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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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Saudi Arabia behind Attack on Egyptian Coptic Church?
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Saudi Arabia behind Attack on Egyptian Coptic Church?

Tuesday 13 December 2016
Coptic Christian community is mourning a deadly terrorists attack on Sunday that killed 24 people, most of them women and children. Alwaght-Egyptian Coptic Christian community is mourning a deadly terrorist attack on Sunday that killed 25 people, most of them women and children. The attack on St Pe ...
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Trump’s Banning Entry to Muslims Feeding into Narrative Used by ISIS
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Trump’s Banning Entry to Muslims Feeding into Narrative Used by ISIS

Sunday 29 January 2017 ،
Coptic Christians in Libya in 2015 but several other massacres on a similar scale have targeted Syrian soldiers and rebels, Kurdish fighters and Iraqi soldiers, all believed to be Muslims. In the territory it controls across Iraq and Syria, Isis’ brutal interpretation of Sharia law also allow ...
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Egypt’s Parliament Authorizes State of Emergency
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Egypt’s Parliament Authorizes State of Emergency

Tuesday 11 April 2017 ،
Coptic Christian community that has increasingly been targeted by terrorists.. The countrywide state of emergency was declared by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Sunday after the attacks but required parliamentary approval according to the constitution. The end of emergency law was a key demand ...
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What Drives Are Taking Iraq’s Al-Hakim to Egypt?
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What Drives Are Taking Iraq’s Al-Hakim to Egypt?

Thursday 20 April 2017 ،
Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria. Following Egypt visit, the head of National Alliance will visit Tunisia and Algeria. An array of speculations began to appear about al-Hakim's visit to the three countries of the Arab West region. Some analysts, however, suggest that this is coming as anoth ...
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Israel Closed Its Embassy in Egypt since 5 Months Ago
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Israel Closed Its Embassy in Egypt since 5 Months Ago

Monday 8 May 2017 ،
Coptic churches, Israel went back on that decision. We have no new information about the Israeli mission returning to Cairo, the official said.  Egypt and Jordan are the only two Arab governments that have official diplomatic ties with Tel Aviv and host Israeli missions. The rest of the Arab ...
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28 Egyptian Christians Killed in Bus Attack
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28 Egyptian Christians Killed in Bus Attack

Friday 26 May 2017 ،
Coptic Christians in Egypt, killing more than 28 people and wounding dozens. Alwaght- Masked gunmen on Friday attacked two buses and a truck carrying Coptic Christians in Egypt, killing more than 28 people and wounding dozens. Egyptian officials say children were among the dead travelling to t ...
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Egypt Bombs Militants’ Training Camp in Libya
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Egypt Bombs Militants’ Training Camp in Libya

Saturday 27 May 2017 ،
Coptic Christians caravan south of the Egyptian capital Cairo. Alwaght- Egyptian air force has launched airstrikes on militants training camps in Libya after armed militants ambushed a Coptic Christians caravan south of the Egyptian capital Cairo. State television, citing an army statemen ...
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ISIS Claims Deadly Attack on Egyptian Christians
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ISIS Claims Deadly Attack on Egyptian Christians

Saturday 27 May 2017 ،
Coptic Christian pilgrims traveling on a bus south of Cairo. Alwaght-ISIS terrorist group has claimed responsibility for an attack that killed 29 Coptic Christian pilgrims traveling on a bus south of Cairo. The ISIS-linked Amaq News Agency, carried the claim, according to the SITE Intelligence Grou ...
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West to Blame for Terrorism, Crises in West Asia, North Africa: Russia FM
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West to Blame for Terrorism, Crises in West Asia, North Africa: Russia FM

Tuesday 30 May 2017 ،
Coptic Christians once again highlights the need for vigilance. We stand united in our attempt to boost anti-terrorist efforts around the globe,” Lavrov said, referring to the May 26 Daesh terror attack on a bus carrying Coptic Christians in Egypt’s southern Minya Province that killed 28 ...
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10 Dead in Terrorist Attack on Cairo Coptic Church
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10 Dead in Terrorist Attack on Cairo Coptic Church

Friday 29 December 2017 ،
Coptic church south of Egyptian capital killing at least nine people in the latest attack on the country’s Christian minority. Alwaght- At least two terrorists on a motorcycle opened fire outside a Coptic church south of Egyptian capital, Cairo on Friday, killing at least nine people in the lat ...

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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