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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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Will Idlib Push Shatter Fledgling Russian-Turkish Alliance?
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Will Idlib Push Shatter Fledgling Russian-Turkish Alliance?

Wednesday 19 February 2020
Alwaght- When the US moved its forces out of Syria late last year, the field equations changed fast. Turkey with its anti-Kurdish Operation Peace Spring practically drove the Kurds to unity with the Syrian government in part of the north where they held territory. The Syrian army last month with a r ...
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Idlib Ground Of Erdogan Foreign Policy’s Grand Defeat
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Idlib Ground Of Erdogan Foreign Policy’s Grand Defeat

Sunday 23 February 2020 ،
Alwaght- The Idlib crisis has reached its climactic point recently as the Syrian government has shown resolution to liberate the province as the last stronghold of foreign-backed terrorists. Idlib is now a scene to two opposite sides: On the one hand stands the Syrian government that with backing fr ...
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Erdogan Confirms Death of Several Turkish Troops in Libya
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Erdogan Confirms Death of Several Turkish Troops in Libya

Monday 24 February 2020 ،
Alwaght- Turkish President Erdogan confirmed Saturday that “several” Turkish servicemen had been killed fighting Libyan National Army Commander Khalifa Haftar’s forces. On Sunday, regional media said as many as 16 Turkish troops and over 100 mercenaries transported to Libya from S ...
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Russia Blames Turkey for Helping Foreign Militants Enter Libya
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Russia Blames Turkey for Helping Foreign Militants Enter Libya

Wednesday 26 February 2020 ،
Alwaght- Russia blamed Turkey for helping foreign militants cross into Libya, the Interfax news agency reported. Interfax cited Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov as making the claim. Libyan National Army (LNA) has already accused Turkey of smuggling battle-hardened Syrian militants ...
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US Openly Admits Its Goal in Syria Is to Make It ’Difficult’ for Moscow, Damascus to Defeat Terrorists
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US Openly Admits Its Goal in Syria Is to Make It ’Difficult’ for Moscow, Damascus to Defeat Terrorists

Wednesday 11 March 2020 ،
Al-Nusra, an Al-Qaeda affiliate whose fighters dominate the ranks of the militants in Idlib. Listening to them, one might think it doesn’t exist! Jeffrey and Satterfield openly admit that an outright Syrian victory over these terrorists would deny the “international community” &nd ...
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Iran Sanctions US Ambassador to Iraq
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Iran Sanctions US Ambassador to Iraq

Friday 23 October 2020 ،
Alwaght- Iran sanctioned the US Ambassador to Iraq Matthew Tueller and two other diplomats over their key role in carrying out acts of terror, violating the fundamental principles of human rights. In a statement issued on Friday, Iran’s Foreign Ministry said that in cooperation with other res ...
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Iran General Soleimani Assassinated for Challenging US ‘Hegemonic Schemes’: Hezbollah
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Iran General Soleimani Assassinated for Challenging US ‘Hegemonic Schemes’: Hezbollah

Tuesday 22 December 2020 ،
Alwaght- Deputy secretary general of Lebanese Hezbollah movement Naim Qassem said the US has assassinated Iran's Revolutionary Guard Quds Force Commander due to General Qasem Soleimani's ability to stop Washington's “hegemonic schemes”. Trump would not have made the decision ...
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Syria Condemns Turkey’s Plan to Open Schools in Northern Syria
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Syria Condemns Turkey’s Plan to Open Schools in Northern Syria

Monday 8 February 2021 ،
Alwaght- Syria denounced Turkey’s decision to open schools in northern Syria as “dangerous act” and a “flagrant violation of international law”. In a statement on Sunday, an official source at the Syrian Foreign Ministry said the plan indicates Ankara's intention t ...
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Top American Diplomat Describe Al-Qaeda in Syria as US Asset
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Top American Diplomat Describe Al-Qaeda in Syria as US Asset

Sunday 4 April 2021 ،
Alwaght- A Syrian rebranded al-Qaeda affiliate was a US “asset” for pursuing Washington’s hegemonic policy in West Asia, Top US diplomat James Jeffrey has admitted. Jeffrey, who served as a US ambassador under both Republican and Democrat administrations and most recently as forme ...
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China Slams UK ’Despicable Action’ to Ban Its Envoy from Parliament
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China Slams UK ’Despicable Action’ to Ban Its Envoy from Parliament

Wednesday 15 September 2021 ،
Alwaght- China’s embassy in London condemned as “despicable and cowardly” the UK parliament's decision to ban Beijing's Ambassador to London from attending Britain's legislature. “The despicable and cowardly action of certain individuals of the U.K. Parliament to ...

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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