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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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Map of  Latest Battlefield Developments in Syria and Iraq on

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Objectives and Consequences of Afghanistan's President visit to India
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Objectives and Consequences of Afghanistan's President visit to India

Friday 8 May 2015
Hazaras in Afghanistan has sparked concerns of India. In terms of diplomacy, the mediator between the involved groups must be the country that has Islamic legitimacy and enough acceptability between the parties. This means the vital role of Turkey Instead of India in Negotiations between Afghanistan ...
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ISIS Terrorists Abduct 20 Shiite Muslims in Afghanistan
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ISIS Terrorists Abduct 20 Shiite Muslims in Afghanistan

Saturday 21 November 2015 ،
Hazaras under both the Taliban and al-Qaeda terrorist groups. This includes the 1998 massacre of 2,000 civilians, most of them Hazara, in the northern city of Mazar-I Sharif.
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Afghanistan Ethnicity
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Afghanistan Ethnicity

Sunday 27 March 2016 ،
Hazaras. These ehtnic groups have obvious dissimilarity, despite collectively residing in the region for hundreds of years. These ethnic groups of Afghanistan have their own way of living, defined by unwritten code. Afghanistan is a loosily knit conglomeration of number of ethnic groups, chief of wh ...
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Why Kunduz so Significant for Taliban?
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Why Kunduz so Significant for Taliban?

Thursday 6 October 2016 ،
Hazaras. But in addition to ethnic bonds of Taliban with the Pashtun people, opening and developing religious schools in Kunduz province has contributed to Taliban’s recruiting forces from other ethnic groups like the Tajiks and Turkmens. Some sources including the Afghan ministry of educatio ...

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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