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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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Wildfire Rips Canada for Second Week, 100,000 Residents to Evacuate
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Wildfire Rips Canada for Second Week, 100,000 Residents to Evacuate

Monday 9 May 2016
. Alwaght- A wildfire ripping through Canada's oil sands region looked set to grow rapidly as it entered its second week on Sunday. The catastrophic Fort McMurray wildfire continued to roar as officials warned it could burn for months. According to Alberta premier Rachel Notley, the fire has gr ...
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Top 10 Best Tourist Places in Yemen
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Top 10 Best Tourist Places in Yemen

Monday 9 May 2016 ،
. Yemen has had a troubled recent history with civil wars and tribal conflicts predominating. Yemen had committed to a long-term development plan for travel and tourism Yemen is on the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula, and sharing borders with Saudi Arabia and Oman. Yemen has had a troubled rec ...
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Syrian Forces Inflict Heavy Losses on Terrorists
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Syrian Forces Inflict Heavy Losses on Terrorists

Monday 9 May 2016 ،
. In Hama, the Syrian army air force destroyed gatherings and positions of ISIS terrorist organization in the eastern countryside of  the central province. A military source told SANA that the army air force on Monday morning carried out airstrikes against positions and vehicles of ISIS terro ...
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Hezbollah, Allies Victory in Municipal Elections; Important Massage from Lebanon
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Hezbollah, Allies Victory in Municipal Elections; Important Massage from Lebanon

Tuesday 10 May 2016 ،
. Hezbollah, Allies Victory in Municipal Elections; Important Massage from Lebanon Alwaght- Initial, but unofficial, results show victory of Development and Loyalty List, the election list of Hezbollah and its allies, in the municipal elections in Lebanon in both Baalbek and Brital towns, according ...
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Golan Heights; Tel Aviv’s Achilles Heel
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Golan Heights; Tel Aviv’s Achilles Heel

Tuesday 10 May 2016 ،
. Alwaght- Syria’s Golan Heights either the part inside the Syrian territory or that under the Israeli occupation are seen as Tel Aviv’s weak spots, or its Achilles heel. Therefore, the Resistance Axis, represented by Lebanon’s Hezbollah and its allies could use the capacity of the ...
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Takfiris Terrorists Detain Bodies of 12 IRGC Advisers Killed in Syria
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Takfiris Terrorists Detain Bodies of 12 IRGC Advisers Killed in Syria

Tuesday 10 May 2016 ،
. Alwaght- Takfiri terrorists in Syria have detained the bodies of 12 military advisers of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) killed in Syria in recent days. In a statement on Saturday, the IRGC said 13 of its military advisers have been killed and 21 others wounded in the town of ...
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West Adopts Intentional Islamophobic Policy
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West Adopts Intentional Islamophobic Policy

Wednesday 11 May 2016 ،
North African states to prevent the terrorists who pose threat to the US from finding safe havens, according to President Obama. Now the picture is clearer and so we can figure out the essence of the speech of Iran’s leader Sayyed Ali Khamenei. The attempts to establish the terrorists as a re ...
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Why France, Some Arabs Insist on Resumption of Israeli-Palestinian Talks?
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Why France, Some Arabs Insist on Resumption of Israeli-Palestinian Talks?

Wednesday 11 May 2016 ،
. Alwaght- Taking cue from Syria’s Geneva peace negotiations, France unveiled its proposal for a peace deal between the Palestinian Authority and the Israeli regime on January 31, 2016, promising to work on holding an international conference to push resumption of the peace dialogue between th ...
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Europe Day
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Europe Day

Wednesday 11 May 2016 ،
. There are two separate designations of Europe Day: 5 May for the Council of Europe, and 9 May for the European Union (EU). The latter is the EU’s flag day and has a greater visibility. In Europe, Europe Day is an annual celebration of peace and unity in Europe. There are two separate designations ...
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50 Killed, 60 Injured in ISIS Car Bomb Explosion in Iraq’s Baghdad
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50 Killed, 60 Injured in ISIS Car Bomb Explosion in Iraq’s Baghdad

Wednesday 11 May 2016 ،
. Alwaght- Car bomb explosion by ISIS terrorists in the Sadr City neighborhood of Baghdad killed 50 people and wounded 60 others on Wednesday. The attack came in a bustling market during the morning rush on Wednesday, killing mostly women, Iraqi police and hospital sources said. The car bomb explo ...

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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.