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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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ISIS Terrorists Group Sells over 5,000 Izadi Women, Girls as slaves: Iraq Official
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ISIS Terrorists Group Sells over 5,000 Izadi Women, Girls as slaves: Iraq Official

Tuesday 6 January 2015
Iraqi Minister of Human Rights Mohammed Mahdi Ameen al-Bayati says the Takfiri ISIS terrorists have sold more than 5,000 women and girls from Iraq’s Izadi Kurdish minority in their slave markets, as Press TV reports. Alwaght-Iraqi Minister of Human Rights Mohammed Mahdi Ameen al-Bayati says the Takf ...
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After ISIS: Residents Return to Mt. Sinjar Despite Mines, Devastation
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After ISIS: Residents Return to Mt. Sinjar Despite Mines, Devastation

Thursday 8 January 2015 ،
Iraqi Kurds broke the siege of Mount Sinjar by ISIS terrorist group during a two-day attack that involved 8,000 Peshmerga fighters . The victory freed thousands of minority Christian and Yazidi people who fled to the mountain looking for a safe haven from ISIS terrorists' advance. As many as 200 ...
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US May Deploy Ground Troops to Mosul
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US May Deploy Ground Troops to Mosul

Sunday 8 February 2015 ،
Iraqi soldiers fight against the Takfiri terrorists holding parts of the country, including the major city of Mosul. The military was yet busy gathering intelligence about ISIS defenses in Mosul to make sure such recommendations were necessary, the official said. The official said that as soon as Ap ...
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Iraq Anti-ISIS Ground Offensive 'Within Weeks'
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Iraq Anti-ISIS Ground Offensive 'Within Weeks'

Monday 9 February 2015 ،
Iraqi military forces will launch a major ground offensive against the ISIS Takfiri militants "in the weeks ahead" to take back parts of the country captured by the terrorists, a top US official says. Alwaght-Iraqi military forces will launch a major ground offensive against the ISIS Takfiri militan ...
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Iran's War on ISIS: The Right War on Terrorism

Iran's War on ISIS: The Right War on Terrorism

Tuesday 10 February 2015 ،
Iraqi regions, were misled and dazzled by the emergence of what they thought a true Islamic caliphate. They were expecting justice, and prosperous state. Nevertheless they hastily realized that this state did not bring them but terror and cruelty. Soon after the rise of the ISIS, terrorist acts begu ...
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The Role of the Iraqi Kurds in the ISIS Crisis
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The Role of the Iraqi Kurds in the ISIS Crisis

Monday 2 March 2015 ،
Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga forces has joined the war on terrorism by fighting in the same trench of the Iraqi army and armed volunteers against the ISIS terrorist group. The Iraqi Kurds not just have repelled the attacks of the ISIS terrorist, but also freed some area from the grip of ISIS in the Nort ...
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Iran Role in Iraq Positive: Iraq Defense Chief
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Iran Role in Iraq Positive: Iraq Defense Chief

Tuesday 10 March 2015 ،
Iraqi defense minister said dung a press conference in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, on Monday, adding that Iran has played a very positive role in helping Iraq in the fight against the Takfiri terrorists. Iran has repeatedly stressed that it will not interfere militarily in Iraq, but that it will c ...
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ISIS used chemical arms against Iraq forces in Tikrit
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ISIS used chemical arms against Iraq forces in Tikrit

Sunday 5 April 2015 ،
Iraqi forces on the newly-liberated city of Tikrit in northern Iraq. Alwaght - The ISIS Takfiri terrorists had used toxic chemical arms to prevent the advance of Iraqi forces on the newly-liberated city of Tikrit in northern Iraq. Chemical materials, including chlorine gas and ammonium nitrate, ...
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ISIS Terrorist Group in Afghanistan
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ISIS Terrorist Group in Afghanistan

Sunday 19 April 2015 ،
Iraqi territories. However, it seems that ISIS aims to stretch its empire to Afghanistan in the east, Egypt through Sinai, Libya through “Sirte” and the oil crescent , and Nigeria and Mali borders through "Boko Haram". Alwaght- ISIS terrorist group has already seized control of a noticeable portion ...
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Saudis Failed on Yemen, Hezbollah to Defeat Terrorists in Qalamoun: Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah
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Saudis Failed on Yemen, Hezbollah to Defeat Terrorists in Qalamoun: Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah

Wednesday 6 May 2015 ،
Iraqi government to help it fight the ISIS terrorist group. The draft bill also says the figure could even amount to 60 percent of the money, about 429 million dollars. Qalamoun Barrens Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah asserted that Hezbollah will move to face the terrorist threat in Qalamoun barrens regardle ...

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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