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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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Bahraini Regime Sentences Rights Activist to Six Months in Jail
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Bahraini Regime Sentences Rights Activist to Six Months in Jail

Wednesday 21 January 2015
Alwaght – Bahraini regime sentenced Nabeel Rajab, one of the highest-profile democracy campaigners in the Arab world, to six months in jail on Tuesday over remarks critical of the state, Reuters reported. Alwaght – Bahraini regime sentenced Nabeel Rajab, one of the highest-profile democracy campaig ...
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Structural Analysis of Kurdish Peshmerga Force in Iraq
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Structural Analysis of Kurdish Peshmerga Force in Iraq

Saturday 25 July 2015 ،
Alwaght- Up to 1990, Peshmerga paramilitary force operated as the military wing of the militant Kurdish parties, especially the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), led by Jalal Talabani and Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iraq (KDP), led by Masoud Barzani. After the establishment of the Kurdistan Regi ...
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Bahrain, Israeli Regime Relations' Record
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Bahrain, Israeli Regime Relations' Record

Sunday 23 August 2015 ،
Dinars fine and trade license revocation were penalties that Bahraini parliament set for the bill's violators. Banning any political meeting between Bahraini and Israeli officials and restoring the law to boycot Israel regime were the direct outcomes of Bahrain's parliament anti- Israeli bil ...
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Kuwait Jails Five ISIS Financiers
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Kuwait Jails Five ISIS Financiers

Monday 2 November 2015 ،
A Kuwaiti court on Monday sentenced five people to 10 years in prison each for financing ISIS terrorist group. Alwaght- A Kuwaiti court on Monday sentenced five people to 10 years in prison each for financing ISIS terrorist group. The men were charged with raising about 400,000 Kuwaiti dinars ($1 ...
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Kuwait Busts ISIS-Affiliated Terror Cell
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Kuwait Busts ISIS-Affiliated Terror Cell

Friday 20 November 2015 ،
Authorities in Kuwait on Thursday arrested several men suspected of belonging to an ISIS terror cell. Alwaght- Authorities in Kuwait on Thursday arrested several men suspected of belonging to an ISIS terror cell. Kuwait State TV, quoting a Kuwaiti Interior Ministry statement, said the cell was invo ...
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G4S; Pro-Israeli Firm In Charge of Hajj Pilgrimage
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G4S; Pro-Israeli Firm In Charge of Hajj Pilgrimage

Wednesday 14 September 2016 ،
Saudi Arabia uses the security company and so provides it with all of information of the Muslim pilgrims. Alwaght- In past few years G4S security firm has been under contract of Saudi Arabia to provide security of the annual Hajj pilgrimage. Due to inappropriate reaction of the security forces and h ...
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Bahrain Puts French TV Reporter on Trial
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Bahrain Puts French TV Reporter on Trial

Wednesday 28 December 2016 ،
Bahrain officials say the reporter of the Franc 24 news channel will be put on trial early next year, Bahrain Mirror news site reported Alwaght- Bahrain officials say the reporter of the Franc 24 news channel will be put on trial early next year, Bahrain Mirror news site reported Nazeeha Saeed ...

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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