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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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We Shall Reap the Harvest that ISIS Sowed in the West Asia, Saddam's Daughter
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We Shall Reap the Harvest that ISIS Sowed in the West Asia, Saddam's Daughter

Tuesday 30 December 2014
Iraqi dictator met Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, former Iraqi vice-president, in Amman the capital of Jordan, Salah Al-Mukhtar, revealed. Alwaght-Raghad Saddam Hussein, the eldest daughter of the former Iraqi dictator met Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, former Iraqi vice-president, in Amman the capital of Jordan, ...
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Masoud Barzani Slammed Turkey's supports for ISIS against Kurds
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Masoud Barzani Slammed Turkey's supports for ISIS against Kurds

Tuesday 30 December 2014 ،
Iraqi Kurdistan Region, slammed Turkey’s policy towards Syria’s three-year-old crisis and accused Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, of supporting ISIS terrorist group in. Alwaght - Masoud Barzani, president of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, slammed Turkey’s policy towards Syria’s three-year-old ...
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UK and US Protect the Entire Network of Dictatorial Persian Gulf Arab Regimes

UK and US Protect the Entire Network of Dictatorial Persian Gulf Arab Regimes

Wednesday 31 December 2014 ،
Iraq and Afghanistan . So you’d hardly think this reminder of the horrors unleashed in the name of the war on terror was the time for Britain to announce its first permanent military base in the Middle East for four decades. The presence of western troops and support for dictatorial Arab regimes we ...
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Who Is behind the Assassination of Iraqi Sunni Clerics?
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Who Is behind the Assassination of Iraqi Sunni Clerics?

Monday 5 January 2015 ،
Iraq’s southern city of Basra, a government spokesman said on Friday, an apparent sectarian attack that drew immediate calls for calm. Alwaght-At least three Sunni clerics have been killed and one injured in an area near Iraq’s southern city of Basra, a government spokesman said on Friday, an appare ...
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Russia Lashes Out at America for Supporting the ISIS in Syria
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Russia Lashes Out at America for Supporting the ISIS in Syria

Monday 5 January 2015 ،
Iraq as inadequate and ineffective. He also expressed doubts about a hidden agenda behind the recent White House statements, harping on the need for a ground war to crush the ISIS terrorist group . Baby Of West Meanwhile, “End Times” broadcaster Rick Wiles also aired suspicion that there is an Ameri ...
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Female Suicide Bomber Hits Police Station in Istanbul's Historic Heart
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Female Suicide Bomber Hits Police Station in Istanbul's Historic Heart

Wednesday 7 January 2015 ،
Iraq and, despite a truce in a 30-year-old insurrection, from Kurdish rebels . Police sealed off the street where Tuesday's attack happened, across the square from the Aya Sofya museum and the Blue Mosque and near the Basilica Cistern, which are among the main sites for millions of visitors to ...
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Oil prices still falling down: Why? Who is responsible? What Shall be done?
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Oil prices still falling down: Why? Who is responsible? What Shall be done?

Wednesday 7 January 2015 ،
Iraq and Libya—two big oil producers with nearly 4m barrels a day combined—has not affected their output. The market is more sanguine about geopolitical risk. Thirdly, America has become one of the world’s largest oil producers. Though it does not export crude oil, it now imports much less, creating ...
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Tony Blair ‘Could Face War Crime Charges’ As Result of Iraq Inquiry
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Tony Blair ‘Could Face War Crime Charges’ As Result of Iraq Inquiry

Thursday 8 January 2015 ،
Iraq, a Liberal Democrat peer told the House of Lords on Tuesday. Alwaght- Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair could face war crimes charges as a result of the long-anticipated Chilcot report into the 2003 invasion of Iraq, a Liberal Democrat peer told the House of Lords on Tuesday .   Sp ...
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Rally Across France in Wake of Terror Attacks, Hostage Crises
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Rally Across France in Wake of Terror Attacks, Hostage Crises

Sunday 11 January 2015 ،
Iraq to join the insurgency against America's occupation. In 2008, he was convicted by French courts of terrorism charges and sentenced to three years in prison for allegedly attempting to send French Muslims to Iraq. At the time, he told the Associated Press that he had been driven to act by th ...
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Why Should US Boots Be on the Iraqi Ground?
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Why Should US Boots Be on the Iraqi Ground?

Monday 12 January 2015 ،
Iraqi soldiers cannot do?! Accordingly, US government pressure on Haider Al-Abadi government to send 25000 American ground forces to Iraq can be analyzed. Surprisingly, these 25000 American ground forces should go to Iraq in order to provide security and stability in Iraq and hinder the dissolution ...

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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.