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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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Al-Shabab Takfiri Terrorists Kill 14 in Somalia Hotel Attack
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Al-Shabab Takfiri Terrorists Kill 14 in Somalia Hotel Attack

Saturday 27 February 2016
Abu Musab, was quoted as saying. A senior Somali police official Major Ahmad Ismail was quoted as saying that, “One of the blasts took place near the Peace Garden [park] and the other near the SYL hotel. I saw 12 dead civilians, but the toll may well be higher.”  Witnesses say over ...
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ISIS Terrorists in Syria Behead Football Players, Coach
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ISIS Terrorists in Syria Behead Football Players, Coach

Saturday 9 July 2016 ،
Abu Kuwait, Nihad al-Hussein, Ihssan al-Shawakh and his brother, coach Ahmad al-Shawakh at dawar al-Dalah in Raqqa in front of the elders and children. In a statement to SANA, Head of the General Sports Union Muafak Joma’a condemned this heinous crime, saying it is not strange that ISIS commi ...
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Al Shabab Takfiri Terrorists Kill Six in Somalia Attack
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Al Shabab Takfiri Terrorists Kill Six in Somalia Attack

Sunday 10 September 2017 ،
Abu Musab, an al-Shabab spokesman. The town is about 340km north of the capital Mogadishu. Residents said clan elders were among the dead. The suicide bomber who had an explosive jacket stood inside the restaurant and blew up himself. We were heading to a meeting in the governor’s office whe ...
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27 Killed as Al-Shabab Twin Car Bombings Hit Somali Capital
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27 Killed as Al-Shabab Twin Car Bombings Hit Somali Capital

Saturday 24 February 2018 ،
Abukar Islow said the security forces had managed to subdue the terrorists and killed five of them. “The security minister confirmed the operation was concluded and that the five militants who launched the attack were shot dead,” the state news agency quoted him as saying. The explosio ...
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US Airstrikes Killed Civilians in Somalia: Amnesty International
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US Airstrikes Killed Civilians in Somalia: Amnesty International

Wednesday 1 April 2020 ،
Abukar, the son of the 70-year-old woman, told Reuters his family had been devastated by the strike. “He was very devastated, he didn’t know why his family was targeted,” Amnesty researcher Abdullahi Hassan told Reuters. “He said, ‘I’m now in my farm, alone in an ...
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Israel Holding Close Bonds with ISIS Gangsters and Looters in Gaza
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Israel Holding Close Bonds with ISIS Gangsters and Looters in Gaza

Wednesday 27 November 2024 ،
Abu Shabab: He is a drug dealer who before the war was convicted and imprisoned several times. He broke from the prison amid the war. Last week, police and Hamas forces attempted to eliminate Abu Shabab in an ambush, killing 11 of his gang members, including his brother and partner, Fathi, and the g ...
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Netanyahu Builds Bonds with Gaza Criminal Gangs in Strategy Shift against Hamas
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Netanyahu Builds Bonds with Gaza Criminal Gangs in Strategy Shift against Hamas

Friday 6 June 2025 ،
Abu Shabab, a resident of Gaza who is “not affiliated with Hamas,” leads an armed gang in the Rafah area “under the supervision of Israeli forces.” The report adds that the group operates “with Israeli support and in areas under military control and occupation” an ...
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Netanyahu Confirms Israel Has Supplied Arms to Gaza Militants Tied to ISIS
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Netanyahu Confirms Israel Has Supplied Arms to Gaza Militants Tied to ISIS

Saturday 7 June 2025 ،
Abu Shabab, is a Bedouin clan with ties to ISIS and a history of criminal activity, including looting aid convoys. The European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) and Hamas have both confirmed the group's disruptive role, accusing it of collaborating with Israeli forces to destabilize Gaza. Th ...
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Israel Drones Hamas Fighters in Gaza During ISIS-linked Rescue Op
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Israel Drones Hamas Fighters in Gaza During ISIS-linked Rescue Op

Tuesday 10 June 2025 ،
Abu Shabab group, described as ISIS-affiliated militants, according to Israeli media. The firefight escalated overnight before an Israeli drone intervened, launching a missile that killed four Hamas members—marking what appears to be Israel’s first direct military intervention to assist ...
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Infiltrating Sinai: New Israeli Strategy in Gaza Sounds the Alarm to Egypt
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Infiltrating Sinai: New Israeli Strategy in Gaza Sounds the Alarm to Egypt

Thursday 12 June 2025 ،
Abu Shabab, a rising gang leader, to prevent the spread of chaos, but the Israelis, taking advantage of the security and instability in Gaza, tried to exploit these marginal and ISIS-affiliated groups to weaken Hamas. This model is reminiscent of remote control model and Tel Aviv is seeking to oste ...

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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.