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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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US Attempts to Establish Sunni Region in Iraq
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US Attempts to Establish Sunni Region in Iraq

Sunday 14 February 2016
Party went on a journey to the United States. Jabouri made visits to various US political centers and figures, and after his journey began to deliver speeches about reconciliation and conditional national unity. A national unity in which friends of Iraq continue their cooperation and the interests o ...
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Turkish Army Bombs Syrian Forces, Kurdish Militants
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Turkish Army Bombs Syrian Forces, Kurdish Militants

Sunday 14 February 2016 ،
Party, also known as the PYD, and its military wing the YPG of having links to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group that has been fighting for an autonomous Kurdish region inside Turkey since the 1980s. According to YPG sources, the shelling struck the strategic Minnigh military a ...
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NATO Pushing Russia Toward New Cold War: Medvedev
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NATO Pushing Russia Toward New Cold War: Medvedev

Sunday 14 February 2016 ،
Pakistan, Iraq and many other countries, as well as public beheadings and brutal acts of violence, as clear evidence that international terrorism respects no borders. Addressing Russia’s anti-IS deployment, Medvedev said the air operation is not targeting civilians. No one has yet presented an ...
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Turkey’s Ground Operation in Syria to Be Catastrophic: Turkish Opposition Leader
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Turkey’s Ground Operation in Syria to Be Catastrophic: Turkish Opposition Leader

Sunday 14 February 2016 ،
Party warned that a possible ground offensive on Syria would lead to "unimaginably grave" consequences.   Alwaght- Turkey's Opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli warned that a possible ground offensive on Syria in alliance with Saudi Arabia would lead to ...
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Why Syrian Kurds Prefer Moscow to Washington?
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Why Syrian Kurds Prefer Moscow to Washington?

Monday 15 February 2016 ،
Party opened its office in Moscow, a move that does not seem to please Washington and Ankara. Alwaght- The Kurdish Democratic Union Party which is the largest political umbrella for the Syrian Kurds, opened its first European representation office on Thursday, 11 February in Moscow, a move that ...
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Turkish Opposition Rejects Ankara-Riyadh Military Intervention in Syria
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Turkish Opposition Rejects Ankara-Riyadh Military Intervention in Syria

Monday 15 February 2016 ،
Party] CHP is against every decision that would lead Turkey to a war, the CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu wrote in his Twitter account on Sunday. The Turkish military shelled Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) forces at the Menagh air base near Azez in northern Syria and also targeted ...
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Nobody to Dare Approach Syria, Hariri Wants Lebanon Become Saudi Emirate: Lebanese Ex-Minister
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Nobody to Dare Approach Syria, Hariri Wants Lebanon Become Saudi Emirate: Lebanese Ex-Minister

Tuesday 16 February 2016 ،
Party. Alwaght: The Syrian Arab army is making quick and decisive progresses in northern Syria, obviously in the terrorist-held Aleppo and Hama and it has earlier concluded victoriously the battle of Lattakia and provided the security of the city. How do you see all these advances against the terro ...
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Turkey’s Opposition Urges Gov’t to Brief Parliament on Shelling Syrian Kurds
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Turkey’s Opposition Urges Gov’t to Brief Parliament on Shelling Syrian Kurds

Tuesday 16 February 2016 ،
Party calls on Erdogan’s government to immediately brief parliament on the army’s fatal shelling of Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party Alwaght- Turkey's main opposition Party, CHP, calls on Erdogan's government to immediately brief parliament on the army’s fatal shelling of Syrian K ...
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International Reactions to Possible Saudi-Turkish Ground Incursion in Syria
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International Reactions to Possible Saudi-Turkish Ground Incursion in Syria

Tuesday 16 February 2016 ،
Party] CHP is against every decision that would lead Turkey to a war, he tweeted. In a similar stance, , Grand Unity Party (BBP) leader Mustafa Destici issued a statement voicing disapproval of  joint military action in Syria. Meanwhile, the opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) warned ...
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Malaysia Rejects Military Involvement in Saudi Coalition
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Malaysia Rejects Military Involvement in Saudi Coalition

Tuesday 16 February 2016 ،
Malaysian has reiterated it is not involved militarily in any Saudi-led military coalition. Alwaght- Malaysia has reiterated it is not involved in any Saudi-led military coalition amid claims by Riyadh that the Asian Muslim nation is party of the controversial alliance. Malaysian Defense Minister Se ...

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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.