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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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Hundreds of UN staff and Foreigners Evacuated from Yemen
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Hundreds of UN staff and Foreigners Evacuated from Yemen

Sunday 29 March 2015
Alwaght- Hundreds of UN staff and other foreigners working in embassies in the Yemeni capital of Sana’a have been evacuated from their missions, as Saudi Arabia has been carrying out military airstrikes against Yemen. Alwaght- Hundreds of UN staff and other foreigners working in embassies in the Yem ...
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Saudi Arabia aggression over Yemen: The Ramifications of air operations and feasibility of ground invasion – part I

Saudi Arabia aggression over Yemen: The Ramifications of air operations and feasibility of ground invasion – part I

Tuesday 7 April 2015 ،
Saudi Arabia launched an aggression against Yemeni people since March 26 2015, and so far it did not achieve any of its claimed goal, else that slaughtering hundreds of innocent Yemeni civilians not to mention the large number causalities caused so far Alwaght-Saudi Arabia launched an aggression aga ...
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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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New Round of Developments in Iraq: Attacks on Iran, PMF

New Round of Developments in Iraq: Attacks on Iran, PMF

Monday 24 August 2015 ،
Alwaght- Dismissal of Nouri al-Maliki from the political scene of Iraq is not the only possible outcome of exploiting the public protests in Iraq. Since Saturday 15 August, there have been clues indicating that some unknown movements are just making attempts to provoke violence in the popular gather ...
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Assad Upbeat Iran, Syria, Russia, Iraq Anti-Terror Alliance to Succeed
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Assad Upbeat Iran, Syria, Russia, Iraq Anti-Terror Alliance to Succeed

Monday 5 October 2015 ،
Alwaght- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has expressed optimism that that his country's coalition with Russia, Iran and Iraq will succeed in defeating terrorism. Alwaght- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has expressed optimism that that his country's coalition with Russia, Iran and Iraq wil ...
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Media War on Russian Jet Entrance into Turkey's Airspace
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Media War on Russian Jet Entrance into Turkey's Airspace

Wednesday 7 October 2015 ،
Moscow’s commitment to the Syrian government runs counter to current US policy, and this is the main pain that can explain all this exaggeration over accidental jet entrance into Turkish airspace. Alwaght-The recent incident with the Russian jet, which accidentally violated Turkey's airspace, ha ...
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  US Shifts Priority from Countering ISIS to Removing Assad

US Shifts Priority from Countering ISIS to Removing Assad

Wednesday 14 October 2015 ،
Recent developments indicate a shift in the United States' priority list in Syria. From fighting terrorism embodied in ISIS to removing Syrian government, Alwaght- US-led coalition warplanes are carrying out strikes against militants' positions in Syria. At the same time, American cargo plan ...
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Tunisian Authorities Pull Thorns of Terrorism in Wide-scale Operations
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Tunisian Authorities Pull Thorns of Terrorism in Wide-scale Operations

Monday 2 November 2015 ،
Anti-terrorist operations are in full swing in Tunisia from military manoeuvers in the mountains to the tracking of sleeping terrorist cells in the cities Alwaght- Anti-terrorist operations are in full swing in Tunisia from military manoeuvers in the mountains to the tracking of sleeping terrorist c ...
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Has France Budged on Its Assad Stance?
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Has France Budged on Its Assad Stance?

Tuesday 8 December 2015 ،
France may be budging on its harsh and relentless stance on the removal of Syrian president Bashar Assad. Alwaght- Maybe is a word that implies possibility but is far from confirming it. France may be budging on its harsh and relentless stance on the removal of Syrian president Bashar Assad. What m ...
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Israeli Regime Killed Qantar, Hezbollah Will Revenge Appropriately: Nasrallah
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Israeli Regime Killed Qantar, Hezbollah Will Revenge Appropriately: Nasrallah

Tuesday 22 December 2015 ،
Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah has vowed that the resistance movement will not leave Israeli regime’s assassination of its high-ranking member Samir Qantar unanswered. Alwaght- Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah has vowed that the resistance movement will not le ...

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Exclusive: A mirror named the Persian Gulf: Reflecting the continuity of Iranian identity

Exclusive: A mirror named the Persian Gulf: Reflecting the continuity of Iranian identity