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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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Libya Peace Talks,  Conflicting Foreign Interests
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Libya Peace Talks, Conflicting Foreign Interests

Tuesday 13 November 2018
Fayez al-Sarraj who came to power following an accord reached between powerful parties in 2015 and has the backing of the United Nations. And the second one is based in the eastern port city of Tobruk, headed by Aguila Saleh Issa, the president of the Libyan House of Representatives since 2014 and i ...
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Tension in Libya as General Haftar Forces Advance, UN Voices Concern
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Tension in Libya as General Haftar Forces Advance, UN Voices Concern

Thursday 4 April 2019 ،
Fayez al-Sarraj. The media office of Haftar’s self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA) announced in a statement on Wednesday that the advance on the country’s west was meant to root out what it called “terrorist groups” in the restive region. “In fulfillment of his ...
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General Haftar’s Forces Marching Tripoli amid Fears of Civil War
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General Haftar’s Forces Marching Tripoli amid Fears of Civil War

Saturday 6 April 2019 ،
Fayez al-Sarraj, had pushed back Haftar's forces from a key checkpoint less than 30 km  from Tripoli. Media reports said 145 LNA fighters had been captured in Zawiya, west of the Libyan capital, and 60 vehicles belonging to pro-Haftar forces had also been confiscated. The recent escalatio ...
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Libya Escalation: Arabic, Western Role
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Libya Escalation: Arabic, Western Role

Sunday 7 April 2019 ،
Fayez al-Sarraj, the chairman of the Presidential Council of Libya and prime minister of the NAG, issued an order for setting up a joint operation command. The order named the Western Command’s chief as the head of the joint command. Al-Sarraj also tasked the air force with launching air raid ...
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What’s Driving Turkish Role in Libya’s Developments?
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What’s Driving Turkish Role in Libya’s Developments?

Wednesday 22 May 2019 ،
Fayez al-Sarraj established contacts with its ally Turkey and asked it to provide anything, including military and non-military help, to repel General Khalifa Haftar’s campaign to seize the capital. The assault on Tripoli, which so far killed over 400, injured thousands, and displaced hundred ...
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Jordan, Turkey, UAE Violated Libya Arms Embargo: UN
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Jordan, Turkey, UAE Violated Libya Arms Embargo: UN

Friday 8 November 2019 ،
Fayez al-Sarraj, is accused of supplying his forces with military material ranging from armored vehicles to drones. Both parties to the conflict received weapons and military equipment, technical support and non-Libyan fighters in non-compliance with the sanctions measures related to arms, said the ...
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Turkey Seeks to Set up Military Base in Libya: Report
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Turkey Seeks to Set up Military Base in Libya: Report

Tuesday 17 December 2019 ،
Fayez al-Sarraj. Turkish daily Yeni Shafak quoted military sources as saying that Ankara asked the Turkish armed forces to equip ships and warplanes in preparation for the transfer of Turkish forces to Libya. The sources said that the transfer process to Tripoli has begun, with the ships transferr ...
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Libyan Rebel Commander Leaves Moscow without Signing Peace Deal
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Libyan Rebel Commander Leaves Moscow without Signing Peace Deal

Tuesday 14 January 2020 ،
Fayez al-Sarraj and Haftar held about eight hours of direct talks mediated by Moscow and Ankara in the Russian capital on Monday. On Tuesday, the Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed that, despite the drafting of an agreement, Haftar had left without signing the deal. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Ma ...
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France Slams Turkey for Breaching Berlin Agreement on Libya
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France Slams Turkey for Breaching Berlin Agreement on Libya

Thursday 30 January 2020 ،
Fayez al-Sarraj, and another group based in the eastern city of Tobruk, supported militarily by rebel forces under the command of a renegade general, Khalifa Haftar. The rebels launched an offensive to capture the capital, Tripoli, in April last year. Despite intense fighting, they have so far fail ...
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Libya Rivals Agree to Ceasefire in Principle: UN Envoy
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Libya Rivals Agree to Ceasefire in Principle: UN Envoy

Tuesday 4 February 2020 ،
Fayez al-Sarraj, and a camp in the eastern city of Tobruk, supported militarily by rebel forces under the command of Haftar — since 2014. Haftar’s rebel forces launched an assault on the capital to unseat Sarraj’s government in April. Numerous attempts to broker peace between the ...

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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