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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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Massive Ansar Allah Operation in Central Yemen Reveals Alliance Between al-Qaeda and Islamic State
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Massive Ansar Allah Operation in Central Yemen Reveals Alliance Between al-Qaeda and Islamic State

Monday 31 August 2020
A recent operation carried out in Yemen’s al-Badya province by Ansar Allah revealed an active alliance between al-Qaeda and IS forces who, documents reveal, were hoping to recreate a Mosul or Raqqa-like scenario in central Yemen. Yemen may be set to repeat the horrific events of 2014, when fighters ...
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No Evidence of Hezbollah Explosives Stores in France: Foreign Ministry
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No Evidence of Hezbollah Explosives Stores in France: Foreign Ministry

Saturday 19 September 2020 ،
France has rejected the US claim that Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah has stockpiles of ammonium nitrate stashed around Europe, saying there was no evidence suggesting Hezbollah was storing chemicals to make explosives in France. Alwaght– France has rejected the US claim that Lebanese ...
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Three Cases Of Turkish Crimes In Afrin
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Three Cases Of Turkish Crimes In Afrin

Tuesday 12 January 2021 ،
Turkish forces have committed crimes along with the aligned militias or have been source of these crimes in the Kurdish town of Afrin northwestern Syria. Alwaght- Recently Syrian and international rights groups have reported about appalling crimes against humanity in Syria's Afrin three years af ...
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Bomb Attacks Hit Convoys of US-Led Coalition in Iraq
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Bomb Attacks Hit Convoys of US-Led Coalition in Iraq

Saturday 23 January 2021 ،
US-led coalition’s convoys have been targeted in Iraq as anti-American sentiments have been running high in the Arab country since the US assassinated the deputy head of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and Iran’s top anti-terror commander, Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani ...
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Saudi Arabia, UAE behind Deadly Bombings in Baghdad: Iraqi Group
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Saudi Arabia, UAE behind Deadly Bombings in Baghdad: Iraqi Group

Saturday 23 January 2021 ،
An Iraqi Group accused Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) of being behind the Baghdad’s deadly bomb Attacks. Alwaght- An Iraqi Group accused Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) of being behind the Baghdad's deadly bomb Attacks. Saad al-Saadi, a member of Iraq&rsquo ...
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30 Taliban Militants, 5 Afghan Security Forces Killed in Separate Blasts
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30 Taliban Militants, 5 Afghan Security Forces Killed in Separate Blasts

Saturday 13 February 2021 ،
At least 30 Taliban militants were killed after an explosive device went off inside a mosque in Dawlatabad district of the northern Balkh province on Saturday. Alwaght- At least 30 Taliban militants were killed after an explosive device went off inside a mosque in Dawlatabad district of the northern ...
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Biden to Call Saudi King Salman ahead of Releasing Khashoggi Findings
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Biden to Call Saudi King Salman ahead of Releasing Khashoggi Findings

Wednesday 24 February 2021 ،
President Joe Biden reportedly is to call call Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz on Wednesday, ahead of the scheduled release of a US intelligence report detailing the brutal killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Alwaght- President Joe Biden reportedly is to call call Saudi King Salman bin Abdu ...
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US, Allies Drop 46 Bombs Per Day for 20 Years: Report
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US, Allies Drop 46 Bombs Per Day for 20 Years: Report

Sunday 7 March 2021 ،
The United States has been at war for nearly every year of its existence as an independent nation, fighting in 227 years of its 244-year history. The United States and its allies have dropped at least 326,000 bombs and missiles on countries in the greater Middle East/ North Africa region since 2001. ...
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Car Bomb Kills 7, Wounds over 50 in Afghan Herat province
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Car Bomb Kills 7, Wounds over 50 in Afghan Herat province

Saturday 13 March 2021 ،
At least seven people have been killed and more than 50 others injured in Afghanistan’s western Herat province after a powerful car bomb exploded near a police station on Friday night. Alwaght- At least seven people have been killed and more than 50 others injured in Afghanistan’s western Hera ...
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Somali Army Kills 76 Shabab Militants
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Somali Army Kills 76 Shabab Militants

Sunday 4 April 2021 ،
At least 76 al-Shabab militants were killed in Somalia after a fierce fighting broke out on Saturday between Army and the Al-Qaeda linked terrorist group. Alwaght- At least 76 al-Shabab militants were killed in Somalia after a fierce fighting broke out on Saturday between Army and the Al-Qaeda linke ...

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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.