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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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Map of  Latest Battlefield Developments in Syria and Iraq on

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Hungary’s Treatment of Syrian Refugees
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Hungary’s Treatment of Syrian Refugees

Thursday 17 September 2015
Syrian refugees as well as migrants from some other countries flooding towards its borders in attempts to reach other European countries seeking asylum. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE FA ...
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ISIS Role in US Policy in Afghanistan
Analysis

ISIS Role in US Policy in Afghanistan

Sunday 20 September 2015 ،
Syria, has penetrated his country, highlighting that the threat of this terrorist group to his country should not be ignored. Afghanistan’s president added that fighting against ISIS will be soon, and it would happen in the spring. The however, some political experts believe that Ashraf Ghani ha ...
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Iraq’s Public Mobilization Forces under Fire, Legal Squeeze (2)
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Iraq’s Public Mobilization Forces under Fire, Legal Squeeze (2)

Monday 21 September 2015 ،
Syrian government in Syria, to stop attacks on Syria’s al-Foaa, Nobol, al-Zahra and Kfaria regions, and not to hinder protection of the Shiite groups in Aleppo and Idlib, two cities largely controlled by ISIS terrorist group as well as other anti-Shiite armed groups. - To withdraw Turkish forc ...
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Iranian MPs Codifies Double-Urgency Bill to Grant Citizenship to Childeren's of Iranian Mothers
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Iranian MPs Codifies Double-Urgency Bill to Grant Citizenship to Childeren's of Iranian Mothers

Tuesday 22 September 2015 ،
Syria and Iraq, Iranian lawmakers codified a double-urgency bill aimed at granting citizenship to their children as well as to children of Iranian mothers and non- Iranian fathers. There have been no details disclosed about MP’s final decision, but it is strongly hoped that Iran parliament wou ...
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Reasons, Outcomes of Turkish Military Action against Kurds

Reasons, Outcomes of Turkish Military Action against Kurds

Saturday 26 September 2015 ،
Syria border town, has sparked intensification of Turkey government’s measures against Kurds, pushing the conflict between arch-foes to upgrade to a new stage. Regarding the multiple aspects of the escalation, it is of significance to examine the motives and results of Turkish military moves aga ...
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British Female Extremists Recruiting for ISIS in Libya
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British Female Extremists Recruiting for ISIS in Libya

Monday 28 September 2015 ،
Syria to start a new life under the ISIS terrorist group, ISD researcher Melanie Smith says that the travel of women to Libya in order to join ISIS is a  dangerous tipping point. “Where we see movements of women migrating, that represents the organization [ISIS] trying to consolidate their te ...
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Russia Military Intervention to Tip Balance in Favor of Syrian Government

Russia Military Intervention to Tip Balance in Favor of Syrian Government

Sunday 4 October 2015 ،
Syria on Wednesday as it defied western criticism for joining the fight against terrorism alongside the Syrian government. Alwaght- Russia has conducted its first airstrike against ISIS in Syria on Wednesday as it defied western criticism for joining the fight against terrorism alongside the Syrian ...
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Mansur Hadi's Sham Blames in 70th UN General Assembly

Mansur Hadi's Sham Blames in 70th UN General Assembly

Sunday 4 October 2015 ،
Syria, Yemen and Iraq, pushing them into devastatingly erosive internal conflicts that has led to deaths of hundreds of thousands of the their people and displacement of millions of others internally and externally. The Saudi regime’s argument for its confrontation with the Syrian government is that ...
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Kobani, One Year after Resistance; Regional Perspective
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Kobani, One Year after Resistance; Regional Perspective

Sunday 4 October 2015 ،
Syria, particularly Iraq and Turkey. Efforts will be made to briefly discuss the most important outcomes of the Kobani resistance. The last part of this article, will be devoted to analysis of the effects of Kobani resistance at the international level which will subseq ...
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After Conducting Airstrikes against ISIS, Russia may also Use Navy
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After Conducting Airstrikes against ISIS, Russia may also Use Navy

Monday 5 October 2015 ،
Syria conducted devastating airstrikes on ISIS terrorists, the head of Russian State Duma's defense committee announced the possibility of the participation of Russian navy in the war-torn country. Alwaght- After Russian Air Force in Syria conducted devastating airstrikes on ISIS terrorists, the ...

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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.