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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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Turkish Forces Kill 5 PKK Militants in Hakkari Province
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Turkish Forces Kill 5 PKK Militants in Hakkari Province

Friday 16 September 2016
Hakkari. Alwaght- Turkey security forces have killed at least five members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in two separate operations in the country's southeastern province of Hakkari. Turkey’s Police units attacked the outlawed PKK members in the Gol Tepe area of the southeas ...
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Turkish Army Kills 20 PKK Members
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Turkish Army Kills 20 PKK Members

Monday 3 October 2016 ،
Hakkari province where borders Iraq, detonated explosives on a road as a military vehicle passed, killing two soldiers and wounding a third, the sources said. The autonomy-seeking PKK, deemed a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and European Union, took up arms in 1984, and more th ...
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Terrorist Attack Kills 6 in Turkey
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Terrorist Attack Kills 6 in Turkey

Sunday 9 October 2016 ،
Hakkari Province near the border with Iraq and Iran, where Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants are active. Another car bomb exploded yesterday near Ankara when police forces surrounded the terrorists in a horse farm outside the city. The Turkish Anadolu news agency reported that Ankara ...
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Turkey Army Kills 33 Pro-Kurdish PKK Militants in Hakkari Province
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Turkey Army Kills 33 Pro-Kurdish PKK Militants in Hakkari Province

Friday 21 October 2016 ،
Hakkari province, the military said on Friday. Alwaght- Turkish army has killed some 33 members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group in an ongoing operation in the country’s southeastern Hakkari province, the military said on Friday. The Turkish General Staff said in a s ...
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Turkish Airstrikes in Iraq Kill 29 PKK Militants
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Turkish Airstrikes in Iraq Kill 29 PKK Militants

Sunday 28 May 2017 ،
Hakkari governorate said in a statement. Meanwhile three PKK militants were killed in Turkey in an air operation in Hakkari's rural area in the Armutlu district of Kavakli village, according to another statement by the Hakkari governorate. Last month, Iraqi Prime Minister Haydar al Abadi conde ...
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Turkey Kills Some 100 Kurdish Militants near Iraqi Border
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Turkey Kills Some 100 Kurdish Militants near Iraqi Border

Sunday 10 September 2017 ،
Hakkari, near the Iraqi border, Turkish military said in a statement on Saturday. “Ninety-nine terrorists have been neutralized. One is in the so-called leading ranks,” it said. The outlawed PKK group, which seeks autonomy for the largely Kurdish southeast, has waged a more than three- ...
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Turkish President Vows Intensified Crackdown on PKK
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Turkish President Vows Intensified Crackdown on PKK

Tuesday 7 November 2017 ،
Hakkari. Meanwhile, the Interior Ministry announced on Tuesday that at least 46 Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), terrorists have been killed in military operations in eastern Turkey. Erdogan reminded that commanders of Turkish army are reviewing the military troops present along the Turkey' ...
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PKK Fighters Kill Two Soldiers in Southeastern Turkey
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PKK Fighters Kill Two Soldiers in Southeastern Turkey

Monday 25 December 2017 ،
Hakkari Alwaght- Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) terrorist group have killed on Monday two Turkish soldiers in the country’s southeastern province of Hakkari. Reuters cited Turkish military as saying that another soldier was also wounded in the attack which took place as the troops were carrying ...
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IED Attack Kills Two Soldiers in Southeastern Turkey
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IED Attack Kills Two Soldiers in Southeastern Turkey

Saturday 7 April 2018 ،
Hakkari. Alwaght- At least two Turkish troops were killed on Friday when an improvised explosive device detonated in the southeastern province of Hakkari. Turkish Hurriyet Daily News blamed the incident on Kurdistan's Workers Party (PKK) militant group, saying one soldier were also injured duri ...
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PKK Militants Kill 2 Turkish Soldiers in Hakkari Province
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PKK Militants Kill 2 Turkish Soldiers in Hakkari Province

Tuesday 9 July 2019 ،
Hakkari. Alwaght- Two Turkish soldiers were killed and one more inured on Tuesday when Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants launched an attack on a Turkish military vehicle in southeast province of Hakkari. Turkish defense ministry said the attack occurred in the Hakkari province, which borders ...

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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.