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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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Opportunists Behind ISIS  Terrorist Group Attack on Iraq

Opportunists Behind ISIS Terrorist Group Attack on Iraq

Wednesday 23 July 2014
Jabhat al-Nusra headed by Abu Mohammad al-Jawlani. Accordingly, the ISI terrorist group changed its name to Islamic State of Iraq and the Syria (ISIS). After a while, al-Nusra Front, being backed by some western and regional countries, disobeyed ISIS and announced its independence in 2012 that led t ...
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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 ،
Jabhat al-Nusra, and similar foreign-backed Sunni extremist groups whose violence toward Syrian Shias, Alawites, and Christians has been exceeded only by AQI’s successor, ISIS terrorist group.  Thus, for the past 25 years or more, the West—especially America—has made containing Iran its overriding p ...
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Jordan Next Target for ISIS Terrorist Group
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Jordan Next Target for ISIS Terrorist Group

Wednesday 22 October 2014 ،
Jabhat Al Nusra—to be terrorist organizations. Even more stunning, just 44 percent of Jordanians surveyed say that Al Qaeda is a terrorist group.  Given these sentiments, Jordan has witnessed two pro-ISIS demonstrations, since ISIS terrorist group's offensive of Iraq. In fact, many Jordanians op ...
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US Airstrikes Fail to Stem Tide of Foreign Terrorists
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US Airstrikes Fail to Stem Tide of Foreign Terrorists

Saturday 1 November 2014 ،
Jabhat al-Nusra. Officials have attributed the number and pace of the mercenary terrorists arriving in the region to several factors, including sophisticated ISIS terrorist group recruiting techniques and the relative ease with which would-be jihadists can travel from the greater Middle East and Eu ...
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 CIA Failure in its Rebels Vetting  Process

CIA Failure in its Rebels Vetting Process

Tuesday 11 November 2014 ،
Jabhat al-Nusra?” Curtis said he asked his FSA captors. “Oh, that,” one said. “We lied to the Americans about that.” Concerns about the CIA’s vetting system arose long before the Syrian civil war erupted in 2011, several CIA veterans told Newsweek. In Baghdad, one said, agency operatives had such t ...
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American led-Airstrikes Kill Syrian Citizens
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American led-Airstrikes Kill Syrian Citizens

Monday 24 November 2014 ،
Jabhat al-Nusra. Officials have attributed the number and pace of the mercenary terrorists arriving in the region to several factors, including sophisticated ISIS terrorist group recruiting techniques and the relative ease with which would-be jihadists can travel from the greater Middle East and Eu ...
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Airstrikes against ISIS Terrorist Group top $1bn, Kill over 1,100 People
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Airstrikes against ISIS Terrorist Group top $1bn, Kill over 1,100 People

Saturday 27 December 2014 ،
Jabhat al-Nusra, a rival group, were killed in bombing raids against their headquarters in the western countryside of Aleppo and the northern countryside of Idlib. Of the 52 dead civilians, eight were women and five were children.  They died during coalition airstrikes on oil fields and refine ...
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Battle Spreads Between Jabhat al-Nusra and Western-backed Groups in Northern Syria
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Battle Spreads Between Jabhat al-Nusra and Western-backed Groups in Northern Syria

Saturday 31 January 2015 ،
Jabhat al-Nusra (JN), official Qaeda affiliate in Syria, and Western-backed rebels in northern Syria spread from Aleppo province into neighboring Idlib on Friday, Reuters reported. alwaght - Fighting between Jabhat al-Nusra (JN), official Qaeda affiliate in Syria, and Western-backed rebels in northe ...
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Jabhat al-Nusra Deprived Palestinians in Syria from UN Aid
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Jabhat al-Nusra Deprived Palestinians in Syria from UN Aid

Sunday 1 February 2015 ،
Alwaght - Tens of thousands of longtime Palestinian refugees in a camp on the outskirts of the Syrian capital have been cut off from United Nations emergency aid for nearly two months by terrorist groups that are preventing access, Reuters reported. Alwaght - Tens of thousands of longtime Palestinia ...
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Where Does ISIS’s Ideology Stem From?

Where Does ISIS’s Ideology Stem From?

Wednesday 18 February 2015 ،
Jabhat Al Nusra and the Islamic front group.  Al Qaeda leaders remember very well, what happened in both Algeria and Afghanistan, and how the terrorist groups eliminated one another, because they did not share the same views and accused each other of heresy.  Now the Scenario is being repeated. ISI ...

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Palestinian prisoner exchange operation under strict security measures

Palestinian prisoner exchange operation under strict security measures