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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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Libyan Recognized Government Clashes Over Control of Eastern Oil Ports
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Libyan Recognized Government Clashes Over Control of Eastern Oil Ports

Sunday 14 December 2014
Haftar allied to Thinni, its commander Tarek Eshnaina told Reuters . We are a third force commissioned by the chief of staff Abdulsalam Jadallah and commander-in-chief Nouri Abu Sahmain, he said. Abu Sahman is head of the General National Congress (GNC), the rival parliament based in Tripoli . ...
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Clashes claim 23 lives, wound 69 in Libya’s Benghazi
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Clashes claim 23 lives, wound 69 in Libya’s Benghazi

Sunday 8 February 2015 ،
Haftar over the past months. Battles among the rival militants, who had participated in the anti-Gaddafi uprising, are mainly over the control of oil facilities in eastern Libya.
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Libya Warring Factions Must Unite to Fight ISIS
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Libya Warring Factions Must Unite to Fight ISIS

Monday 16 February 2015 ،
Haftar, an autonomous military figure whose loyalists have been instrumental in protecting Libya’s internationally recognized government. However, Zanki rejects his suspension on legal grounds.  A complaint has reportedly been filed over the issue, and Zanki says he holds his position pending the le ...
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Libya Warring Factions Must Unite to Fight ISIS
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Libya Warring Factions Must Unite to Fight ISIS

Monday 16 February 2015 ،
Haftar, an autonomous military figure whose loyalists have been instrumental in protecting Libya’s internationally recognized government. However, Zanki rejects his suspension on legal grounds.  A complaint has reportedly been filed over the issue, and Zanki says he holds his position pending t ...
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Will Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi drag Egypt into the Libyan Swamp?
Analysis

Will Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi drag Egypt into the Libyan Swamp?

Tuesday 17 February 2015 ،
Haftar. Since he toppled the Islamist President Mohammad Mursi and seized power, Abdel Fattah Al Sisi follows the Saudi agenda.  His victory in the presidential elections on May 2014 was a symbol of the Saudi Monarchy’s success in turning back what it labelled as “strange chaos” following revolution ...
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Islamist, Secular Movements Clash in Libya

Islamist, Secular Movements Clash in Libya

Thursday 28 May 2015 ،
Haftar commander of Operation Dignity, is one of the most prominent figures of the secular movement who is supported by foreign groups. Based on a report released by Reuter's news agency Haftar is linked to some political groups and Western intelligence agencies especially the United States’ Cen ...
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ISIS Expand its Influence in Libya: Reasons, Backgrounds
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ISIS Expand its Influence in Libya: Reasons, Backgrounds

Wednesday 10 June 2015 ،
Haftar (Tobruk government) and Fajr of Libya (Tripoli government) prove fruitful, ISIS will be seriously limited. Therefore, in this case, ISIS is not expected to have long-term presence and activity in Libya. 
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UAE on Path of Adventurism as West Asia Undergoes Radical Developments
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UAE on Path of Adventurism as West Asia Undergoes Radical Developments

Sunday 4 October 2015 ،
Haftar. In March 2011, in the framework of the Shield Forces, the UAE entered Bahrain Island, but the adventures of Abu Dhabi was not limited to these two countries and in various operations, including “the Storm of Resolve” and ‘the Golden Arrow” made attempts to change the military equations ...
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Libya, Long Way to Unity Government
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Libya, Long Way to Unity Government

Sunday 3 January 2016 ،
Haftar. On the other hand, deep gaps remain standing between the liberal Islamists in one side and the fundamentalists and the revolutionaries on the other side. In addition to these political challenges, the presence of such terror groups as Al-Qaeda in the Islamic country Maghreb and ISIS in Sirt ...

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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