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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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Will Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi drag Egypt into the Libyan Swamp?
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Will Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi drag Egypt into the Libyan Swamp?

Tuesday 17 February 2015
Coptic church of Egypt. After the incident of abduction, ISIS magazine “Dapiq” claimed that Cairo plans to evacuate Egyptians from Libya. Following Egypt’s airstrikes on Libyan borders, the Libyan army has also requested Egyptian aerial bombardments in Libya, not just against ISIS terrorist group, b ...
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ISIS is at Europe’s door, if not already In it

ISIS is at Europe’s door, if not already In it

Wednesday 18 February 2015 ،
Coptic Egyptian Christians on a beach in Libya, shown as an online gruesome video, means that ISIS is at the doorstep of Europe. The Egyptian government declared a seven-day mourning period and President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi convened an emergency the National Defense Council to discuss what respons ...
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Rocket Attack Hits Airfield in East Libya
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Rocket Attack Hits Airfield in East Libya

Monday 23 February 2015 ،
Coptic Christians by local militants affiliated with the ISIL terror group. The ISIL terrorists carried out bomb attacks in the town of al-Qubah on Friday in response to the Derna raids.  Forty-five people were killed in the bombing and 41 others wounded. A military source said Libyan helicopte ...
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At Least 1000 Egyptians Evacuated From Libya
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At Least 1000 Egyptians Evacuated From Libya

Tuesday 24 February 2015 ،
Coptic Christians. Alwaght-Over the past four days, at least 1,000 Egyptians have been evacuated from Libya, the country where the ISIL Takfiri terrorists were recently shown purportedly beheading 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians . The Egyptians, who had fled to Tunisia, have been airlifted home, said ...
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Libya: NATO’s Gift to ISIS

Libya: NATO’s Gift to ISIS

Tuesday 24 February 2015 ،
Coptic Christians in Libya. Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni declared his anxiety against the risk of destabilizing neighboring countries due to possible alliances between local militias in Libya and ISIS terrorists.  “The deterioration of the situation on the ground forces the interna ...
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ISIS' Attacks on Christians: A Multipurpose Strategy
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ISIS' Attacks on Christians: A Multipurpose Strategy

Sunday 8 March 2015 ،
Coptics who were beheaded in Libya, recently. Execution is a symbolic step by the terrorist group to make their goal in its war against Christians and other minorities clear for the whole world to see. Alwaght-On February 23, ISIS attacked 35 Assyrian villages in northeast Syria.  The fate of ...
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ISIS Executes 9 'Spies' By Headshots, Video Shows
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ISIS Executes 9 'Spies' By Headshots, Video Shows

Sunday 15 March 2015 ،
Coptic Christians. The ISIS militants currently control parts of Syria and Iraq. Meanwhile, the Middle East Monitor Publication reported that the ISIS executed four of its members in the Iraqi city of Mosul. According to the Turkish Anadolu Agency, the four were beheaded in public by an executio ...

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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