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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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ISIS Looms over SE Asia as Group Losing Ground in W Asia

ISIS Looms over SE Asia as Group Losing Ground in W Asia

Saturday 15 July 2017
Marawi town in Mindanao in south of the Philippines. Terrorists said their attack was part of a plan to establish “East Asian Wilayah” or state. The island is majorly resided by Muslims. The extremist group fighting Thai army in Marawi came out of merger of two militias of Abu Sayyaf and ...
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ISIS-Linked Terrorists Kill 9 Soldiers in Philippine’s Marawi Town

ISIS-Linked Terrorists Kill 9 Soldiers in Philippine’s Marawi Town

Sunday 23 July 2017 ،
Marawi city . Alwaght- At least nine government soldiers in Philippines have been killed and 49 wounded following a grenade attack by ISIS-linked terrorists in Marawi city on the southern island of Mindanao. Lt. Gen. Carlito Galvez, chief of the Western Mindanao Command, told reporters on Sund ...
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Malaysian Forces Nab Notorious Leader of ISIS-Linked Abu Sayyaf Terrorists

Malaysian Forces Nab Notorious Leader of ISIS-Linked Abu Sayyaf Terrorists

Sunday 3 September 2017 ،
Marawi and other areas in almost one third of the country in the south. The battle continued for 100 days, and some 620 militants along with over 130 soldiers and police as well as 45 civilians were killed. Meanwhile the Philippines government said that terrorist leader Isnilon Hapilon is believed ...
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Protesters in Philippines Demand Withdrawal of US Forces

Protesters in Philippines Demand Withdrawal of US Forces

Friday 15 September 2017 ،
Marawi city and help prevent similar uprisings elsewhere in the country's volatile south. At least 860 people, including more than 600 terrorists, have been killed in Marawi, a mosque-dotted center of Islamic faith in the nation's south.
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Takfiri Terrorism’s Next Station Could be Southwest Asia

Takfiri Terrorism’s Next Station Could be Southwest Asia

Monday 9 October 2017 ،
Marawi, a city in the Philippines province of Lanao, triggering a state of emergency in this part of the country. The developments triggered predictions that the next station of the takfiri terrorism appears to be the Southeast Asia region. Especial circumstances of Southeast Asia, elaborated blow, ...
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ISIS Spent $1.5 m to Finance Siege of Philippines’s Marawi City

ISIS Spent $1.5 m to Finance Siege of Philippines’s Marawi City

Tuesday 24 October 2017 ،
Marawi, the country’s military chief says. Alwaght-The ISIS Takfiri terrorist group sent at least $1.5 million to finance the recently ended siege of the southern Philippine city of Marawi, the country's military chief has revealed. Gen. Eduardo Ano has said the ISIS terrorists assaulted the so ...
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Muslims in Philippines Face HR Abuses amid Military Crackdown: UN

Muslims in Philippines Face HR Abuses amid Military Crackdown: UN

Thursday 28 December 2017 ،
Marawi by Takfiri militants, who the government claimed were linked to the indigenous community.
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Philippines to Grant Muslims Self-Rule in Restive Mindanao

Philippines to Grant Muslims Self-Rule in Restive Mindanao

Tuesday 23 January 2018 ،
Marawi. Over 1,000 fighters, soldiers and civilians were killed, and an estimated 250,000 were displaced, during the five-month-long siege. The violence set back the discussion of BBL a few more months. The siege had also prompted Duterte to declare martial law in Mindanao. That order, which has b ...
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Philippine Troops Kill 44 Pro-ISIS Terrorists in Clashes

Philippine Troops Kill 44 Pro-ISIS Terrorists in Clashes

Sunday 11 March 2018 ،
Marawi for five months last year.  
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Philippines’ President Urges Asia to Pursue Independent Policy, Avoid Mimicking West

Philippines’ President Urges Asia to Pursue Independent Policy, Avoid Mimicking West

Sunday 6 May 2018 ،
Marawi became the center of the unrest because it had the highest rates of poverty and low scores on the human development index, which a flourishing economy can change for the better. Marawi’s situation “underscores the urgency not only of bringing the fruits of development to the isla ...

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Farmers in Poland are on the streets again to protest EU agricultural policies

Farmers in Poland are on the streets again to protest EU agricultural policies