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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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A Bill: American ISIS Terrorists Would Strip
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A Bill: American ISIS Terrorists Would Strip

Tuesday 7 October 2014
Iraq and Syria as he wants any action to be led by others—even while he increases US personnel in a country by a few hundred here and a few hundred there, and earlier this week his top general, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, admitted that there were circumstances under which he would cha ...
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Muqtada Sadr: Anti-ISIS Coalition Seeks Iraq's Disintegration
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Muqtada Sadr: Anti-ISIS Coalition Seeks Iraq's Disintegration

Sunday 12 October 2014 ،
Iraq under the pretext of combating the ISIS terrorist group.Muqtada Sadr further called on the Iraqi government to redouble its efforts to liberate Nineveh province from the control of the ISIS terrorist group. Alwaght-According to Fars News agency, in a statement released on Saturday, Sadr undersc ...
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US Air Strikes' Ineffective Strategy against ISIS Terrorist Group
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US Air Strikes' Ineffective Strategy against ISIS Terrorist Group

Sunday 12 October 2014 ،
Iraq against ISIS terrorist group and Syria’s infrastructure.  By the admission of the Pentagon, “gaps” have emerged in intelligence.  This stands to reason. Pentagon officials are suggesting that the intelligence is less thorough in Syria and Iraq than it has been in Pakistan and Yemen during the ...
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Will Qatar Surrender Under Pressure?

Will Qatar Surrender Under Pressure?

Tuesday 14 October 2014 ،
Iraq and Syria.  Saudi regime has stimulated Qatar to meddle in other countries internal affairs and to support terrorist groups that made numerous problems for Al Thani Monarchy and distorted their anti-terrorism reputation in the world.  Accordingly, Sheikh Hamad handed power to his son Sheikh Tam ...
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Turkey and ISIS Terrorist Group against Kurds at Kobani

Turkey and ISIS Terrorist Group against Kurds at Kobani

Tuesday 14 October 2014 ،
Iraq in order to attack them harshly and effectively.  ISIS second objective is to import arms and equipment from the Turkish border.  Their last objective is to suppress the Kurds and assist Turkish government to weaken Kurds and remove the Kurdish crisis in this region for Turkish government.
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Al-Qaradawi's Words on al-Baghdadi

Al-Qaradawi's Words on al-Baghdadi

Wednesday 15 October 2014 ،
Iraq and Syria, is not in accordance with the principles of true Islam.  In fact, ISIS terrorists are anti-Isalm. According to  al-Qaradawi, creating Caliphate and determining Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as caliphate of Islam world is not based on any law. Thus, such a caliphate which was founded by a ter ...
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Turkey on the Eve of Civil War
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Turkey on the Eve of Civil War

Wednesday 15 October 2014 ،
Iraq and Syria . The strikes also come as Ankara refuses to aid Kurds in their fight against Islamic State in Syria’s Kobani region, straining relations with Kurds in Turkey. Comprising about 18% of the country’s 77 million people, Kurds staged massive protests—including burning schools and attackin ...
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White Shrouds Strike Fear into ISIS Terrorists
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White Shrouds Strike Fear into ISIS Terrorists

Sunday 19 October 2014 ،
Iraq.  Now, they are more fighting in Deir ez-Zor city as the main stronghold of ISIS terrorists.  According to White Shroud's statement, they declared that ISIS terrorists should be killed, due to their crimes against Syrian people.  The group's leader, Abu Aboud is the former member of so- ...
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America's Role in the Rise of Extremism in the West Asia

America's Role in the Rise of Extremism in the West Asia

Monday 20 October 2014 ،
Iraq war… the United States chose to put all of its eggs into Saddam Hussein’s basket and adamantly refused to acknowledge his many transgressions—against Iraq’s neighbors and own people—until his fateful 1990 invasion of Kuwait.  Hunter writes. Hunter remarks that Iran managed to secure Iran’s neut ...

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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.