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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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Syrian Government Not behind Khan Sheikhun Gas Attack: British Diplomat
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Syrian Government Not behind Khan Sheikhun Gas Attack: British Diplomat

Saturday 8 April 2017
Khan Sheikhun, suggesting that he would have known that any use of chemicals would backfire. Peter Ford, who served in Damascus from 2003 to 2006, told Middle East Eye news website that it was out of character for the Syrian president to provoke his US counterpart, in this case Donald Trump, just a ...
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Putin Rejects Claims Assad Used Gas, Rebukes West Resort to Militants
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Putin Rejects Claims Assad Used Gas, Rebukes West Resort to Militants

Saturday 3 June 2017 ،
Khan Sheikhun of Idlib province, which the Western countries blamed on the Syrian government. The Syrian government fiercely rejected the allegations and has repeatedly denied using or even possessing chemical weapons since the country’s compliance with the Chemical Weapons Convention was cer ...
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Syria Rejects OPCW Report on Khan Sheikhoun Chemical Incident
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Syria Rejects OPCW Report on Khan Sheikhoun Chemical Incident

Saturday 1 July 2017 ،
Khan Sheikhoun chemical incident saying it lacks credibility. Alwaght- Syria has rejected a report issued by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) regarding the Khan Sheikhoun chemical incident saying it lacks credibility. In a statement on Saturday, the Syrian Foreign Min ...
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ISIS, Secret of Chemical Attacks
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ISIS, Secret of Chemical Attacks

Sunday 9 July 2017 ،
Khan Sheikhoun town. Following Khan Sheikhoun tragedy, reports emerged taking about use of chemical material in attacks particularly in Mosul by the militant fighters. The reports suggest that attacks of this kind in both Syria and Iraq ranged from light to severe, with the material used in them in ...
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What Does West Seek Behind New False Flag Chemical Attack in Syria?
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What Does West Seek Behind New False Flag Chemical Attack in Syria?

Tuesday 28 August 2018 ،
Khan Sheikhun and Duma, both in the capital's suburbs, Washington and its two allies accused the President Assad's government. A few days after the alleged attack, the trio, without presenting evidence or waiting for a UN-led probe into the incident, launched missile raids on Syrian military ...
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Turkey’s Game, Options in Idlib as Syrian Army Operation Nears
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Turkey’s Game, Options in Idlib as Syrian Army Operation Nears

Wednesday 29 August 2018 ،
Khan Sheikhun, part of Jabal al-Zawiyah, Kafr Nabl, Salgheen, Harem, Darkush, Jisr al-Sheghour, Sarmada, Idlib city, Sarmeen, and Maarrat Masreen are under Tahrir al-Sham's control. Small areas of the province, mainly in the south, are also held by ISIS terrorist organization. Turkey’s be ...
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Turkey Sends Army Convoy to Idlib as Syria Prepares to Liberate Province from Militants
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Turkey Sends Army Convoy to Idlib as Syria Prepares to Liberate Province from Militants

Sunday 9 September 2018 ،
Khan Sheikhun, part of Jabal al-Zawiyah, Kafr Nabl, Salgheen, Harem, Darkush, Jisr al-Sheghour, Sarmada, Idlib city, Sarmeen, and Maarrat Masreen are under Tahrir al-Sham's control. Small areas of the province, mainly in the south, are also held by ISIS terrorist organization In the meantime, T ...
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US Threatens Strikes over Syrian Army’s Attack on Terrorist-Held Idlib
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US Threatens Strikes over Syrian Army’s Attack on Terrorist-Held Idlib

Thursday 13 September 2018 ،
Khan Sheikhun, part of Jabal al-Zawiyah, Kafr Nabl, Salgheen, Harem, Darkush, Jisr al-Sheghour, Sarmada, Idlib city, Sarmeen, and Maarrat Masreen are under Tahrir al-Sham's control. Small areas of the province, mainly in the south, are also held by ISIS terrorist organization Western media, mea ...
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Idlib Deal: Dimensions, Outlooks
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Idlib Deal: Dimensions, Outlooks

Saturday 6 October 2018 ،
Khan Sheikhun, Maarrat al-Nu'man, Saraqib, as well as the western and southern suburbs of Aleppo province. The zone covers an area where the armed militants and the terrorist hold territories. The deal specifies that Turkey help should remove the heavy arms from the demilitarized area by Octobe ...
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Khan Sheikhun Liberation: Start of Turkey’s End in Idlib
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Khan Sheikhun Liberation: Start of Turkey’s End in Idlib

Monday 26 August 2019 ،
Khan Sheikhun as the largest town in Idlib’s southern suburbs. According to Qatar’s broadcaster Al Jazeera, the terrorist groups in Kafr Zita, Al-Latamna, Al-Saiad, Latmin, Al-Lahaya, Al-Bowaidha towns in Hama’s northern outskirts have begun to flee their positions amid fear of enc ...

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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