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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 on the Eve of Civil War
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Turkey on the Eve of Civil War

Wednesday 15 October 2014
Workers’ Party (PKK) in the country’s southeast late on Monday, marking the military’s first significant offensive against PKK, since peace talks began two years ago Alwaght-Turkey’s warplanes and artillery repeatedly bombed the camps of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the country’s southeast ...
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America's Drone Strike Kills Civilian
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America's Drone Strike Kills Civilian

Monday 8 December 2014 ،
Alwaght- America's drone strike killed nine people in Yemen. According to Antiwar website, in a move seen by many as an attempted retaliation against the announced execution of an American journalist by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), America has launched a drone strike against the sou ...
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American Drone Attacks Kill Five More Afghan Schoolchildren
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American Drone Attacks Kill Five More Afghan Schoolchildren

Friday 12 December 2014 ،
Alwaght - were reportedly killed in a American-led airstrike, local officials said. The international coalition had no immediate comment, Reuters reported. Alwaght - were reportedly killed in a American-led airstrike, local officials said. The international coalition had no immediate comment, Reuter ...
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When We Come, It Will Not Be in a Nice Way, an ISIS Member Told Europeans
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When We Come, It Will Not Be in a Nice Way, an ISIS Member Told Europeans

Wednesday 24 December 2014 ،
Juergen Todenhoefer's journey was a tough one: dangerous, but also eye-opening. The author traveled deep into ISIS territory -- the area they now call their "caliphate" -- visiting Raqqa and Deir Ezzor in Syria, as well as Mosul in Iraq . Alwaght - Juergen Todenhoefer's journey was a tough ...
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Who Is behind the Assassination of Iraqi Sunni Clerics?
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Who Is behind the Assassination of Iraqi Sunni Clerics?

Monday 5 January 2015 ،
Alwaght-At least three Sunni clerics have been killed and one injured in an area near Iraq’s southern city of Basra, a government spokesman said on Friday, an apparent sectarian attack that drew immediate calls for calm. Alwaght-At least three Sunni clerics have been killed and one injured in an are ...
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Washington Says No Proof Female US Hostage Killed in Airstrike
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Washington Says No Proof Female US Hostage Killed in Airstrike

Saturday 7 February 2015 ،
Alwaght-The United States says there is no proof of an ISIS terrorist group claim that a female American hostage has been killed in a US-led coalition airstrike in northern Syria. Alwaght-The United States says there is no proof of an ISIS terrorist group claim that a female American hostage has bee ...
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130 Killed in Myanmar’s Battle against Ethnic Chinese Rebels
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130 Killed in Myanmar’s Battle against Ethnic Chinese Rebels

Monday 23 February 2015 ،
Alwaght-More than 130 people have been killed in fighting between Myanmar's army and rebels near the Chinese border, casting further doubt on the prospects of a nationwide ceasefire ahead of the next general elections, as Press TV reports. Alwaght-More than 130 people have been killed in fightin ...
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Yemen – The Impediment of the Western and Persian Gulf Ambition
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Yemen – The Impediment of the Western and Persian Gulf Ambition

Tuesday 3 March 2015 ،
Alwaght-In a speech broadcasted yesterday, March 2, Abdolmalek Al-Houthi, the leader of Ansarullah Movement, threatened to harm the United States, the United Kingdom and France’s interests in Yemen and all the countries that opposed the constitutional declaration. He said, "The interests of those f ...
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Erdogan’s Foreign Policy in Libya Reaches a Deadlock
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Erdogan’s Foreign Policy in Libya Reaches a Deadlock

Saturday 14 March 2015 ،
Alwaght-According to the Lebanese news webpage “Alahed,” recently the Libyan interim government, headed by Abdullah Al-theni, and recognized by the international community, ordered the Turkish companies and investors to abandon all of their projects in Libya. Alwaght-According to the Lebanese news ...
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Taking-Hostages; Method for Financing Terrorist Groups
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Taking-Hostages; Method for Financing Terrorist Groups

Saturday 14 March 2015 ،
Alwaght- Last February, the UN Security Council passed an important Russian-sponsored resolution, Resolution 2199, aimed at tightening its crackdown on financing terrorist groups, in Iraq and Syria, through illicit oil sales, trading in antiquities and paying ransom for hostages. Alwaght- Last Fe ...

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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