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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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Moscow to Provide Syria with S-300, Electronic Countermeasures after Russian Plane Downing
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Moscow to Provide Syria with S-300, Electronic Countermeasures after Russian Plane Downing

Monday 24 September 2018
Il-20 plane amid an Israeli air raid on Syria. Alwaght- Russia will supply Syria with an S-300 air defense system within two weeks in response to the downing of a Russian Il-20 plane amid an Israeli air raid on Syria. “In 2013 on a request from the Israeli side we suspended the delivery to Sy ...
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Israeli Jets Responsible for Downing of Russian Plane in Syria: Ministry
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Israeli Jets Responsible for Downing of Russian Plane in Syria: Ministry

Tuesday 25 September 2018 ،
Il-20 as a cover,” Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov told journalists in a Monday briefing. Konashenkov stressed that the radar images “clearly showed the direction of the flight of the S-200 missile launched by the Syrian air defense system, as well ...
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Russia s Already Started Delivering S-300 to Syria: FM
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Russia s Already Started Delivering S-300 to Syria: FM

Saturday 29 September 2018 ،
Il-20 plane amid an Israeli air raid on Syria. Alwaght- Russia has started delivering the S-300 surface-to-air missile defense system to Syria as in response to the downing of a Russian Il-20 plane amid an Israeli air raid on Syria. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told at a press confer ...
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Russia Delivered S-300 to Syria: Defense Minister
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Russia Delivered S-300 to Syria: Defense Minister

Wednesday 3 October 2018 ،
Il-20 reconnaissance aircraft with 15 servicemen on board by Syria’s S-200 air defense systems which were at the time responding to a wave of Israeli strikes on state institutions in Latakia. Moscow held Israel responsible for the September 17 incident, saying the regime’s pilots had in ...
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Russia Provides Syria with 24 S-300 Launchers Free of Charge
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Russia Provides Syria with 24 S-300 Launchers Free of Charge

Tuesday 9 October 2018 ،
Il-20 reconnaissance aircraft with 15 servicemen on board by Syria’s S-200 air defense systems, which were at the time responding to a wave of Israeli strikes on state institutions in Latakia Province. Moscow held Israel responsible for the September 17 incident, saying the regime’s pil ...
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Israeli Regime Threatens to Hit Russia-Manned S-300 Missile System in Syria
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Israeli Regime Threatens to Hit Russia-Manned S-300 Missile System in Syria

Wednesday 7 November 2018 ،
Il-20 reconnaissance aircraft with 15 servicemen on board by Syria’s S-200 launchers, which were at the time responding to a wave of Israeli strikes on state institutions in Latakia Province. Moscow held Israel responsible for the incident, saying the regime’s pilots had intentionally u ...
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Israel Dropped 2,000 Bombs on Syria in 2018: Chief of Staff
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Israel Dropped 2,000 Bombs on Syria in 2018: Chief of Staff

Friday 25 January 2019 ،
Il-20 recon plane into the path of Syrian air defense interceptor missile after failing to give Moscow enough warning of a strike on Syrian targets. The Israeli tactics resulted in the deaths of all 15 Russian crew on board and compelled Moscow to supply Syria with S-300 missile defense systems. Ru ...
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Will Netanyahu Come Back With A Nostrum From Russia?
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Will Netanyahu Come Back With A Nostrum From Russia?

Wednesday 27 February 2019 ،
Il-20 surveillance plane in Syria in September 2018, for which the Israeli regime was held responsible by the Russian president, this is the first in-person meeting between the two leaders. Due to the crucial Russian role in the Syrian developments, it does not seem that Netanyahu delayed the visit ...
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What Did Netanyahu Seek in Moscow?
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What Did Netanyahu Seek in Moscow?

Saturday 6 April 2019 ،
military infrastructure. “They manufacture arms and transfer them to Lebanon’s south to be used when the need arises,” his allegations read. On October 2018, the Israeli military commanders accused Lebanon-based Green Without Borders, a pro-environment NGO, of hosting arms-manufac ...
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Israeli Regime Uses Civilian Flight as Shield to Raid Syrian Troops in Idlib
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Israeli Regime Uses Civilian Flight as Shield to Raid Syrian Troops in Idlib

Friday 7 February 2020 ،
Il-20 reconnaissance plane after it was similarly used as a cover by Israeli warplanes, killing 15 people on board.  Syria: Saraqib fully liberated The Israeli airstrikes took place as Syrian troops were entering the terrorist-controlled town of Saraqib, which lies at the crossroads ...

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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