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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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Iran’s IRGC Seizes 2 US Navy Boats, Arrests 10 Marines
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Iran’s IRGC Seizes 2 US Navy Boats, Arrests 10 Marines

Wednesday 13 January 2016
Riverine boats are 38-foot long, high-speed patrol boats used by the U.S. Navy and Marines to patrol rivers and littoral waters. In March 2007, IRGC naval forces captured 15 British Royal Navy marines and sailors who violated Iran’s territorial waters in a military boat from HMS Cornwall. They ...
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Rohongya Muslims, Slayed, Forgotten, Homeless
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Rohongya Muslims, Slayed, Forgotten, Homeless

Sunday 3 April 2016 ،
As the sun creeps closer towards its midday peak, the inhabitants of Dar Paing camp move out to the dusty streets to escape the oppressive heat of their single room dormitories. This is home to thousands of Rohingya Muslims, a stateless people not recognized nor wanted by Myanmar’s government. As t ...
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Five Iranian Craft Approached US Navy Warship as 4-Star American Gen. on Board
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Five Iranian Craft Approached US Navy Warship as 4-Star American Gen. on Board

Wednesday 13 July 2016 ،
Iran sent five armed craft towards a US Navy warship in the person gulf as the four-star American commander was on board. Alwaght- Iran sent five armed craft towards a US Navy warship in the person gulf as the four-star American commander was on board. General Joseph Votel got an unexpected, 500-ya ...
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Summer Floods Killed 0ver 50, Damaged Millions in Eastern India
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Summer Floods Killed 0ver 50, Damaged Millions in Eastern India

Saturday 30 July 2016 ،
50 Indians were killed and million others were damaged as eastern India was struck by devastating floods during the days of monsoons. Alwaght- 50 Indians were killed and million others were damaged as eastern India was struck by devastating floods during the days of monsoons. Officials in the north ...
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Humiliated US Navy Shifting Blame after Sailors Captured by Iran’s IRGC
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Humiliated US Navy Shifting Blame after Sailors Captured by Iran’s IRGC

Wednesday 11 January 2017 ،
Riverine patrol boats that veered wildly off course had been derelict in their duties. Chief of US Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson told the media that the investigation concluded that shoddy navigation, maintenance shortfalls and a baffling lack of oversight created a maelstrom of errors that ...
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Syrian Militia Severs Road out Linking ISIS-Held Raqqa, Deir Al-Zor
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Syrian Militia Severs Road out Linking ISIS-Held Raqqa, Deir Al-Zor

Monday 6 March 2017 ،
River. It is a big victory but there is still a lot to accomplish, the Kurdish military source said, speaking on condition of anonymity. The Britain-based observatory said families brought recently by ISIS to Raqqa from areas to the west had been forced to cross the river by boat, reflecting the p ...
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Floods, Mudslides Hit Sri Lanka; 100 Killed, 99 Missing
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Floods, Mudslides Hit Sri Lanka; 100 Killed, 99 Missing

Saturday 27 May 2017 ،
Floods and mudslides have killed at least 100 people and left 99 others missing in Sri Lanka’s south and western regions. Alwaght- Floods and mudslides have killed at least 100 people and left 99 others missing in Sri Lanka's south and western regions. The Indian Ocean island's authorities ...
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US Airstrike Kills 21 Civilians Fleeing ISIS-Held Raqqa: Observatory
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US Airstrike Kills 21 Civilians Fleeing ISIS-Held Raqqa: Observatory

Tuesday 6 June 2017 ،
River to flee southern neighborhoods of Raqqah, said observatory Director Rami Abdel Rahman. He added that women and children were among the casualties. The toll may continue to rise as some of the wounded are in critical condition, he noted. According to latest figures released by SOHR, airstrike ...

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Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution

Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution