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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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Hakim Omar Khayyam
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Hakim Omar Khayyam

Sunday 28 February 2016
Khayyam is one of the most popular and well-known poets in the world. Being a poet is a small part of his works since he is an outstanding mathematician and astronomer. Omar Khayyam, Arabic in full Ghiyāth al-Dīn Abū al-Fatḥ ʿUmar ibn Ibrāhīm al-Nīsābūrī al-Khayyāmī (born May 18, ...
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US Warship Crashes into Cargo Ship off Japan Coast, 7  Sailors Missing
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US Warship Crashes into Cargo Ship off Japan Coast, 7 Sailors Missing

Saturday 17 June 2017 ،
Fitzgerald collided with a merchant vessel near Yokosuka, Japan. Alwaght-Seven US Navy sailors are missing after USS Fitzgerald collided with a merchant vessel near Yokosuka, Japan. According to a US Pacific Fleet spokesman, three other American sailors are being treated for injuries after the Satu ...
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Seven US Navy Sailors Dead after US Warship Collision off Japan Coast
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Seven US Navy Sailors Dead after US Warship Collision off Japan Coast

Sunday 18 June 2017 ،
Fitzgerald collided with the Philippine-flagged merchant ship the ACX Crystal at around 2:30 a.m. Saturday local time (1:30 p.m. Friday ET) about 56 nautical miles southwest of Yokosuka, officials said. A defense official told NBC News that the bodies of all seven sailors have been found. The area ...
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10 Sailors Still Missing after US Warship Collides in Singapore
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10 Sailors Still Missing after US Warship Collides in Singapore

Monday 21 August 2017 ،
Fitzgerald collided with a Philippines container ship off the coast of Japan, killing seven navy sailors. The two senior officers and the senior enlisted sailor on the Fitzgerald were removed after the incident. The USS Fitzgerald and USS John S McCain are both ballistic missile defense (BMD) capab ...
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Dead US Sailors Found after Warship Collision
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Dead US Sailors Found after Warship Collision

Tuesday 22 August 2017 ،
Fitzgerald collided with a Philippines container ship off the coast of Japan, killing seven navy sailors. The two senior officers and the senior enlisted sailor on the Fitzgerald were removed after the incident. The USS Fitzgerald and USS John S McCain are both ballistic missile defense (BMD) capab ...
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Assange Extradition Hearing Opens with Scathing Condemnation by Mainstream Media
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Assange Extradition Hearing Opens with Scathing Condemnation by Mainstream Media

Tuesday 25 February 2020 ،
Fitzgerald, Q.C., stated that “This is not about criminal justice, it’s about making an example” of his client, adding that the charges were “grossly inflated.” Kristinn Hrafnsson, Icelandic investigative journalist and current editor-in-chief of Wikileaks, demanded to ...
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Is Invisible Revenge Behind The US Navy Ship Fire?
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Is Invisible Revenge Behind The US Navy Ship Fire?

Saturday 18 July 2020 ،
Fitzgerald and USS Russell, to faraway piers.  Fire cause unclear  So far, the cause of the explosion was not discovered by the navy authorities or they may not want to tell people what really caused the huge ship to burn. A spokesman to the navy said that the force is yet to find out wh ...
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US Says It Reserves Right to Retaliate after Russia’s Tit-for-Tat Response
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US Says It Reserves Right to Retaliate after Russia’s Tit-for-Tat Response

Saturday 17 April 2021 ،
Fitzgerald Kennedy in 1963. The unusual step to publicize the response was taken “in view of the unprecedented complications in Russia-US relations provoked by Washington,” the Foreign Ministry said. US sanctions and messages from Washington “show that Washington i ...
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Iranian Naval Helicopter Engages US Warship in Sea of Oman
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Iranian Naval Helicopter Engages US Warship in Sea of Oman

Wednesday 23 July 2025 ،
Fitzgerald was intercepted by an Iranian Navy helicopter in the Sea of Oman ALWAGHT- The USS Fitzgerald was intercepted by an Iranian Navy helicopter in the Sea of Oman, which issued warning signals that caused the American vessel to alter its course to the south. Iran’s military reported tha ...

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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.