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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 Army Squeezes Militants in Contested Aleppo
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Syrian Army Squeezes Militants in Contested Aleppo

Saturday 9 July 2016
Lebanese Hezbollah's forces managed to cut another crucial supply line of the terrorists that ends in Aleppo using their dominant firepower.  The BBC has reported, quoting sources of the anti-Syrian government militants, that progress of Syrian forces would mean that nobody could enter or ...
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Who Are Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces, What Is Their Aim?
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Who Are Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces, What Is Their Aim?

Sunday 10 July 2016 ،
Lebanese group Hezbollah, their organizational structures are completely distinct and separate, and they only share similar objectives. One of major goals of this Shiite militant group is to confront all of the foreign forces next to Iraqi borders. Its first military operation was in 2003 against th ...
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Israei Regime Failed to Down Unmanned Drone
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Israei Regime Failed to Down Unmanned Drone

Tuesday 19 July 2016 ،
Lebanese resistance group, which is taking part in the anti-terrorism battles alongside the Syrian army. The UAV is believed to be Russian-made and unarmed. Anis al-Naqqash, a Lebanon-based political analyst tweeted on Sunday that the drone belonged to Hezbollah. According to the expert, it succee ...
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US-Called ‘Moderates’ Behead Palestinian Child in Syria’s Aleppo
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US-Called ‘Moderates’ Behead Palestinian Child in Syria’s Aleppo

Wednesday 20 July 2016 ،
Lebanese media as saying: “We do not recruit children. In addition, all of our fighters don military uniforms not civilian clothing.” The source said it was likely that Issa was kidnapped prior to the incident and was only beheaded now to instil fear among residents of the area as the S ...
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US-Israeli Plans to Compensate for Aleppo Losses
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US-Israeli Plans to Compensate for Aleppo Losses

Monday 1 August 2016 ،
Lebanese Al-Akhbar daily has published a report in which it raised the prospects of a US-Israeli plan to compensate for the Syrian army’s gains in southern Aleppo. Alwaght- Dozens of families have started to leave the Syrian city of Aleppo after the Syrian army declared it had cut off militant suppl ...
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Iranian MP Reiterates Tehran’s Support for Lebanese Army
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Iranian MP Reiterates Tehran’s Support for Lebanese Army

Tuesday 2 August 2016 ،
Lebanese officials as part of a two-day visit to Lebanon coinciding with Army Day. Alwaght- Chairman of Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Alaeddin Boroujerdi is continuing an official two-day visit to Lebanon after meeting with top officials. Boroujerdi has rei ...
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Lebanese Army Shells Terrorists’ Post in Border City of Arsal
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Lebanese Army Shells Terrorists’ Post in Border City of Arsal

Tuesday 2 August 2016 ،
Lebanese army is shelling militant posts in north-eastern Lebanon, near the border with Syria. Alwaght- The Lebanese army bombarded Wadi Rafik near Arsal on the border with Syria on Tuesday, according to the state-run National News Agency. This comes as the country’s army continues to confron ...
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Turkish Media Research Finds US Think Tank Links to Turkey’s Coup
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Turkish Media Research Finds US Think Tank Links to Turkey’s Coup

Thursday 4 August 2016 ،
Lebanese army $6,000 a month for Middle East analyses, noted Anadolu new agency. Having in mind that Stratfor makes money from selling its reports and analyses online, WikiLeaks documents gave a list of clients of Stratfor. They included Dow Chemical Company, the second-largest multinational produc ...
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American Institute Blames “Diplomatic Short-sightedness” for Empowering Hezbollah
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American Institute Blames “Diplomatic Short-sightedness” for Empowering Hezbollah

Saturday 13 August 2016 ،
Lebanese state. AEI regretted that this resolution ended the 33-day war on Lebanon that claimed lives of more than 1,000 Lebanese and injured thousands of others, not to mention the amount of destruction it resulted in. It sees that were it not for the ceasefire, Hezbollah would have been weakened, ...
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2006 War Dealt Big Blow to Israeli Regime’s Army, Spirit, Will: Hezbollah Chief
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2006 War Dealt Big Blow to Israeli Regime’s Army, Spirit, Will: Hezbollah Chief

Saturday 13 August 2016 ،
Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has hailed Lebanon’s victory over Israeli regime in the 2006 as a historic achievement. Alwaght- Leader of Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has hailed Lebanon's victory over Israeli regime in the 2006 as ...

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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.