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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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ISIS Terrorists withdraw from the Kobani
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ISIS Terrorists withdraw from the Kobani

Saturday 18 October 2014
ISIS terrorists "have been driven out of Kobani, the Kurdish town that straddles the Syrian-Turkish border, after weeks of heavy fighting", according to Kurdish sources speaking to Russia Today. Alwaght -ISIS terrorists have been driven out of Kobani, the Kurdish town that straddles the Syrian-Turki ...
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Kurds seize ISIS Terrorist Group's Arms, Buildings in Kobani
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Kurds seize ISIS Terrorist Group's Arms, Buildings in Kobani

Thursday 20 November 2014 ،
Alwaght- According to Reuters, Kurdish fighters captured six buildings from ISIS terrorist group besieging the Syrian town of Kobani on Tuesday and seized a large haul of their weapons and ammunition, a group monitoring the war said. Alwaght- According to Reuters, Kurdish fighters captured six build ...
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Amir-Abdollahian: World Must Fight Terrorism Firmly and Wisely
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Amir-Abdollahian: World Must Fight Terrorism Firmly and Wisely

Saturday 6 December 2014 ،
Alwaght- Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has criticized contradictory approaches of America and certain countries in battling terrorism, urging a serious and real anti-terror fight. Alwaght- Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Aff ...
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Boroujerdi: American Mistakes to blame for Terrorism in Mideast
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Boroujerdi: American Mistakes to blame for Terrorism in Mideast

Sunday 7 December 2014 ،
Alwaght-A senior Iranian lawmaker says strategic miscalculations by American government and its allies in the Middle East are to blame for growing terrorism in the region. Alwaght-A senior Iranian lawmaker says strategic miscalculations by American government and its allies in the Middle East are to ...
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The Story of a Palestinian Girl Named Latifa Who Has Only Her Voice
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The Story of a Palestinian Girl Named Latifa Who Has Only Her Voice

Monday 8 December 2014 ،
Alwaght- Known as "Latifa", the 24-year-old former Math teacher is leading the struggle to "protect" the al-Asqa mosque from Zionists. Alwaght- Known as Latifa, the 24-year-old former Math teacher is leading the struggle to protect the al-Asqa mosque from Zionists. I first hear the name Latifa fro ...
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Ziad Abu Ein's Murder Was "A Barbaric Act which We Cannot Be Silent About, Mahmoud Abbas
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Ziad Abu Ein's Murder Was "A Barbaric Act which We Cannot Be Silent About, Mahmoud Abbas

Friday 12 December 2014 ،
Clashes broke out in a refugee camp near Ramallah and a Zionist soldier shot and critically wounded a Palestinian youth, Palestinian medics said. Ramallah shops were shuttered for the day in protest at the minister's death . Reportedly, march toward the illegal-made settlement involved approxim ...
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Three Dead in Turkey's Southeastern Town as Islamists and Kurds Clash
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Three Dead in Turkey's Southeastern Town as Islamists and Kurds Clash

Sunday 28 December 2014 ،
Clashes resumed at night and one armored police vehicle patrolling near the Governorate building was torched . Thirty six people died and more than 1,000 buildings were torched in early October after Kurds rioted in several southeastern cities over what they perceived as the government's refusa ...
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Masoud Barzani Slammed Turkey's supports for ISIS against Kurds
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Masoud Barzani Slammed Turkey's supports for ISIS against Kurds

Tuesday 30 December 2014 ،
Alwaght - Masoud Barzani, president of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, slammed Turkey’s policy towards Syria’s three-year-old crisis and accused Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, of supporting ISIS terrorist group in. Alwaght - Masoud Barzani, president of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, slammed Turk ...
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Ten killed Intensifying India-Pakistan Clashes
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Ten killed Intensifying India-Pakistan Clashes

Tuesday 6 January 2015 ،
Border Security Force official said . The firing is going on and we are giving befitting reply to Pakistani shelling, the official said . The rivals, who have fought two wars over Muslim-majority Kashmir, blame each other for the upsurge in clashes since October .
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Hezbollah, Future make ‘serious progress’ in talks
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Hezbollah, Future make ‘serious progress’ in talks

Tuesday 6 January 2015 ،
Alwaght-Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement and the Future party have emphasized on implementing the government security plan in the country's north hit by a spillover of militancy in Syria. Alwaght-Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement and the Future party have emphasized on implementing the government securi ...

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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.