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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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Attack on American University in Afghanistan Kills 15
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Attack on American University in Afghanistan Kills 15

Thursday 25 August 2016
up has yet claimed responsibility for the incident. This is the second attack against the university this month. About two weeks ago two of its foreign professors were kidnapped at gunpoint after leaving work. One is an American and the other is an Australian.
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Over 50 Killed, 100 Injured as Infighting Intensifies among Terrorists in Syria’s Idlib
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Over 50 Killed, 100 Injured as Infighting Intensifies among Terrorists in Syria’s Idlib

Tuesday 14 February 2017 ،
upted in south of Idlib on the vicinity of Khan Touman and its nearby villages while the clashes were exclusively between Tahrir al-Sham and Jund al-Aqsa, Al Masdar News reported. On Monday afternoon, Jund al-Aqsa militants stormed a sharia court around two kilometers south of Khan Touman and execu ...
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Saudi Arabia Spending $68 Million to Host Donald Trump
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Saudi Arabia Spending $68 Million to Host Donald Trump

Monday 8 May 2017 ،
up the World Trade Center? It wasn't the Iraqis, it was Saudi — take a look at Saudi Arabia, open the documents. The day after news broke of Trump’s impending visit to Riyadh, reports emerged that Saudi Arabia and the US are in talks on arms sales worth tens of billions.
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US to Ink $300 Billion Arms Deals for Saudi Arabia despite War Crime in Yemen
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US to Ink $300 Billion Arms Deals for Saudi Arabia despite War Crime in Yemen

Saturday 13 May 2017 ،
up surpassing more than $300 billion over a decade, a week ahead of President Donald Trump's planned visit to Riyadh. We are in the final stages of a series of deals, the official said. The package is being developed to coincide with Trump's visit to Saudi Arabia. Trump has chosen the Persi ...
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Three Bomb Attacks Kill 45, Injure over 90 in Iraqi Cities of Baghdad, Hit
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Three Bomb Attacks Kill 45, Injure over 90 in Iraqi Cities of Baghdad, Hit

Wednesday 31 May 2017 ،
up has recently increased its attacks on civilians across Iraq in revenge for the blows it has been suffering at the hands of Iraqi forces and Popular Mobilization Forces, particularly in the northern city of Mosul. The first car bombing struck an ice cream shop at Baghdad's mainly Shiite popul ...
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Iraqi Forces Liberate Nuri Mosque from Where ISIS Declared Caliphate
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Iraqi Forces Liberate Nuri Mosque from Where ISIS Declared Caliphate

Thursday 29 June 2017 ،
up’s control over the country’s second largest city. Alwaght- Iraqi army recaptured ISIS the venue of the iconic Grand al-Nuri Mosque in Mosul from where ISIS proclaimed its self-styled caliphate in 2014, Iraqi state TV reported on Thursday implying end of the terrorist group’s control over th ...
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Iraqi PM Declares ‘End of ISIS State of Falsehood’
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Iraqi PM Declares ‘End of ISIS State of Falsehood’

Thursday 29 June 2017 ،
up by its Arabic acronym. Iraqi forces, he said, would continue to hunt ISIS elements to kill them and detain them, down to the last one.” The terrorists blew up the medieval mosque and its famed leaning minaret a week ago as Iraqi forces and local allies advanced towards it. Their infamous ...
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Syrian Forces Foil Three Car Bomb Attacks in Damascus; Casualties Reported
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Syrian Forces Foil Three Car Bomb Attacks in Damascus; Casualties Reported

Sunday 2 July 2017 ،
up after being surrounded by security forces, as security forces intercepted two other car bombs. Footage on state TV from the scene of one explosion, along the road to the airport, showed at least two scorched vehicles, Associated Press reported. The closed-off street was littered with debris, whi ...
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Russia Detains 7 on Suspicion of Plotting Attack on St. Petersburg
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Russia Detains 7 on Suspicion of Plotting Attack on St. Petersburg

Saturday 29 July 2017 ،
up of seven people suspected of planning terror attack on Saint Petersburg. Alwaght- Russian security forces detained a group of seven people suspected of planning terror attack on Saint Petersburg. Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) issued a statement on Friday, saying the detainees were ...
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30 Killed as Terrorists Attack Shiite Mosque in Herat, Afghanistan
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30 Killed as Terrorists Attack Shiite Mosque in Herat, Afghanistan

Wednesday 2 August 2017 ،
up. Dozens of local residents, who are mostly Shiite, attacked the police station pelting it with stones and setting it on fire, said Jalani Farhad, the provincial governor's spokesman. Shiites are a minority in Afghanistan and have been threatened by the affiliate of ISIS that operates in the ...

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Breathtaking and sad moments of Shahid Rajaee Port  Iran mourns

Breathtaking and sad moments of Shahid Rajaee Port Iran mourns