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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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ISIS Massacred Yazidi Hostages in Mosul
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ISIS Massacred Yazidi Hostages in Mosul

Sunday 3 May 2015
Yezidi community of Shingal (Sinjar) in the Talafar district in northern Iraq, ARA news reported. The group piled the bodies into the well of Alo Antar on al-Ayyadiya highway, local sources reported. ISIS terrorist group in August 2014 occupied city of Sinjar that Yazidis make up majority of i ...
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15,000 Iraqis Killed in Armed Conflict since 2014: UN
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15,000 Iraqis Killed in Armed Conflict since 2014: UN

Monday 13 July 2015 ،
Yezidi community remained in Daesh captivity. The northern and western parts of Iraq have been plagued by violence ever since foreign-backed Takfiri ISIL terrorists began their march through Iraqi territory in June 2014. The heavily-armed terrorists took control of Mosul before sweeping through ...
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Yezidi Fighters Repel ISIS Attack, Kill 32 Terrorists
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Yezidi Fighters Repel ISIS Attack, Kill 32 Terrorists

Sunday 3 April 2016 ،
Yezidi fighters repelled ISIS offensive in Iraq’s western areas of Sinjar on Saturday, killing and injuring dozens of terrorists. Alwaght- Yezidi fighters repelled ISIS offensive in Iraq’s western areas of Sinjar on Saturday, killing and injuring dozens of terrorists, local and official source ...
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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 ،
Yezidi community at the hands of ISIS terrorists, and we would apparently see this over and over again as long as those terrorists exist in this region,” Mansour added. According to the so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, those remaining in the city are in constant danger of US-led ...
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Ayatollah Sistani’s Fatwa Saved Iraq from Terror: Al-Abadi
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Ayatollah Sistani’s Fatwa Saved Iraq from Terror: Al-Abadi

Saturday 1 July 2017 ،
Yezidi volunteers gather under one umbrella of the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), commonly known as Hashd al-Sha’abi, to combat ISIS terrorist group. Immediately after the emergence of ISIS, Iraqi government forces, who overwhelmed by the terror group’s lightening advances, suffered ...
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Russia Dismisses UK Claims of ‘Major’ Role in ISIS Defeat
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Russia Dismisses UK Claims of ‘Major’ Role in ISIS Defeat

Friday 29 September 2017 ،
Yezidi volunteers gather under one umbrella of the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), commonly known as Hashd al-Sha’abi, to combat ISIS terrorist group.

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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.