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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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110 Girls Missing after Boko Haram Raid on School in Northeast Nigeria
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110 Girls Missing after Boko Haram Raid on School in Northeast Nigeria

Monday 26 February 2018
Borno State. Many of the girls were released after negotiations, but more than 100 remain in captivity, their whereabouts unknown. There has been growing anger among locals over the government’s handling of the recent incident as well as reports that soldiers had been withdrawn from key check ...
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Dozens Killed, Injured after Twin Suicide Bombing Hit Northeast Nigeria
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Dozens Killed, Injured after Twin Suicide Bombing Hit Northeast Nigeria

Sunday 17 June 2018 ،
Borno. Alwaght- At least 34 people have been killed and 18 others wounded after two blasts in the northeast Nigerian state of Borno. According to Xinhuanet, the blasts were followed by another rocket-propelled grenade attack on people who gathered at the scene of the explosions to help the victims ...
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Death Toll from Boko Haram Attack on Nigerian Troops Tops 48
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Death Toll from Boko Haram Attack on Nigerian Troops Tops 48

Monday 3 September 2018 ،
Borno state and briefly seized it after a fierce battle. Boko Haram, which has been waging a deadly insurgency in Nigeria since 2009, has intensified attacks on military targets in recent months. At least 30 Nigerian soldiers were initially said to have been killed in Thursday's raid. The cas ...
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Militants Kills 25 Nigerian Soldiers in Borno State
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Militants Kills 25 Nigerian Soldiers in Borno State

Sunday 26 May 2019 ،
Borno state.   They ambushed and surrounded the vehicles of both the soldiers and the civilians and opened fire on them, one source told Reuters news agency.  They exchanged fire for some minutes before the Boko Haram militants overpowered the soldiers. The soldiers were reportedly ...
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30 Killed in Northeast Nigeria after Triple Attack
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30 Killed in Northeast Nigeria after Triple Attack

Monday 17 June 2019 ،
Borno State Alwaght- At least thirty Nigerian people have been killed after militants launched a triple bombing attack in Nigeria's Borno State. Local emergency services workers reported on Monday that 30 people had died in the triple blasts in the town of Konduga, 25 kilometers from  ...
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40 Civilians, 20 Soldiers Killed in Nigeria Terrorist Attack
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40 Civilians, 20 Soldiers Killed in Nigeria Terrorist Attack

Sunday 14 June 2020 ،
Borno State on Saturday. Eyewitnesses said militants armed with heavy weaponry, including rocket launchers, overran government forces in Monguno in the late morning hours, killing at least 20 soldiers and roaming the area for three hours. Hundreds of civilians were injured in the crossfire. The lo ...
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Sheikh Zakzaky’s Critical Conditions In Prison and Israeli-Saudi Role
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Sheikh Zakzaky’s Critical Conditions In Prison and Israeli-Saudi Role

Sunday 18 October 2020 ،
Borno in the northeast and not in predominantly Muslim-inhabited regions like the southwest or even poor regions of Nigeria.  Zaria crime case was sent to The Hague-based International Criminal Court by the British-based Islamic Henman Rights Commission (IHRC). Although the ICC has so far not ...
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Bandits Attack School in Nigeria’s Northwest, Kidnap Hundreds of Pupils
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Bandits Attack School in Nigeria’s Northwest, Kidnap Hundreds of Pupils

Sunday 13 December 2020 ،
Borno, where scores of farmers were killed and some beheaded last month.  
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Scores Killed after Gunmen Torch Bus in Nigeria
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Scores Killed after Gunmen Torch Bus in Nigeria

Wednesday 8 December 2021 ،
Borno State police. Citing residents, Reuters reported that the bus was overloaded and the bodies were burnt beyond recognition. It said at least 30 bodies, including those of women and children, were counted. Bandits in Nigeria move around on motor-bikes and are known to hide in forests, whe ...
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Over 3.4M Displaced by Flooding in West, Central Africa: UNHCR
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Over 3.4M Displaced by Flooding in West, Central Africa: UNHCR

Saturday 29 October 2022 ،
Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe states. In Cameroon, more than 63,000 people were affected by the flooding from two rivers in the districts of Kousseri, Zina, Makari, Blangoua and Logone Birni. In Chad, floods have affected more than 1 million people, prompting the government to declare a state of emerge ...

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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