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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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Yemenis Destroy Saudi Warships, Spy Drone in Revenge Attacks
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Yemenis Destroy Saudi Warships, Spy Drone in Revenge Attacks

Thursday 4 February 2016
attacks. Alwaght-Saudi regime’s army continues to suffer humiliation at the hands of Yemeni forces with four of its warships and a spy drone being destroyed in recent retaliatory attacks. Yemen's Arabic-language al-Masirah TV website reported that Yemeni forces targeted and destroyed four ...
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Saudi Uses West-Sourced Arms against Yemen: Report
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Saudi Uses West-Sourced Arms against Yemen: Report

Monday 22 February 2016 ،
attacks by Saudi-led coalition since late March last year in a bid to bring the country’s fugitive former President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi, a Riyadh ally, back to power. Over 8,400 people, among them 2,236 children, have been killed and 17000 others injured since the onset of the warfare. The ...
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UAE Warplane Crashes in Yemen, Two Pilots Dead
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UAE Warplane Crashes in Yemen, Two Pilots Dead

Tuesday 15 March 2016 ،
attacks are meant to hit members of the Ansarullah movement. This is while over 8,500 people, mostly civilians and among them over 2,300 children, have been killed and almost 16,100 others injured since the onset of the aggression. The strikes have also taken a heavy toll on the country’s fac ...
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Israelis Keep Eagle Eye on Lebanon
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Israelis Keep Eagle Eye on Lebanon

Saturday 19 March 2016 ،
attack the country by gathering top government information and spying on the Lebanese resistance group, Hezbollah. Evidently, the Israelis have been keeping an eagle eye on Lebanon. Internet Scandal After Lebanon’s Telecommunications minister Boutros Harb announced in a televised speech that ...
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Over 17 Afghan Civilians Killed in US Terror Drone Attacks
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Over 17 Afghan Civilians Killed in US Terror Drone Attacks

Saturday 9 April 2016 ،
attacks in the southeastern Afghan province of Paktika killed at least 17 civilians, local officials and elders said. Alwaght- United States terror drone attacks in the southeastern Afghan province of Paktika killed at least 17 civilians, local officials and elders said. Hajji Muhammad Hasan, a for ...
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Afghan Taliban Chief Mullah Mansour Killed in Pakistan
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Afghan Taliban Chief Mullah Mansour Killed in Pakistan

Sunday 22 May 2016 ،
attack on Saturday. Alwaght-The Afghan intelligence agency says the leader of the Taliban Takfiri terrorist group in Afghanistan, Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Mansour, was killed in a drone attack on Saturday. “Akhtar Muhammad Mansour, the leader of the Taliban group, was killed around 3:45 p.m. ye ...
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Slain Taliban Chief was not in Iran: FM Spokesman
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Slain Taliban Chief was not in Iran: FM Spokesman

Tuesday 24 May 2016 ،
attack. “The relevant officials at the Islamic Republic deny that this person on this date crossed into Pakistan from Iran's border, Jaberi Ansari said. He added that Iran welcomes any measures aimed at restoring peace and stability in Afghanistan, without providing further details. Pak ...
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What Mullah Mansour’s Death Mean to Afghanistan, Taliban?
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What Mullah Mansour’s Death Mean to Afghanistan, Taliban?

Tuesday 24 May 2016 ،
attacks and blasts carried out by Taliban group. These accusations fanned tensions between Kabul and Islamabad. Afghanistan's deputy minister of defense believes that from now on heightened tensions would be observed in the two neighbors' relations. In addition to these consequences, there ...
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Pakistan Can’t Confirm Taliban’s Leader Death: Pakistan MoI
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Pakistan Can’t Confirm Taliban’s Leader Death: Pakistan MoI

Tuesday 24 May 2016 ،
attacked in the town of Dalbandin, Pakistan. Afghan intelligence also previously confirmed the death of the chief. “Akhtar Mansoor, Taliban leader is killed yesterday in an air strike in Dalbandin, Balouchistan [province], Pakistan,” the Afghan National Directorate of Security wrote on ...
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How Death of Taliban Leader Influences Islamabad-Kabul Relations?
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How Death of Taliban Leader Influences Islamabad-Kabul Relations?

Wednesday 25 May 2016 ،
attack. Pakistan argues that the American drones carried out the attack in its territory without coordination with Islamabad, and Islamabad did not see their later delivery of information to Pakistan about the operation as a work of coordination. Nawaz Sharif has blasted the US drone strikes, call ...

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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.