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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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After Gov’t Takeover, Turkey’s Largest Newspaper Vows Publishing in Germany
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After Gov’t Takeover, Turkey’s Largest Newspaper Vows Publishing in Germany

Tuesday 8 March 2016
Zaman, which has been military taken over by the Turkish government, vows to continue publishing as an independent daily in Germany. Speaking to Reuters TV, Zaman Almanya’s editor-in-chief, Sueleyman Bag, said the current print version of Zaman in Turkey “has nothing to do with Zaman th ...
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Turkish Govt. Forcefully Takes Over Cihan News Agency
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Turkish Govt. Forcefully Takes Over Cihan News Agency

Tuesday 8 March 2016 ،
Zaman. The news agency Cihan is reportedly affiliated  to US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, a critic Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. On Monday it posted a statement on its website which said an Istanbul court would appoint an administrator to run it. The ruling was made on a reque ...
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Erdogan’s Ruthless Crackdown on Turkey’s Opposition Media
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Erdogan’s Ruthless Crackdown on Turkey’s Opposition Media

Wednesday 9 March 2016 ،
Zaman newspaper. Both news agencies are reportedly affiliated to US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, a critic of Erdogan. Erdogan and Gulen used to be political allies, but became bitter foes in 2013, when police officials and prosecutors reportedly sympathetic to Gulen opened a corruption inves ...
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Erdogan under Strains
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Erdogan under Strains

Wednesday 16 March 2016 ،
Zaman newspaper, Russia’s Putin in a phone conversation with his Kazakh counterpart President Nursultan Nazarbayev, who seems to be interested in launching a mediation between Moscow and Ankara, has reiterated that Turkey should take the first step towards improvement of relations with Russia. ...
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Erdogan Eases Stances on Syria, West Eyes Resuming Ties with Damascus
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Erdogan Eases Stances on Syria, West Eyes Resuming Ties with Damascus

Sunday 10 July 2016 ،
Zaman, Erdogan yesterday referred to nearly six years of devastating war in Syria in his speech, warning against elimination of Syria from the global map.  We never accept to see Syria eliminated from the world's map,” Zaman quoted Erdogan as saying. Erdogan’s expression of co ...
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Majority of ISIS Recruits Ignorant about Islam:  Survey
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Majority of ISIS Recruits Ignorant about Islam: Survey

Tuesday 16 August 2016 ،
Zaman al-Wasl. The study has found that some 24 percent of ISIS recruits have intermediate knowledge of Islam and only about 5 percent considered themselves to be “advanced” learners. Only five recruits claimed to have memorized the Quran, while many even had to read 'The Quran for ...
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What’s Behind US Defense Sec Unannounced Afghanistan Visit?
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What’s Behind US Defense Sec Unannounced Afghanistan Visit?

Wednesday 26 April 2017 ،
Zaman Amarkhail, the head of Afghan Anti-Corruption Network, in a press conference said in January that every day 500 heavy trucks illegally carry the precious Khogyani marble stones out of the country through routes controlled by the government. He also revealed that in 2016 the “minerals maf ...
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Oil Firms Negotiate $200 Billion of Deals with Iran
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Oil Firms Negotiate $200 Billion of Deals with Iran

Wednesday 12 July 2017 ،
Zamaninia said the deal with Total has set the ball rolling for the conclusion of more contracts with international companies. “I can assure you this isn't the last one. We'll see other contracts being made within the next few weeks, Zamaninia was quoted as saying on the sidelines of ...
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ISIS Terrorists Kill 28 in Attack on Shiite Mosque in Afghan Capital
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ISIS Terrorists Kill 28 in Attack on Shiite Mosque in Afghan Capital

Friday 25 August 2017 ،
Zaman mosque killing over 28 and at least 50. The casualties and injured include women, children, and security personnel. Witnesses say after the initial blast at the mosque, in the Qala-Najara neighborhood in north Kabul, gunmen stormed in and began shooting. The Afghan Ministry of Interior spoke ...
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US Warplanes Kill 13 Civilians in Afghanistan Airstrike
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US Warplanes Kill 13 Civilians in Afghanistan Airstrike

Wednesday 30 August 2017 ،
Zaman mosque inflicted casualties to the civilians including women and children, Karzai said, adding that on Tuesday a suicide attack once again inflicted casualties to the civilians in Kabul. Karzai further added that the civilians are one day killed in the cities from the address of ISIS and Tali ...

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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