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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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Russian Ambassador Assassination: A Focus on the Objectives
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Russian Ambassador Assassination: A Focus on the Objectives

Saturday 24 December 2016
Kafria towns has proved not favored by the Western-Arab camp and raised its hackles, especially that the evacuation operation was discussed and arranged without the above-mentioned camp. Provoked by the Western and Arab sides, some of the members of Jabhat Fateh al-Sham (formerly al-Nusra Front) hav ...
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Syria’s Foua, Kafria: Besieged by Terrorists, Forgotten by UN
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Syria’s Foua, Kafria: Besieged by Terrorists, Forgotten by UN

Monday 2 January 2017 ،
Kafria and Foua are two Shiite-inhabited towns in rural Idlib that are bearing the plights of a two-year siege deep into the areas held by the Syrian militants and Jabhat Fateh al-Sham (formerly al-Nusra Front). They are homes to nearly 20,000 people who fell victims of a Russian rush for evacuation ...
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ISIS’ Last Card in Battle
Report

ISIS’ Last Card in Battle

Wednesday 11 January 2017 ،
Kafria towns in countryside of Syria's Idlib. But what does push these groups to use such retaliatory options against the civilians? Why do the media campaign and diplomatic missions decline to react?   The last card in hands of ISIS and al-Nusra Front: cutting off water and power supplies ...

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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