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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, Haidar al-Abadi's First Visit Target
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Iran, Haidar al-Abadi's First Visit Target

Monday 20 October 2014
Haidar al-Abadi is to visit Tehran on Monday in his first visit ever since taking office a month ago. to unite the efforts of the region and the world to help Iraq in its war against the [ISIS] terrorist group", it said in a statement issued on Sunday Alwaght-Haidar al-Abadi, Iraq Prime Minister, ...
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Since America Invasion of Afghanistan Poppy Cultivation Increased Ten Folds
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Since America Invasion of Afghanistan Poppy Cultivation Increased Ten Folds

Tuesday 21 October 2014 ،
Office on Drugs and Crime reported that Afghan farmers grew an unprecedented 209,000 hectares (516,000 acres) of opium poppy in 2013, a 36 percent increase from 2012. Land area used for opium cultivation in Afghanistan surpassed the previous high of 193,000 hectares (477,000 acres) in 2007, said Joh ...
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US-led Coalition Fake War against ISIS
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US-led Coalition Fake War against ISIS

Monday 23 February 2015 ،
Alwaght-Why has the US Air Force not been able to wipe out the ISIS terrorist group which at the beginning was largely equipped with conventional small arms not to mention state of the art Toyota pickup trucks? Alwaght-Why has the US Air Force not been able to wipe out the ISIS terrorist group which ...
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U.S. and its Allies Are in Liaison with Terrorist Entities
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U.S. and its Allies Are in Liaison with Terrorist Entities

Tuesday 17 March 2015 ،
Trade Center burned on Sept. 11, 2001, the news interrupted a Carlyle business conference at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel here attended by a brother of Osama bin Laden [Shafiq bin Laden]. A timely business meeting on September 10-11 at the Ritz Carlton with Osama’s brother disrupted by the 9/11 attacks: ...
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Why is Al Saud Buying All Those US-made Weapons?
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Why is Al Saud Buying All Those US-made Weapons?

Tuesday 17 March 2015 ،
Alwaght- Saudi Arabia surpassed India to become the world's top importer of defense equipment in 2014, according to IHS, as global defense trade rose for the sixth straight year to $64.4 billion, up from $56.8 billion. Alwaght- Saudi Arabia surpassed India to become the world's t ...
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Objectives and Consequences of Afghanistan's President visit to India
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Objectives and Consequences of Afghanistan's President visit to India

Friday 8 May 2015 ،
Officer of Afghanistan Dr. Abdullah visited Delhi at the same time president Ghani was visiting Saudi Arabia and Pakistan to appease India. Now it seems that Islamabad and Kabul relation is not very transparent and friendly. growth of insecurity in different regions, emergence of ISIS in different ...
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Malaysian Human Trafficking Disaster; Police Found 139 Graves
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Malaysian Human Trafficking Disaster; Police Found 139 Graves

Monday 25 May 2015 ،
Alwaght- Malaysian authorities have found 139 graves – some with multiple bodies – and signs of torture, in more than two dozen squalid human trafficking camps suspected to have been used by gangs smuggling migrants in towns and villages bordering Thailand, the country's police chief said on Mon ...
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Old Challenges and New Opportunities in India-Pakistan Relations
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Old Challenges and New Opportunities in India-Pakistan Relations

Friday 17 July 2015 ،
Alwaght- Since the partition of India from British imperial rule in 1947 and the establishment of India and Pakistan, there have been conflicts between the two countries over several issues, especially land and water conflicts which still remain unresolved. Although the major issue in Kashmir disput ...
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ISIS Sells Oil at Less than $10 Barrel: Iraq's Ex-Deputy PM for Energy
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ISIS Sells Oil at Less than $10 Barrel: Iraq's Ex-Deputy PM for Energy

Tuesday 28 July 2015 ،
Alwaght- ISIS terrorist group sells oil at less than $10 per barrel on average, Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister responsible for Energy, Hussain Ibrahim Saleh al-Shahristani, confirmed on Monday, " ISIS sells a barrel of oil for less than $10,” Iraq-based Iraqinews.com website cited Shahristani as s ...

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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.