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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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North Korea Practices Nuclear Attack on US
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North Korea Practices Nuclear Attack on US

Sunday 27 March 2016
Jong-un on Friday watched a live-fire long-range artillery drill simulating a strike on the official residence of his South Korean counterpart. North Korea warned Saturday that its military is ready to attack Seoul's presidential palace unless South Korean President Park Geun-hye apologizes for ...
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North Korea Announces Successful Test of Long-Range Missile Engine
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North Korea Announces Successful Test of Long-Range Missile Engine

Saturday 9 April 2016 ،
Jong-un. As soon as Kim flagged off the test, “the engine spewed out huge flames with deafening boom”, KCNA said. “The great success… provided a firm guarantee for mounting another form of nuclear attack upon the US imperialists and other hostile forces,” Kim was quot ...
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North Korea Conducts Third Submarine Ballistic Missile Firing
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North Korea Conducts Third Submarine Ballistic Missile Firing

Saturday 23 April 2016 ،
Jong-un observing the launch. The South Korean military suspects Pyongyang of preparing its fifth nuclear test in the very near future, after satellite images exposed that North Korea had resumed tunnel excavation at its main nuclear test site. A similar activity was observed there prior to the lat ...
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North Korea Strengthens Capability to Strike US
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North Korea Strengthens Capability to Strike US

Thursday 23 June 2016 ،
Jong Un says the new intermediate-range missile tested Wednesday strengthens capability of the country to launch a preventive nuclear attack and is able to target US military bases in the Pacific. “We have the sure capability to attack in, an overall and practica ...
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North Korea Says US Sanctions Declaration of War
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North Korea Says US Sanctions Declaration of War

Friday 8 July 2016 ،
Jong Un. Alwaght-North Korea say the US has declared war on the country by its act of imposing sanctions on its leader Kim Jong Un. The move by the US was described as “the worst hostile act” against the country in a statement issued by Pyongyang's foreign ministry carried by the of ...
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N Korea Conducts Its Most Powerful Nuclear Test
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N Korea Conducts Its Most Powerful Nuclear Test

Friday 9 September 2016 ،
Jong Un was showing maniacal recklessness in completely ignoring the world's call to abandon his pursuit of nuclear weapons. Reacting to the development, the White House said it was assessing the explosion near North Korea’s nuclear test, but stopped short of confirming a nuclear test. U ...
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N Korea Test Fires Ballistic Missile in Direction of Japan
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N Korea Test Fires Ballistic Missile in Direction of Japan

Sunday 12 February 2017 ،
Jong Un said Pyongyang was preparing to test a new intercontinental ballistic missile in his New Year speech. The suspected missile type is Hwasong-10, or Musudan intermediate-range ballistic missile, which has a range of 3,000 kilometers.  Our assessment is that it is part of a show of force ...
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Malaysia Charged 2 Women with Murder of N Korea Leader’s Half Brother
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Malaysia Charged 2 Women with Murder of N Korea Leader’s Half Brother

Wednesday 1 March 2017 ،
Jong Nam, half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Alwaght- Malaysian Court charged two women on Wednesday with murdering Kim Jong Nam, half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. The two women, , an Indonesian and a Vietnamese,  have reportedly coated their hands with a chemical ...
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How will Renewed Pyongyang-Seoul Escalation Develop?
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How will Renewed Pyongyang-Seoul Escalation Develop?

Sunday 19 March 2017 ،
Jong-un threats the American President Trump with use of nuclear weapons. The American threat was followed by trilateral American, South Korean, and Japanese military drills meant to detect and address the potential threats posed by the North Korean nuclear rockets. While Washington and its Asian al ...
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US Provoking North Korea, Puts Region in Peril
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US Provoking North Korea, Puts Region in Peril

Tuesday 21 March 2017 ،
Jong Un announced the ground test of a high-thrust rocket engine on Saturday. In other remarks on Monday, Kim threatened to reduce America “to ashes” if “even a single bullet” from Washington is fired toward Pyongyang. North Korea has also released its latest video showing a ...

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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.