills amid Rising Tensions with US

Monday 7 September 2020 ،
China is conducting a fresh round of naval exercises along the country’s northeast and eastern coasts in what is widely seen as a show of force amid ongoing US military provocations in the region.
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Disintegration of American Society thru Trump
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Disintegration of American Society thru Trump

Tuesday 8 September 2020 ،
Alwaght- As the US presidential election approaches in November, the political divide in this country has reached an unprecedented level. In the meantime, the media’s coverage of political confrontation and division in the influential and powerful Conway family is a small example of a deep rift in American politics. The Conway family is a prominent symbol of a shattered American society that can be seen as a victim of the rise of Trumpism and anti-Trumpism, or in other words, supporters and opponents of Donald Trump. To understand the magnitude of the gap in current American political society, it is necessary to mention the story of the rift in the Conway family.
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Libyan Crisis Talks Under Clouds Of Home, Foreign Differences
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Libyan Crisis Talks Under Clouds Of Home, Foreign Differences

Tuesday 8 September 2020 ،
Morocco hosted Libya talks and Geneva is expected to host new round, deal remains away as consensus among home and foreign actors is non-existent.
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Pentagon Chiefs Fight Wars to Keep Arms Dealers Healthy: Trump
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Pentagon Chiefs Fight Wars to Keep Arms Dealers Healthy: Trump

Tuesday 8 September 2020 ،
US President Donald Trump said Monday that the Pentagon and military-industrial complex launch wars to hand billions of dollars to arms makers and keep them "happy".
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Russian Covid-19 Vaccine Launched into Public Circulation
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Russian Covid-19 Vaccine Launched into Public Circulation

Tuesday 8 September 2020 ،
The first batch of Russia’s Covid-19 vaccine, dubbed Sputnik V, has been greenlighted for public use and has already entered civilian circulation, the Russian Ministry of Health has announced.
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US Retreats from Iraq as Resistance Makes Advances
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US Retreats from Iraq as Resistance Makes Advances

Wednesday 9 September 2020 ،
Since early this year, the US faced rising pressures from Iraqi resistant groups seeking explosion. It had to cut its military bases and propose a withdrawal timetable.
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Khashoggi Family Calls Final Ruling in His Ruling as ‘Fair’ as Fiance Blasts It as ‘Mockery of Justice’
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Khashoggi Family Calls Final Ruling in His Ruling as ‘Fair’ as Fiance Blasts It as ‘Mockery of Justice’

Tuesday 8 September 2020 ،
The family of Jamal Khashoggi, the journalist whom a Saudi squad hit assassinated at the kingdom’s consulate in Turkey, accepted as “just rulings,” the new verdict in the dissent columnist’s trial, while his former Fiancé denounced the ruling as “a complete mockery of justice.”
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Domino of Normalization of Relations; From Slogan to Reality
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Domino of Normalization of Relations; From Slogan to Reality

Wednesday 9 September 2020 ،
Alwaght- In recent days, there has been widespread propaganda about the tendency of some countries in the Persian Gulf as well as the willingness of some other countries to move their embassies to occupied Al-Quds. Regarding this issue, in addition to the large media coverage of the news of permitting Israeli airplanes to cross Saudi Arabia and Bahrain’s sky, recently the US president Donald Trump announced that Serbia has agreed to move its embassy to occupied Al-Quds, and also a not so well-known country in East Africa named Malawi is in support of such a decision, and furthermore the announcement of Kosovo on an agreement to normalize relations and establish diplomatic relations with Tel Aviv was also stated.
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Afghan Vice President Survives Bomb Attack
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Afghan Vice President Survives Bomb Attack

Wednesday 9 September 2020 ،
Afghanistan’s First Vice-President Amrullah Saleh escaped on Wednesday a bomb attack that targeted his convoy in the capital, Kabul, but two dozen other people have been killed and wounded.
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Palestinian Authority Pressed to Tone down Stance on UAE-Israel Deal
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Palestinian Authority Pressed to Tone down Stance on UAE-Israel Deal

Wednesday 9 September 2020 ،
The Palestinian Authority will reportedly put a draft resolution to discussion at an upcoming Arab League session, which will stress the 2002 Arab Initiative on the resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but will tone down criticism of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) over normalizing with Tel Aviv under pressure from Manama and Abu Dhabi.
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What Goals Are Behind Indian FM’s Tehran Visit?
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What Goals Are Behind Indian FM’s Tehran Visit?

Thursday 10 September 2020 ،
The top Indian diplomat visited Iran amid growing need for New Delhi to continue Chabahar port project and check Chinese influence outreach in the region,

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Farmers in Poland are on the streets again to protest EU agricultural policies

Farmers in Poland are on the streets again to protest EU agricultural policies