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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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Nusra Terror Group Receives Major Blow: Nasrallah
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Nusra Terror Group Receives Major Blow: Nasrallah

Thursday 11 June 2015
Alwaght-Hezbollah Chief Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah hailed the great achievements by Lebanese resistance' fighters' at Qalamoun in the past couple of days and that the mountain peaks are now under the control of the Syrian Arab Army and Hezbollah. Sayyed Nasrallah added that in the barrens of Ar ...
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ISIS cannot Emerge in Afghanistan without Foreign Assistance: Karzai
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ISIS cannot Emerge in Afghanistan without Foreign Assistance: Karzai

Friday 12 June 2015 ،
Alwaght-Former Afghan President says ISIS terrorist group is unable to rise in his country unless it receives foreign backing. Alwaght- Former Afghan President says ISIS terrorist group is unable to rise in his country unless it receives foreign backing. In an interview with RT,  Karzai noted t ...
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Geneva Peace Talks: Reasons, Objectives
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Geneva Peace Talks: Reasons, Objectives

Saturday 13 June 2015 ،
Alwaght- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced on Saturday, 6 June 2015 that peace talks between warring factions of Yemen crisis would be convened in Geneva on June14. Amidst, Marie Harf, the spokesman for the US State Department announced that Washington supports efforts to resume ...
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'Bin Salam Controls King, Pushing Kingdom into All-Out Crisis': Saudi Pilot
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'Bin Salam Controls King, Pushing Kingdom into All-Out Crisis': Saudi Pilot

Wednesday 24 June 2015 ،
Alwaght- A Saudi pilot who took part in the bombing of Yemen during the latest aggression has committed suicide, according to al-Mustakilla TV. Alwaght- A Saudi pilot who took part in the bombing of Yemen during the latest aggression has committed suicide, according to al-Mustakilla TV. The Tunisian ...
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Jaish al-Fatah, New Face of Terrorism in Syria
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Jaish al-Fatah, New Face of Terrorism in Syria

Thursday 2 July 2015 ،
Jaish al-Fatah, which translates to the Army of Conquest, is yet another extremist group among many other foreign-backed terrorist units that have been fighting against the Syrian army since the conflict broke out in 2011. Jaish al-Fatah, which translates to the Army of Conquest, is yet another ext ...
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Yemen Revolution from Beginning to Saudi-Led Aggression
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Yemen Revolution from Beginning to Saudi-Led Aggression

Thursday 2 July 2015 ،
Alwaght-North Yemen and South Yemen joined together in 1990 and formed the Republic of Yemen. Since the country's unification until the beginning of Yemen revolution in 2011, Ali Abdullah Saleh has ruled the Unified Yemen. Lack of circulation of elites and the authoritarianism based on hegemony ...
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US Arab Allies to Arm Kurds in Iraq if White House Doesn't
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US Arab Allies to Arm Kurds in Iraq if White House Doesn't

Monday 6 July 2015 ،
Alwaght – The last US refusal of directly arming the Iraqi Kurds has exasperated its Arab allies pushing them to implement the arming action themselves. Alwaght – The last US refusal of directly arming the Iraqi Kurds has exasperated its Arab allies pushing them to implement the arming action t ...
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US Involved in Emergence of ISIS Terrorists in Syria, Iraq: Report
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US Involved in Emergence of ISIS Terrorists in Syria, Iraq: Report

Tuesday 7 July 2015 ،
Alwaght-The United States and its regional and western allies have been playing with terrorist groups as they exploited their existence, a new report reveals. Alwaght-The United States and its regional and western allies have been playing with terrorist groups as they exploited their existence, a ne ...
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Methodology of Takfiri Groups: Dimensions, Implications
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Methodology of Takfiri Groups: Dimensions, Implications

Wednesday 15 July 2015 ،
Alwaght- The idea of Caliphate is one of the most fundamental issues which have haunted the mind of Sunni Muslims over the last 100 years. In this regard, dozens of political groups were created and the Islamic scholars wrote hundreds of books, claiming the Islamic caliphate has already declined the ...
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60 British Terrorists Killed Fighting for ISIS in Iraq, Syria: Report
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60 British Terrorists Killed Fighting for ISIS in Iraq, Syria: Report

Thursday 16 July 2015 ،
Alwaght-Over 60 Britons have been killed while fighting for the ISIS terrorist group in Iraq and Syria since 2002. Alwaght-Over 60 Britons have been killed while fighting for the ISIS terrorist group in Iraq and Syria since 2002. According to The Daily Telegraph, the figure, confirmed by governmen ...

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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.