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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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America's Fifth Fleet Leaves, Britain Establishes Military Base
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America's Fifth Fleet Leaves, Britain Establishes Military Base

Sunday 7 December 2014
Salman Port in Bahrain, where the UK has four mine-hunter warships permanently based and from where British Destroyers and Frigates in the Gulf are supported. Under the arrangement, the UK is planning to bolster the existing facilities at the Port, providing the Royal Navy with a forward operating b ...
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Saudi's Abdullah Vow to Fight Political Islam Wherever He Could

Saudi's Abdullah Vow to Fight Political Islam Wherever He Could

Monday 8 December 2014 ،
King Abdullah. Such was the Saudi King's anxiety about Mubarak that he has nudged the Egyptian military to be more active on the former dictator's behalf. Alwaght- There is one man for whom Hosni Mubarak's acquittal will come as welcome relief, his friend and fellow potentate King Abdul ...
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Anti-Regime Protests Intensifies after Arrest of Largest Opposition Movement Leader
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Anti-Regime Protests Intensifies after Arrest of Largest Opposition Movement Leader

Saturday 3 January 2015 ،
Salman boycotted parliamentary elections, influenced by the ruling Sunni regime. His arrest has been widely viewed as an escalation that is likely to deepen the political standoff between the Arab nation’s majority Shiite population and its Sunni-led monarchy. Public prosecutors on Tuesday said Salm ...
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Bahrain Must Immediately Free Shia Cleric
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Bahrain Must Immediately Free Shia Cleric

Tuesday 6 January 2015 ،
Salman, given the current sensitive situation in the region, Press TV reports. Alwaght- A senior Iranian diplomat has urged the Bahraini regime to release the incarcerated immediately Shia opposition leader, Sheikh Ali Salman, given the current sensitive situation in the region, Press TV reports . ...
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Saudi Regime Faces the Consequences of Its Support for Terrorism

Saudi Regime Faces the Consequences of Its Support for Terrorism

Tuesday 6 January 2015 ،
King Abdullah, who is thought to be 91, has been in hospital with pneumonia. The next in line to the throne, Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, is in his late 70s and also said to be in poor health . On Sunday, an Iraqi spokesman said Iraqi forces had driven off an Isis attack on a police po ...
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Bahrain Protests Intensifies as Regime Refrains Release of Opposition Leader
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Bahrain Protests Intensifies as Regime Refrains Release of Opposition Leader

Saturday 10 January 2015 ،
Salman, a Shiite Muslim cleric who heads the al-Wefaq Islamic Society, after he led a protest against last November's election, boycotted by the opposition . Al-Wefaq did not take part in the November poll, saying that parliament would not have enough power and that voting districts favored the ...
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Bahrainis to Sayyed Nasrallah: Thank You, Thank You
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Bahrainis to Sayyed Nasrallah: Thank You, Thank You

Wednesday 14 January 2015 ،
Salman, noting they will stick to the peacefulness of their pro-democracy movement . We believe that this way is filled with obstacles. However, we will take it,” Bahrainis said referring to the peacefulness of their movement . They also recalled what protesters had used to chant in the Pearl ...
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Bahrain’s Western Allies Stayed Silent as Bahrain Filled Its Jails with the Protesters
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Bahrain’s Western Allies Stayed Silent as Bahrain Filled Its Jails with the Protesters

Monday 19 January 2015 ،
King Hamad, was rocked by protests in 2011 by the country’s majority Shiite Muslim population, calling for more freedoms in the Sunni-ruled country. Although the government, backed by Saudi Arabia and the west, managed to suppress the protests very quickly, clashes between security forces and protes ...

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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