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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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Syria’s Foua, Kafria: Besieged by Terrorists, Forgotten by UN
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Syria’s Foua, Kafria: Besieged by Terrorists, Forgotten by UN

Monday 2 January 2017
Syria. In addition to daily shelling of Foua and Kafria by militants from Ahrar al-Sham and Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, snipers are standing for people. They are ready to press the trigger, to pick off civilians with an intention of “taqarrub”, or moving closer to God! The method is very spec ...
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Lebanese Hezbollah Support Political Settlement in Syria: Leader
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Lebanese Hezbollah Support Political Settlement in Syria: Leader

Monday 13 February 2017 ،
Foua and Kefraya and other Syrian towns. Nasrallah added “We categorically deny the accusations raised by those who claim that Hezbollah and the Syrian government seek demographic change across the Syrian cities.” Elsewhere in his remarks, Nasrallah stated that recent military gains by ...
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Terrorists Kill over 100 Evacuees in Syria’s Aleppo
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Terrorists Kill over 100 Evacuees in Syria’s Aleppo

Saturday 15 April 2017 ،
Foua’a. Alwaght- Terrorists have killed over 100 people in an attack near buses carrying Syrians being evacuated from the towns of Kefraya and al-Foua’a. Blasts targeting the civilians took place in al-Rashideen area west of Aleppo with reports saying that terrorists detonated a car ...
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Bomb Attack on Syrian Evacuees Killed over 60 Children: UNICEF
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Bomb Attack on Syrian Evacuees Killed over 60 Children: UNICEF

Tuesday 18 April 2017 ،
Foua’a. After six years of war and human carnage in Syria… six years of heartbreak for so many Syrian families… there comes a new horror that must break the heart of anyone who has one,” the statement added. Lake urged not only for regret, but for action to en ...
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Iran, Syria to Strengthen Military Ties in War on Terror
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Iran, Syria to Strengthen Military Ties in War on Terror

Tuesday 2 May 2017 ،
Syria. General Ayoub briefed Major General Bagheri on the latest developments in Syria and the joint coordination between the two countries, Russia and the backup forces in the fight against terrorism, affirming the Syrian army’s determination to continue the fight against terrorism until res ...
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US New Anti-Hezbollah Measures: Drives, Consequences
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US New Anti-Hezbollah Measures: Drives, Consequences

Sunday 15 October 2017 ،
Syria. Hezbollah's military strength along with its genius on the Syrian battlegrounds buoyed up the Lebanese group to a notably effective regional actor. This spurs the US, Saudi Arabia, and the Israeli regime, three parties that see Hezbollah as a brewing threat to their interests, to act host ...
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Syrian Forces Advance on in War on ISIS in Deir-ez-Zor
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Syrian Forces Advance on in War on ISIS in Deir-ez-Zor

Monday 23 October 2017 ،
Fouad Street, al-Howeiqa, al-Jbeiliyeh, al-Rashdiyeh, al-Ummal, Kanamat, Khasarat and al-Aradi. Additionally, the Syrian army operations inflicted heavy losses upon ISIS terrorists in personnel and equipment, in addition to destroying their positions and fortifications. In the southeastern directi ...
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65 Hostages, Besieged Syrians Released as 200 Militants Leave Yarmouk in Swap Deal
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65 Hostages, Besieged Syrians Released as 200 Militants Leave Yarmouk in Swap Deal

Tuesday 1 May 2018 ،
Foua reached army lines on Tuesday, launching a deal for militants to quit an enclave south of Damascus. Alwaght- Scores of hostages abducted by terrorists in northwestern Syria as well as some critically ill patients from the terrorist-besieged towns of Kefraya and al-Foua reached army lines on Tue ...
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Al-Qaeda Attacks Syria’s Shiite Towns of Foua, Kefraya
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Al-Qaeda Attacks Syria’s Shiite Towns of Foua, Kefraya

Sunday 10 June 2018 ،
Foua, where Shiite people have been besieged since 2015. Alwaght- Al-Qaeda-linked terrorists have attacked Syrian towns of Kefraya and al-Foua, where Shiite people have been besieged since 2015. The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported that Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham te ...
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Lebanese Parliament Fails to Elect President for 12th Time
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Lebanese Parliament Fails to Elect President for 12th Time

Wednesday 14 June 2023 ،
Syria. By convention, the premiership is reserved for a Sunni Muslim and the post of parliament speaker goes to a Shia Muslim. Frangieh, a former lawmaker and minister, had promised on Sunday to be the president of all Lebanese. Wednesday's failed session to choose a president came on th ...

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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