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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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US Forces Kill Three Kids in Attack on Somalia
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US Forces Kill Three Kids in Attack on Somalia

Saturday 26 August 2017
Lower Shabelle region. The involvement of US troops during the carnage was confirmed by US Africa Command, which said it was investigating reports of civilian casualties. The Somali army initially claimed no civilians were killed and all the dead were members of the al-Shabaab terrorist group. It ...
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Somalis Slam US-Led Forces for Killing Civilians, Including 3 Kids
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Somalis Slam US-Led Forces for Killing Civilians, Including 3 Kids

Sunday 27 August 2017 ،
Lower Shabelle region, said on Sunday that the bodies would be stored until the government compensated the bereaved. We refused to bury them because the government has denied and it still has not directly admitted it killed the civilians, Nur said. “The government should admit it killed ...
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Somalia to Declare War on Al-Shabab as Mogadishu’s Death Toll Tops 358
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Somalia to Declare War on Al-Shabab as Mogadishu’s Death Toll Tops 358

Saturday 21 October 2017 ،
Lower Shabelle and Middle Shabelle regions where many deadly attacks on Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, and on Somali and African Union bases have been launched. The extremist group has not commented on the bloodshed in Mogadishu, which Somali intelligence officials have said was meant to targe ...
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Somali Army Kills 76 Shabab Militants
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Somali Army Kills 76 Shabab Militants

Sunday 4 April 2021 ،
Lower Shabelle region, southwestern Somalia. Bihi also said the army troops had captured 10 other militants during the fierce fighting between the terrorist group and the military. The military commander provided no details on losses suffered by the army. Witnesses in Awdhegle confirmed the repor ...
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Somalis Displaced by Drought, Famine Fight to Survive
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Somalis Displaced by Drought, Famine Fight to Survive

Wednesday 12 October 2022 ،
Lower Juba region. Now she has seven. Her youngest, Moktar Ali, was 18 months old when he died from malnutrition during her three-day journey by foot and car to the El-Jaalle camp, about 12 miles from the regional capital, the coastal city of Kismayo. Her fellow passengers, complete strangers, help ...

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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.