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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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Turkey Border Guards Killed 11 Fleeing Syrians, Including 4 Children
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Turkey Border Guards Killed 11 Fleeing Syrians, Including 4 Children

Sunday 19 June 2016
. The displaced Syrians were fleeing clashes between ISIS terrorist group and Syrian Democratic Forces in northern Syrian town of Manbij. Condemning the terrible tragedy, National Coalition said The deaths of defenseless Syrians contradicts the hospitality of the Turkish government and the Turkish ...
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Over 30 Saudi Mercenaries Killed in Yemeni Missile Attack
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Over 30 Saudi Mercenaries Killed in Yemeni Missile Attack

Sunday 19 June 2016 ،
. Alwaght- More than 50 Saudi-led forces were killed and injured as Yemeni forces have reportedly targeted a center of gathering belonging to Saudi mercenaries in the country’s northern province of al-Jawf. Yemeni forces launched a ballistic missile at the Army’s 115th Division base in ...
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Saudi Regime in Peril amid Sickness of King, Crown Prince
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Saudi Regime in Peril amid Sickness of King, Crown Prince

Monday 20 June 2016 ،
. Alwaght- The Al Saud clan is in peril amid reports that Saudi crown prince is now seriously sick while the King is known to be suffering from Alzheimer's or dementia. Bruce Riedel, a former national intelligence officer and a member of US President Barack Obama's transition team, told NBC ...
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Great Leap Backward: America`s Illegal Wars on World
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Great Leap Backward: America`s Illegal Wars on World

Monday 20 June 2016 ،
North Africa. For the rest of the world, the surrender of sovereignty is sought by means of economic globalization through trade pacts—TTP, TTIP, etc.—that virtually abolish the constitution of states, including our own. Spearheading the economic effort to control the periphery and the e ...
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Four Detained as 14 Russian Children Drowned in Boating Accident
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Four Detained as 14 Russian Children Drowned in Boating Accident

Monday 20 June 2016 ،
North-Western Emergencies Ministry’s Regional Center told TASS. If the camp’s staff had warned the Emergencies Ministry of the boat trip, they would have been accompanied by rescuers or banned from boating due to weather conditions, the press officer said. The rescuers learned about th ...
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ISIS Kills Men, Rapes Women as Syrian Democratic Forces Advance towards Manbij
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ISIS Kills Men, Rapes Women as Syrian Democratic Forces Advance towards Manbij

Monday 20 June 2016 ،
.  Alwaght- ISIS terrorist killed hundreds of men and raped dozens of women as they were forces to withdraw from countryside of Manbij in the northern Aleppo province, local sources and activists reported. As Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are advancing towards ISIS-held town of Manbij, ISIS t ...
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Sadrist Movement Seeking for What in Iraq?
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Sadrist Movement Seeking for What in Iraq?

Tuesday 21 June 2016 ،
. Alwaght. The Sadrist Movement is not new to Iraq, however, last month during the protests urging government of Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to eliminate bureaucracy and also sectarian sharing of government posts, the name of Sadrist Movement and its leader Ayatollah Muqtada al-Sadr called furthe ...
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Syrian Forces Target ISIS Terrorists in Raqqa
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Syrian Forces Target ISIS Terrorists in Raqqa

Monday 20 June 2016 ،
North West of Hama. Fierce clashes took place, the sources said, adding that the Syrian army managed to kill and injure several terrorists. The foreign-sponsored conflict in Syria, which flared in March 2011, has so far claimed the lives of nearly half a million people, over one million injured and ...
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Iraq’s Al-Hashd Al-Watani Forces; Troublemaker for Mosul Liberation?
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Iraq’s Al-Hashd Al-Watani Forces; Troublemaker for Mosul Liberation?

Tuesday 21 June 2016 ،
. Alwaght- Atheel al-Nujaifi who was the governor of Mosul at the time of fall of the Iraqi northern city to ISIS terror group and who is currently based in Erbil and has formed a militant group dubbed al-Hashd al-Watani (Arabic for National Mobilization) in an interview with the British newspaper t ...
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ISIS Hackers Gather Info on NATO, US Military Installations, Urging Attacks
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ISIS Hackers Gather Info on NATO, US Military Installations, Urging Attacks

Tuesday 21 June 2016 ،
Korea's intelligence agency as saying that ISIS hacking team, the United Cyber Caliphate,  has collected information on 77 NATO as well as US air force facilities.    The terror group has also released information on individuals in 21 countries, including the personal details of ...

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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.