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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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Death Toll from Sri Lanka’s Garbage Mountain Landslide Rose to 22

Death Toll from Sri Lanka’s Garbage Mountain Landslide Rose to 22

Sunday 16 April 2017
Colombo, the capital, and speaking to survivors to determine how many were missing. The tragedy occurred Friday evening as people were celebrating the local new year. A resident who identified himself only as Sanjaya said that he and others were searching for three neighbors — an elderly man ...
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29 Dead, Scores Missing 3 Days after Rubbish Collapse in Sri Lanka

29 Dead, Scores Missing 3 Days after Rubbish Collapse in Sri Lanka

Monday 17 April 2017 ،
Colombo, when a huge mound collapsed Friday night during a local new year celebration and destroyed some 80 homes and more. Associated Press cited a Sri Lankan acticist as saying that, by Monday morning, authorities had pulled 29 bodies from beneath the debris. Authorities were unsure how many more ...
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Floods, Mudslides Hit Sri Lanka; 100 Killed, 99 Missing

Floods, Mudslides Hit Sri Lanka; 100 Killed, 99 Missing

Saturday 27 May 2017 ،
Colombo on Saturday, after Sri Lanka issued an international appeal for help. Another ship is due to arrive on Monday. The flooding is the worst since May 2003 when 250 people were killed and 10,000 homes destroyed after a similarly powerful Southwest monsoon, officials said. The DMC said the mons ...
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Buddhist Mobs Attack Minority Muslims in Sri Lanka

Buddhist Mobs Attack Minority Muslims in Sri Lanka

Wednesday 7 March 2018 ،
Colombo. He said the government will implement the rule of law impartially in the overwhelmingly Buddhist nation in which Muslims make up 9 percent of the 21 million population, the smallest minority after ethnic Tamils, most of whom are Hindus. Police ordered Dialog Axiata, the country’s la ...
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Terrorist Attacks Targeting Churches, Hotels in Sri Lanka Leave Over 207 Dead

Terrorist Attacks Targeting Churches, Hotels in Sri Lanka Leave Over 207 Dead

Sunday 21 April 2019 ،
Colombo and St. Sebastian’s Church in the nearby city of Negombo as well as Zion Church in the eastern city of Batticaloa on Sunday, as worshipers were attending Easter services. The Shangri-La, Cinnamon Grand, and Kingsbury hotels, which are situated in Colombo, were also targeted. Cinnamon ...
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Iran Slams Deadly Terrorist Attacks in Sri Lanka

Iran Slams Deadly Terrorist Attacks in Sri Lanka

Sunday 21 April 2019 ،
Colombo,” said the alert. The NTJ is a radical Muslim group in Sri Lanka that came to notice in 2018 when it was linked to the vandalization  of Buddhist statues.
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Sri Lanka Lifts Curfew after Bomb Attacks Kill 290

Sri Lanka Lifts Curfew after Bomb Attacks Kill 290

Monday 22 April 2019 ،
Colombo, the capital of predominantly Buddhist Sri Lanka, and a third church on the country’s northeast coast. However, authorities have already detained at least 24 suspects in connection with the investigation and continue to hunt for those associated with the attacks. There were fears the ...
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Seven Suicide Bombers Carried out Sri Lanka Attacks, Intl Network Involved: Officials

Seven Suicide Bombers Carried out Sri Lanka Attacks, Intl Network Involved: Officials

Monday 22 April 2019 ،
Colombo’s seafront, said Ariyananda Welianga, a senior official at the government’s forensic division. The others targeted three churches and two other hotels, Reuters reported. A fourth hotel and a house in a suburb of the capital Colombo were also targeted, but it was not immediately ...
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Sri Lanka Arrests Saudi Scholar Sparking Concerns of Wahhabi Influence

Sri Lanka Arrests Saudi Scholar Sparking Concerns of Wahhabi Influence

Sunday 12 May 2019 ،
Colombo and two other cities on April 21, killing at least 253 people. Sri Lankan police found the Nations Thawahid Jaman (NTJ) of having plotted the terrorist act and the group’s founder, Zahran Hashim, of having masterminded the blasts. Hashim blew himself up at a hotel in Colombo on t ...
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Zionist Regime Endangers Security of Region

Zionist Regime Endangers Security of Region

Wednesday 21 February 2024 ،
Colombo, during which the Iranian top diplomat said that the Islamic Republic of Iran appreciates Sri Lanka for joining the UN resolution to stop the genocide and war crimes in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. He added that Iran supports the South African government's initiative to internation ...

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