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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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Reasons Behind Turkey's Support for ISIS Terrorist Group
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Reasons Behind Turkey's Support for ISIS Terrorist Group

Saturday 2 August 2014
Workers' Party (PKK) has been bombarded by the Turkish Air Force for several years. After 2006, the Justice and Development Party (JDP) official, known for opportunistic manner, attempted to ease their relations with Kurds, whom they call them as Mountain Kurds in order to deny even their Ethnic ...
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Who Wins the Power Race: Prime Minister or President?

Who Wins the Power Race: Prime Minister or President?

Wednesday 27 August 2014 ،
Workers' Party can also challenge solving this problem. In addition there is no consensus among different political parties on this issue. Considering the second problem, Davutoglu is faced with some challenges, because seculars do not cooperate with Erdogan and on the other hand, some Islamist ...
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Fall of Kobani Could Mean an End to the Ankara-PKK Peace Talks
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Fall of Kobani Could Mean an End to the Ankara-PKK Peace Talks

Wednesday 8 October 2014 ،
Workers' Party (PKK), which waged a deadly insurgency in Turkey for the last three decades but has largely observed a ceasefire since last year. Kurdistan Communities Union - considered the urban wing of the mountain-based PKK - called on millions to take to the street to protest against what i ...
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Turkey on the Eve of Civil War
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Turkey on the Eve of Civil War

Wednesday 15 October 2014 ،
Workers’ Party (PKK) in the country’s southeast late on Monday, marking the military’s first significant offensive against PKK, since peace talks began two years ago Alwaght-Turkey’s warplanes and artillery repeatedly bombed the camps of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the country’s southeast ...
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At least 10 Civilians Killed in America-led coalition Airstrikes in Syria
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At least 10 Civilians Killed in America-led coalition Airstrikes in Syria

Sunday 19 October 2014 ،
According to Russia today At least 10 civilians have been killed in America-led coalition airstrikes in eastern and northeastern Syria, according to a monitoring group. Alwaght-According to Russia today At least 10 civilians have been killed in America-led coalition airstrikes in eastern and northea ...
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Rousseff Narrowly Won Re-Rlection
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Rousseff Narrowly Won Re-Rlection

Monday 27 October 2014 ،
Workers' Party, which since 2003 has virtually transformed Brazil - lifting 40 million from poverty, reducing unemployment to record lows and making big inroads against hunger in what remains one of the world's most unequal countries. The party's star has faded recently. The economy has ...

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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