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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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Iraq Army Retake Baiji Without Any Foreign Aid
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Iraq Army Retake Baiji Without Any Foreign Aid

Monday 17 November 2014
Alwaght- According to Antiwar website, ISIS terrorist group began withdrawing from the area around the Baiji refinery in northern Iraq on Saturday, Iraqi officials said. The retreat would mark the end of the group’s month-long siege at a strategic oil installation and would be a significant victory ...
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After ISIS: Residents Return to Mt. Sinjar Despite Mines, Devastation
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After ISIS: Residents Return to Mt. Sinjar Despite Mines, Devastation

Thursday 8 January 2015 ،
Alwaght- After Kurdish forces pushed ISIS terrorist group back from the embattled Mount Sinjar in northwestern Iraq, they returned home only to find devastation. RT traveled to the region to see how people are coping with the scars that war has left behind. Alwaght- After Kurdish forces pushed ISIS ...
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Euroskeptical Party Wins Seat in Hamburg
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Euroskeptical Party Wins Seat in Hamburg

Monday 16 February 2015 ،
AfD) scored around 5.5 percent of the votes on Sunday. Last year, the party gained representation in parliament elections in three eastern German states by winning around 10 percent of the votes in Brandenburg, Saxony, and Thuringia. Now we have shown that we can also be successful in a liberal, cos ...
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 Reasons behind German Military intervention in Syria

Reasons behind German Military intervention in Syria

Sunday 13 December 2015 ،
AfD). Especially that modifying its Eurosceptic policies and putting on a nationalistic and anti-immigration face, the right-wing AfD party has managed to more than ever improve its position and make the most out of the current conditions. The success of Marine le Pen, the leader of France’s Nationa ...
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Islamophobia Rises in Germany amid Immigrants Upsurge: Poll
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Islamophobia Rises in Germany amid Immigrants Upsurge: Poll

Wednesday 15 June 2016 ،
AfD) party that wants to ban minarets and the burqa and has described Islam as incompatible with the German constitution. The number of attacks on refugee shelters has also risen. The number of those surveyed that believed Sinti and Roma peoples tended towards criminality rose to nearly 60 percent, ...
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Merkel Visited North Africa to Tackle Refugee Crisis, Warn Turkey
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Merkel Visited North Africa to Tackle Refugee Crisis, Warn Turkey

Monday 6 March 2017 ،
AfD) has made gains in the wake of the migrant crisis. Therefore by stopping the flow of migrants and returning some who are already in Germany, Merkel intends to stop the rise of far-right anti-immigrant politicians.
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Saudi Arabia Beheads 3 Pakistani Nationals
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Saudi Arabia Beheads 3 Pakistani Nationals

Monday 10 April 2017 ،
Saudi Arabia has beheaded on Sunday three Pakistani nationals on drug trafficking charges, bringing to 26 the number of executions in the kingdom this year. Alwaght- Saudi Arabia has beheaded on Sunday three Pakistani nationals on drug trafficking charges, bringing to 26 the number of executions in ...
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Muslims Must Adopt Europe’s Values or Get Out: German Minister
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Muslims Must Adopt Europe’s Values or Get Out: German Minister

Thursday 13 April 2017 ،
AfD) party, which gained foothold in almost all of the country’s 16 state parliaments since the eruption of the refugee crisis in 2015. Interventionist policies by Western countries, especially backing Takfiri terrorist groups in West Asia and North Africa is a major cause of the current refu ...

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Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution

Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution