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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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Turkish Militiary Ordered to Ignore ISIS Activities Near Its Border
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Turkish Militiary Ordered to Ignore ISIS Activities Near Its Border

Tuesday 14 June 2016
US-led coalition that is reluctant to take action against ISIS. “Whenever we saw a [coalition] plane in the sky, we would say: ‘Hey there is the faker,’” Bulent said.  
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ISIS Abducts 210 Syrian Kurds in Aleppo’s Al-Bab
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ISIS Abducts 210 Syrian Kurds in Aleppo’s Al-Bab

Wednesday 15 June 2016 ،
US military officials claim the offensive in Manbij is supported by American special operations forces, who are acting as advisers and staying some distance back from the frontline. Tens of thousands of civilians have been stuck in the city after the US-backed SDF troops laid siege to it on Friday ...
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US Troubled by Its Tiny Arab Ally’s Suppressive Measures
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US Troubled by Its Tiny Arab Ally’s Suppressive Measures

Wednesday 15 June 2016 ،
US Department of Sate issued a statement saying, We are deeply troubled by today's alarming move by the Government of Bahrain to dissolve the opposition political society, Al-Wefaq. The statement, issued on Tuesday, urged the US's Arab ally that hosts its Fifth Navy Fleet to reconsider this ...
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Syrian Militants Receiving Help from Turkey: RT
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Syrian Militants Receiving Help from Turkey: RT

Wednesday 15 June 2016 ،
forces when it comes to battling against Islamic State.
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Iran’s General Soleimani to Rescue Iraq from ISIS Terrorists: Italian Paper
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Iran’s General Soleimani to Rescue Iraq from ISIS Terrorists: Italian Paper

Wednesday 15 June 2016 ،
US has had a minimal role in the ongoing battle to eject ISIS terrorists from Fallujah, adding that the Iranian general is leading the operation to liberate the strategic city. The daily quotes General Soleimani as saying in March that, The fire of terrorism had consumed our Sunni brothers' hou ...
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Syria Slams Presence of French, German Special Forces
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Syria Slams Presence of French, German Special Forces

Wednesday 15 June 2016 ،
forces in the country’s Ain al-Arab and Manbij areas. Alwaght- Syria on Wednesday strongly condemned the presence of French and German special forces in the country's Ain al-Arab and Manbij areas. In a statement through the official Syrian news agency SANA, the country's Foreign Ministry te ...
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Jihad with a J; Part I
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Jihad with a J; Part I

Saturday 18 June 2016 ،
The word jihad has become the latest victim of a Western media campaign that has synonymized jihadists with ISIS militants. Alwaght- Not many Arabic words have infiltrated Western culture. But while many Westerners have become familiar with the words falafel, hummus, habibi, and the s ...
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Iraqi Army Retakes ISIS Stronghold’s Heart
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Iraqi Army Retakes ISIS Stronghold’s Heart

Friday 17 June 2016 ،
forces have retaken the government compound in the centre of Fallujah. Army forces has reportedly swept through with limited resistance from ISIS terrorists, pushing the group to the edge of losing one of the most emblematic strongholds in its so-called caliphate. The liberation of the government ...
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Time to Pack Bags: “War Over” For UAE In Yemen
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Time to Pack Bags: “War Over” For UAE In Yemen

Saturday 18 June 2016 ،
forces failure to seize full control of Yemen. Did the Arab forces succeed in taking control of the Yemeni capital Sana'a and putting an end to the revolutionary movement Ansarullah? Have they been successful in pushing out of the country the former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh?  Ar ...
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Russia Warns US on Toppling Syrian President Assad
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Russia Warns US on Toppling Syrian President Assad

Friday 17 June 2016 ،
US who favor a military solution [to the Syrian crisis]. But this is not our method. Meanwhile, Russia's President Vladimir Putin said Friday that the Syrian opposition should be encouraged to participate in government work to help a dialogue that can lead to new elections being held in the cou ...

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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.