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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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Five Factors Helping Syrian Kurds Gain Autonomy, Independence
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Five Factors Helping Syrian Kurds Gain Autonomy, Independence

Tuesday 17 November 2015
Damascus government on the one hand and on the other were those in favor of the country’s central government. But later ISIS entered the country in 2013, seizing the power and winning the upper hand among the other groups of the battlefield in Syria. Meanwhile, the Democratic Union Party (PYD) was s ...
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Saudi Forces Killed 7,500 Yemenis in Eight Months: Report
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Saudi Forces Killed 7,500 Yemenis in Eight Months: Report

Wednesday 18 November 2015 ،
Almost 7,500 people have been killed over an eight month period of the unabated Saudi aggression against the impoverished Arab state of Yemen, a new report says. Alwaght- Almost 7,500 people have been killed over an eight month period of the unabated Saudi aggression against the impoverished Arab st ...
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Hurdles Blocking Syrian Kurds' Road to Autonomy, Independence

Hurdles Blocking Syrian Kurds' Road to Autonomy, Independence

Wednesday 18 November 2015 ،
Damascus from there. (The measures taken to reach this goal included forming a joint command center of the opposition militants under Jaish al-Fatah title.) In case the Kurdish forces succeed in implementing their project, Turkey would lose one of its pivotal supply lines to the Syrian opposition fi ...
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Russian Jet Fighters Hit 206 New Terrorist Targets in Syria
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Russian Jet Fighters Hit 206 New Terrorist Targets in Syria

Thursday 19 November 2015 ،
Damascus government. Moscow says its air raids are meant to weaken ISIS and other terrorist groups that are wreaking havoc in Syria.  
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Yemen's Fugitive President Plaything of Al Saud

Yemen's Fugitive President Plaything of Al Saud

Thursday 19 November 2015 ،
Damt, a district located between Yemen’s Ibb and Dhale provinces. Damt is considered the gate to Adan from Dhale province. Moreover, the Ansarullah forces and their allies have managed to take over a strategic hill in Lahij province which shares border with Adan. With seizing the hill, the resistant ...
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Syrian Airstrikes Destroys 447 Terrorist Positions in 5 Days
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Syrian Airstrikes Destroys 447 Terrorist Positions in 5 Days

Saturday 21 November 2015 ،
Damascus Countryside, Homs, Hama, Idleb, Aleppo, Deir Ezzor, and Lattakia provinces in the period between the 15th and 20th of November. Alwaght- The Syrian Air Force carried out 114 sorties targeting 447 terrorist targets and destroyed them in Damascus Countryside, Homs, Hama, Idleb, Aleppo, Deir E ...
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France Eyes Russia Security Cooperation after Paris Terror Attacks
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France Eyes Russia Security Cooperation after Paris Terror Attacks

Sunday 22 November 2015 ،
Damascus government’s key ally, as they begun to talk about collaboration with the Syrian government’s forces in the fight against terrorism. On Friday, France drafted a resolution to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for fighting the terror group ISIS. The goal was to encourage different ...
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Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Qatar are ISIS Base of Operations
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Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Qatar are ISIS Base of Operations

Sunday 22 November 2015 ،
Damascus. Now I can say that the army is making advancement in nearly every front... in many different directions and areas on the Syrian ground, he said, speaking in English. Assad noted that unlike Washington, Moscow is coordinating with Damascus over the airstrikes in Syria, adding that the Rus ...
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Islamophobia Upsurge in Western Countries after Paris Attacks
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Islamophobia Upsurge in Western Countries after Paris Attacks

Monday 23 November 2015 ،
Anti-Islam rallies have been held in many parts of Australia on Sunday amid a worrying upsurge of Islamophobia in Western countries following recent Paris terror attacks. Alwaght- Anti-Islam rallies have been held in many parts of Australia on Sunday amid a worrying upsurge of Islamophobia in Wester ...
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Syrian Army Gains Ground in Aleppo as ISIS Suffers Heavy Loses
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Syrian Army Gains Ground in Aleppo as ISIS Suffers Heavy Loses

Monday 23 November 2015 ،
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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.