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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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Turkey Seizes Zaman Opposition Media Group
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Turkey Seizes Zaman Opposition Media Group

Friday 4 March 2016
Zaman and appointed trustees to replace the board. Alwaght- The Turkish government has seized control of the country’s largest opposition news group famously known as Zaman and appointed trustees to replace the board. Details of a court order authorizing the seizure of the Feza Media Group re ...
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Turkish Govt. Forcefully Takes Over Cihan News Agency
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Turkish Govt. Forcefully Takes Over Cihan News Agency

Tuesday 8 March 2016 ،
Zaman. The news agency Cihan is reportedly affiliated  to US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, a critic Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. On Monday it posted a statement on its website which said an Istanbul court would appoint an administrator to run it. The ruling was made on a reque ...
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Erdogan’s Ruthless Crackdown on Turkey’s Opposition Media
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Erdogan’s Ruthless Crackdown on Turkey’s Opposition Media

Wednesday 9 March 2016 ،
Zaman newspaper. Both news agencies are reportedly affiliated to US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, a critic of Erdogan. Erdogan and Gulen used to be political allies, but became bitter foes in 2013, when police officials and prosecutors reportedly sympathetic to Gulen opened a corruption inves ...
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Majority of ISIS Recruits Ignorant about Islam:  Survey
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Majority of ISIS Recruits Ignorant about Islam: Survey

Tuesday 16 August 2016 ،
Zaman al-Wasl. The study has found that some 24 percent of ISIS recruits have intermediate knowledge of Islam and only about 5 percent considered themselves to be “advanced” learners. Only five recruits claimed to have memorized the Quran, while many even had to read 'The Quran for ...
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ISIS Terrorists Kill 28 in Attack on Shiite Mosque in Afghan Capital
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ISIS Terrorists Kill 28 in Attack on Shiite Mosque in Afghan Capital

Friday 25 August 2017 ،
Imam Zaman mosque killing over 28 and at least 50. The casualties and injured include women, children, and security personnel. Witnesses say after the initial blast at the mosque, in the Qala-Najara neighborhood in north Kabul, gunmen stormed in and began shooting. The Afghan Ministry of Interior ...
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US Warplanes Kill 13 Civilians in Afghanistan Airstrike
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US Warplanes Kill 13 Civilians in Afghanistan Airstrike

Wednesday 30 August 2017 ،
Imam Zaman mosque inflicted casualties to the civilians including women and children, Karzai said, adding that on Tuesday a suicide attack once again inflicted casualties to the civilians in Kabul. Karzai further added that the civilians are one day killed in the cities from the address of ISIS and ...
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Over 70 Killed as Terrorists Attack Mosques in Afghanistan
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Over 70 Killed as Terrorists Attack Mosques in Afghanistan

Friday 20 October 2017 ،
Imam Zaman mosque and detonated his explosives. Friday's second attack at a Sunni mosque occurred in the central province of Ghor. Iqbal Nezami, a spokesman for the Ghor provincial police, said at least 33 people were killed in the bombing that appeared to target a local leader. The targeted ...
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Facts about Rise of ISIS in Afghanistan
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Facts about Rise of ISIS in Afghanistan

Wednesday 13 December 2017 ،
Imam Al-Zaman, and Al-Zahraa in Kabul and Herat, leaving hundreds dead and wounded. Moreover, ISIS expansion in the war-torn country gives Washington and its Western allies good pretext to stay in the region and even expand their military presence which serves their economic interests and their anti ...
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US Has Just Received Big Blow In Intelligence War Against Iran
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US Has Just Received Big Blow In Intelligence War Against Iran

Thursday 6 August 2020 ،
Imam Khomeini’s mausoleum in southern Tehran. The bomber failed to get into the complex along with the bomb. He detonated the bomb outside the building, injuring 8 people.  Explosion outside the house of the preacher of the Iranian city of Nahavand also in 2009 was another attack in Iran ...
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Hazaras in Afghanistan: Victims of Genocide as World Turns Blind Eye
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Hazaras in Afghanistan: Victims of Genocide as World Turns Blind Eye

Wednesday 9 June 2021 ،
Imam Zaman Mosque in 2017 killed 39 and injured dozens.  - Attack on Tebyan cultural center in 2017 killed and injured 150 - Suicide attack on a gym in 2018 killed 20.  - Attack on Mahdi Mowoud school in 2018 killed and injured 200.  - Attack on maternity ward in western Kabul in ...

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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