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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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Orthodox Church Calls Unity against ’Evil’ of ISIS
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Orthodox Church Calls Unity against ’Evil’ of ISIS

Sunday 23 October 2016
. Alwaght- The Head of the Russian Orthodox Church called for a global unity against the ISIS terrorist group. The Moscow Patriarchate top official says the world should act united against the “evil” of ISIS during an official visit to the UK, where he met Queen Elizabeth II and the Arc ...
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Syrian Army Foils ISIS Attack on Military Airport
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Syrian Army Foils ISIS Attack on Military Airport

Sunday 23 October 2016 ،
. The ISIS terrorists launched an attack to take control of the military airport in the Syrian city of Deir Ezzor where some units of the Syrian army are located. The attack was repelled in an approximately two-hour battle, the report said. The first group of terrorists attacked the eastern entra ...
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Top Egyptian Army Officer Shot Dead
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Top Egyptian Army Officer Shot Dead

Sunday 23 October 2016 ،
. The victim identified as Brigadier General Adel Ragaei, who commanded an armored division deployed in Sinai, was shot outside his home in the Obour City suburb. At 6 am they killed him. I can’t tell you if it was six or twelve bullets. It was before he could get into his car,” sister ...
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Turkey Retreats Claims to Enter Mosul Liberation Op
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Turkey Retreats Claims to Enter Mosul Liberation Op

Sunday 23 October 2016 ،
. In a clear change of stance, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said his country will not enter the operation to liberate Mosul from ISIS terrorists.  The land operation must be conducted by [the Iraqi] national army instead of different groups. It is out of the question that Turkey or other ...
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Imagination that US Is Unbeatable Is Big Mistake: Iran Leader
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Imagination that US Is Unbeatable Is Big Mistake: Iran Leader

Sunday 23 October 2016 ،
. Alwaght- Supreme Leader of Islamic Republic of Iran says the illusion that that the US is unbeatable is a big mistake.  Referring to the failed US policies in the West Asian region, Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei said “Some think that the US cannot be defeated. This is while this imagin ...
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Mosul Liberation a Triumph, US Participation Suspicious: Expert
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Mosul Liberation a Triumph, US Participation Suspicious: Expert

Sunday 23 October 2016 ،
. Alwaght- The Iranian Middle East expert Masoud Assadollahi in an interview with Alwaght has likened start of the Mosul liberation operation to the anti-terror assault for recapture of Fallujah from the terrorists and added that the involved forces first will push for liberating the surrounding are ...
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Syrian Kurds Facing Predicament amid Complex Conflict
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Syrian Kurds Facing Predicament amid Complex Conflict

Sunday 23 October 2016 ،
. Turkish forces invaded Syria earlier in August as part of the operation ‘Euphrates Shield’, deploying ground troops and air power to northern parts of the neighboring country. Turkey claims that its forces entered Syria to combat ISIS terrorists, but observers on the ground say that A ...
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Charities Condemn UK Training Bahrain Whitewash Prison Deaths
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Charities Condemn UK Training Bahrain Whitewash Prison Deaths

Sunday 23 October 2016 ،
Northern Irish Police for training their Bahraini counterparts how to tell bereaved families that officers would not be prosecuted after loved ones have died in custody. According to the charity, the UK foreign ministry is helping the Persian Gulf country with a multimillion pound aid package, desp ...
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Who Carried out Carnage in Iraq’s Kirkuk?
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Who Carried out Carnage in Iraq’s Kirkuk?

Sunday 23 October 2016 ،
. But there can only be one culprit. Alwaght- A recent bombing of dozens of civilian mourners in Iraq’s oil-rich northern province of Kirkuk has failed to attract much attention to its culprits, let alone lead to their accountability. Fifteen women were killed and another 50 wounded in a raid ...
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Iraqi Army Advances Further towards Mosul
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Iraqi Army Advances Further towards Mosul

Monday 24 October 2016 ،
. Iraqi national army is fighting in the center of the strategically important al-Hamadaniya district to cleanse the ISIS remnants from the region in the northeastern Nineveh Province. Gaining complete control over the city puts Iraqi army at the gates of the provincial capital Mosul that is the m ...

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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.