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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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How Did Iraq’s PMF Spoil the US Plan in Mosul?
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How Did Iraq’s PMF Spoil the US Plan in Mosul?

Thursday 24 November 2016
. Alwaght- The operation to liberate the northern Iraqi city of Mosul goes on according to an assault plan designed by the US while the northern, eastern, and southern fronts of the city are under heavy pressures from a coalition of Iraqi forces, and a desert area between the Mosul battlefields and ...
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No Iranian Force in Iraqi Mosul Op: IRCG Commander
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No Iranian Force in Iraqi Mosul Op: IRCG Commander

Thursday 24 November 2016 ،
. The Commander in Chief of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said the Iraqi forces present in the operation are fully capable of liberating the city and there is no need for Iranian forces to get involved. The Iraqi fighter and Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces) are too capabl ...
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Yemeni Forces Seize another Saudi Military Base in Najran
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Yemeni Forces Seize another Saudi Military Base in Najran

Thursday 24 November 2016 ،
. Alwaght- Yemeni resistance forces have seized yet another Saudi Arabian military based in the volatile border region of Najran. According to Yemen's Al Masirah TV, the base was captured on Thursday in the latest retaliatory attack by Yemeni forces amid an ongoing brutal Saudi-led military agg ...
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Israeli Regime’s Wild Claims against Iran’s IRGC
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Israeli Regime’s Wild Claims against Iran’s IRGC

Thursday 24 November 2016 ،
. Alwaght- The Israeli regime has made wild claims that Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is using commercial airline flights to ship weapons to the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah. In a letter to the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday, Tel Aviv's U.N. Ambassador Danny ...
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ISIS Terrorist Attack in Baghdad Leaves Over 100 Dead
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ISIS Terrorist Attack in Baghdad Leaves Over 100 Dead

Thursday 24 November 2016 ،
. Alwaght-ISIS Takfiri terrorist group has claimed responsibility for a deadly car bomb attack in the Iraqi capital Baghdad which left over 100 pilgrims dead including dozens of Iranians. The blast near the city of Hilla was the deadliest attack on civilians in Iraq since Baghdad launched an offens ...
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Russia: Chemical Weapons Used in Aleppo
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Russia: Chemical Weapons Used in Aleppo

Friday 25 November 2016 ،
. Alwaght- Russian military experts have found fresh evidence of chemical warfare against Syrian civilians. According to a report published on Friday by RT, Russian Defense Ministry confirmed that unexploded mortar shell uncovered in Aleppo contained mustard gas. Foreign-backed Takfiri terrorists h ...
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Lebanese Forces Arrest Top ISIS Commander
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Lebanese Forces Arrest Top ISIS Commander

Friday 25 November 2016 ،
. Alwaght-Lebanese forces have dismantled a major ISIS terrorist group cell in the country and arrested a top commander of the extremist Takfiri group.  The top commander of ISIS in Lebanon was arrested by the Lebanese Army in the northeastern town of Arsal near the Syrian border on Friday mor ...
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Iran Urges Djibouti to Stop Obeying Orders from others
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Iran Urges Djibouti to Stop Obeying Orders from others

Friday 25 November 2016 ،
. Alwaght- Iran has dismissed claims by Djibouti’s President and called on him to stop implementing the commands of others. In a statement on Friday, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi dismissed unfounded allegations by Djibouti’s President Ismael Omar Guelleh that the Is ...
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Future of Kurds in the Shadow of Erdogan-HDP Rivalry
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Future of Kurds in the Shadow of Erdogan-HDP Rivalry

Saturday 26 November 2016 ،
. Alwaght- After 2014, the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced end of peace with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), triggering a new period of struggle and rivalry between the Turkish government and the Kurds. The new period was different for the PKK. Actually, PKK's power and ...
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Bahrainis Rally to Support Top Opposition Leader
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Bahrainis Rally to Support Top Opposition Leader

Saturday 26 November 2016 ،
. The demonstrators expressed their support for the top cleric and protested the state imposed ban on his Friday Prayers rituals that was regarded the greatest ritual of this kind in the country. The protesters staged a rally in the northwestern village of Diraz, situated about 12 kilometers west ...

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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.