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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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Ziad Abu Ein's Murder Was "A Barbaric Act which We Cannot Be Silent About, Mahmoud Abbas
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Ziad Abu Ein's Murder Was "A Barbaric Act which We Cannot Be Silent About, Mahmoud Abbas

Friday 12 December 2014
Alwaght - A Palestinian minister died on Wednesday shortly after a Zionist border policeman shoved and grabbed him by the throat during a protest in the occupied West Bank, an incident Mahmoud Abbas described as barbaric, Reuters reported. Alwaght - A Palestinian minister died on Wednesday shortly a ...
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438 Egyptian Protesters Face Military Trial
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438 Egyptian Protesters Face Military Trial

Sunday 14 December 2014 ،
Alwaght-Egyptian officials have referred 438 backers of ousted President Mohamed Morsi to military courts less than two months after a law was passed allowing military trial of civilians, Press TV reports. Alwaght-Egyptian officials have referred 438 backers of ousted President Mohamed Morsi to mili ...
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Mourners Clash with Indian Police in Disputed Kashmir
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Mourners Clash with Indian Police in Disputed Kashmir

Thursday 12 February 2015 ،
Scuffles have broken out between angry protesters and Indian security forces during the funeral of a young civilian man gunned down in a police shootout in the disputed Indian-controlled Kashmir, as Press TV reports. Alwaght-Scuffles have broken out between angry protesters and Indian security force ...
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Kurdish Protesters, Police Clash in Southeast Turkey
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Kurdish Protesters, Police Clash in Southeast Turkey

Monday 16 February 2015 ،
Scuffles have broken out in the southeastern Turkey between security forces and Kurdish protesters demanding the release of the imprisoned leader of outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Abdullah Ocalan. Alwaght-Scuffles have broken out in the southeastern Turkey between security forces and Kurdi ...
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Armenian Soldier Killed By Azerbaijani Troops
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Armenian Soldier Killed By Azerbaijani Troops

Wednesday 4 March 2015 ،
Scuffles between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops intensified again in January after an unprecedented surge in violence last year. Some 15 people from both sides reportedly lost their lives and 18 others were wounded this year in clashes in the region. The two ex-Soviet Caucasus countries of Ar ...
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UK Bus Driver Refuses Entry to Muslim Women Clad in Hijab
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UK Bus Driver Refuses Entry to Muslim Women Clad in Hijab

Friday 26 June 2015 ،
Alwaght-The female Muslim students in Britain have been denied the right to board a bus travelling from Manchester to Leeds by an Islamophobic driver. Alwaght-The female Muslim students in Britain have been denied the right to board a bus travelling from Manchester to Leeds by an Islamophobic driv ...

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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.