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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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Obama: "ISIL is a direct outgrowth of Al-Qaeda in Iraq that grew out of our invasion"
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Obama: "ISIL is a direct outgrowth of Al-Qaeda in Iraq that grew out of our invasion"

Tuesday 17 March 2015
ISIL is a direct outgrowth of Al-Qaeda in Iraq that grew out of our invasion,” Obama said regarding US invasion of Iraq in 2003. “Which is an example of unintended consequences. Which is why we should generally aim before we shoot.”  “What I’m worried about” he said, “is even if ISIL is defeated, ...
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Al-Azhar’s Comments, Iraqi Censure

Al-Azhar’s Comments, Iraqi Censure

Thursday 26 March 2015 ،
ISIL's trap as it was involved in the sectarian propaganda, which aims at harming Islam and the Muslims, instead of contributing to the Islamic unity. Days after al-Azhar’s statements, Sheikh al-Azhar Ahmed al-Tayeb, the head of the Institute, announced his readiness to visit Iraq to meet with r ...
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Iraqi Troops Carry on Flushing ISIS Terrorists from Tikrit
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Iraqi Troops Carry on Flushing ISIS Terrorists from Tikrit

Sunday 29 March 2015 ،
ISIL militants paralyzed and trapped inside the city.   “The forces are advancing and soon we will announce the liberation of Tikirt,” an Iraqi soldier, named Abou Akil, told the correspondent.      Earlier this month, some 30,000 Iraqi troops started a large-scal ...
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Egypt security forces kill 100 terrorists in North Sinai
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Egypt security forces kill 100 terrorists in North Sinai

Saturday 4 April 2015 ،
ISIL Takfiri terrorist group and changed its name to Velayat Sinai (Sinai Province). The lions of the Sinai Province early on Thursday launched wide scale simultaneous attacks against security checkpoints on the road between Rafah and Arish, in North Sinai, read the statement issued by the terrori ...
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Angry Iranian Protesters Gathered in front of Saudi Mission in Tehran
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Angry Iranian Protesters Gathered in front of Saudi Mission in Tehran

Sunday 12 April 2015 ،
ISIL-affiliated Saudi embassy to show solidarity with the two Iranian teenagers who were insulted, to make the al-Saud hear our protest, and they demand the embassy's closure within the next 48 hours and immediate expulsion of the Saudi embassy's charge de' affairs, a statement issued by ...
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Rise of Extremism in Malaysia: Causes and Consequences

Rise of Extremism in Malaysia: Causes and Consequences

Wednesday 15 April 2015 ،
ISIL  . On the other hand,  books that promote ideology of ISIS terrorist group, Salafism and extremism are sold in some bookstores of Malaysia. In addition, selling flags, hats and clothes with the symbols of ISIS and Taliban by some stores in Malaysia has led to authorities’ concern over spill ov ...
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ISIS Second-in-Command Man Killed In Mosul
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ISIS Second-in-Command Man Killed In Mosul

Thursday 14 May 2015 ،
ISIL leaders refrained from accepting Abu Ala Afri as Al-Baghdadi's successor, FNA learned from news sources.
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ISIS is the 'Last Barrier' Shielding ’Israel’ from Iran: Zionist Media
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ISIS is the 'Last Barrier' Shielding ’Israel’ from Iran: Zionist Media

Saturday 30 May 2015 ،
ISIL. A number of other Israeli regime officials also noted that the terrorist ISIL group does not pose a real danger against 'Israel'. The Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, revealed that the Israeli regime and al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria, al-Nusra Front, as well as other terrorist gangs reached ...
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ISIS Planning to Kill Prisoners in Eastern Province
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ISIS Planning to Kill Prisoners in Eastern Province

Sunday 31 May 2015 ،
ISIL’s threat, the security sources have responded that we want to, but we cannot because of ISIS’s power. The officers' tone suggested very clearly that they intend to kill a large number of dissident prisoners with the help of the ISIS, the families said. One of the most famous prisoners of th ...
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Qatar Struggles to Mainstream Al-Nusra Terrorist Group: Prominent Expert
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Qatar Struggles to Mainstream Al-Nusra Terrorist Group: Prominent Expert

Tuesday 2 June 2015 ،
ISIL, al-Nusra Front and Al-Qaeda Takfiri groups who were wounded in the ongoing fighting against the Syrian army.  The Wall Street Journal reported that al-Nusra Front hasn't bothered Israel since seizing the border area last summer along the Golan Heights.  University of Oklahoma Professor J ...

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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.