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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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Syria Armed Groups Must Disengaged from Al-Nusra Front: Russia FM
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Syria Armed Groups Must Disengaged from Al-Nusra Front: Russia FM

Wednesday 1 June 2016
. Alwaght- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Russia’s timeline given to armed groups in Syria to separate from the internationally-listed al-Nusra Front terrorist group runs out this week. In an interview with the Russian Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper published on Tuesday, Lavrov s ...
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Repercussions of Appointing Lieberman as Israel’s War Minister
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Repercussions of Appointing Lieberman as Israel’s War Minister

Wednesday 1 June 2016 ،
North African states.” He added that for them Iran and the Muslim Brotherhood were enemies. Ya’alon continued that Tehran was problematic for the Sunni regimes and the Tel Aviv. “We may not shake hands publically but we can talk in closed rooms,” he noted. Ya’alon&rsq ...
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Persian Carpet, What Allures World
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Persian Carpet, What Allures World

Wednesday 1 June 2016 ،
. Perhaps the history of carpet weaving starts when the first nomadic and tribal societies started to take shape on  earth thousands of years ago. The need for comfort and warmth during seasonal changes and protection from climatic phenomenon  forced the man to learn how to employ the most ...
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China May Declare Air Defense Zone in S. China Sea amid US Provocations: Report
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China May Declare Air Defense Zone in S. China Sea amid US Provocations: Report

Wednesday 1 June 2016 ،
Korean War or Vietnam War are replayed, then we will have to defend ourselves.
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Iraq Slows Down Anti-ISIS Fallujah Offensive to Avoid Civilian Casualties
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Iraq Slows Down Anti-ISIS Fallujah Offensive to Avoid Civilian Casualties

Wednesday 1 June 2016 ،
. Alwaght- Iraqi forces have slowed down the massive military offensive to eject ISIS terrorists from the strategic Fallujah town to avoid killing civilians trapped in the city. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced on Wednesday that, It would have been possible to end the battle quickly i ...
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Saudi King’s Health Worsens, Visitors Barred
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Saudi King’s Health Worsens, Visitors Barred

Thursday 2 June 2016 ،
. Alwaght- Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud health state has drastically deteriorated with visitors barred from seeing the ageing monarch. According to a report published by the Palestinian Manar online newspaper on Wednesday, Saudi Defense Minister and Deputy Crown Prince Moham ...
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Three Scenarios ahead of Post-ISIS Raqqa
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Three Scenarios ahead of Post-ISIS Raqqa

Friday 3 June 2016 ،
. Alwaght- With start of Raqqa recapture operation on May 21, by participation of about 25,000 of the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces and 500 American troops provided with the air cover from the US-led international military coalition, a series of speculations grew about the future of the ISIS-held ...
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Israeli Regime Forces Kill Palestinian Woman in WB
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Israeli Regime Forces Kill Palestinian Woman in WB

Thursday 2 June 2016 ،
. Alwaght- Israeli regime forces shot and killed a Palestinian woman in the northern occupied West Bank on Thursday afternoon. The deadly incident took place at the Innab Israeli regime’s army checkpoint near the Palestinian town of Anabta, located adjacent to the northern West Bank city of Tu ...
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Terrorists in Aleppo Syria Obtain Weapons from US-Led Coalition
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Terrorists in Aleppo Syria Obtain Weapons from US-Led Coalition

Friday 3 June 2016 ،
Northern Province Aleppo on Thursday. Alwaght- A United States-led coalition allegedly fighting ISIS Takfiri terrorists group air-dropped weapons to terrorists in the town of Marea in Northern Province Aleppo on Thursday. A local commander, requesting anonymity, said ammunition was dropped for use b ...
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Syrian Army Forces Enter ISIS Stronghold of Raqqa Province
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Syrian Army Forces Enter ISIS Stronghold of Raqqa Province

Sunday 5 June 2016 ،
. Alwaght-Syrian troops pushed into the ISIS Terrorist group's stronghold province of Raqqa on Saturday for the first time since 2014, in an advance towards the country's largest dam. The Tabqa dam on the Euphrates River, 40 kilometers (25 miles) upstream from Raqa city, is also the target ...

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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.