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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 No Longer Controls Territory in Syria: Russia MOD
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ISIS No Longer Controls Territory in Syria: Russia MOD

Thursday 7 December 2017
der terrorist control were liberated by the Syrian Army. Alwaght- ISIS no longer controls any territory in Syria after all territories previously under the terrorist group’s control were liberated in the final push by the Syrian Army, the Russian Defense Ministry has announced. “All ter ...
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Syria Blames Saudi Regime, West for Geneva Peace Talks Deadlock
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Syria Blames Saudi Regime, West for Geneva Peace Talks Deadlock

Friday 15 December 2017 ،
dent Bashar al-Assad as part of discussions. “The operators of the other parties; I mean, the Saudi authorities and their Western operators do not want Geneva process to succeed…Syria as a state won’t accept any terrorist blackmail that would influence the political course of the ...
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War on Terrorism Continues Until Elimination of All Terrorists: President Assad
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War on Terrorism Continues Until Elimination of All Terrorists: President Assad

Monday 18 December 2017 ،
dent Bashar al-Assad says the war on terrorism will only end when the last terrorist in Syria is eliminated Alwaght- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says the war on terrorism will only end when the last terrorist in Syria is eliminated, affirming that significant strides have been made in the ...
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Eighth Round of Syria Peace Talks Starts in Astana, Kazakhstan
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Eighth Round of Syria Peace Talks Starts in Astana, Kazakhstan

Thursday 21 December 2017 ،
de Mistura will also attend the second day of the talks on Friday. De Mistura is scheduled to meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in Moscow on Thursday. The new round of Astana talks will focus on buffer zones, humanitarian aid and freeing prisoners, the m ...
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Russia Warns of Attempts to Obstruct Syria Peace Process
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Russia Warns of Attempts to Obstruct Syria Peace Process

Friday 22 December 2017 ،
des try to exploit to obstruct the settlement political process for the crisis in Syria,” Lavrov said during a meeting with UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura, in the presence of Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu. The top Russian diplomat added that the efforts exerted by Russ ...
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US, Turkish Forces Should Leave Our Country: Syria Envoy to UN
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US, Turkish Forces Should Leave Our Country: Syria Envoy to UN

Friday 22 December 2017 ،
delegation to intra-Syrian peace talks, Bashar al-Jaafari, made the demand during the latest round of Syrian peace negotiations in the Kazakh capital city of Astana. The development came after Turkish officials said they were sending troops into Syria to enforce a de-escalation zone in Id ...
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Syria Vows to Continue War on Terror Aided by Iran, Russia: President Assad
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Syria Vows to Continue War on Terror Aided by Iran, Russia: President Assad

Saturday 27 January 2018 ،
dent says his country is focused on pushing ahead with counter-terrorism aided by friendly countries, namely Iran and Russia . Alwaght- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad affirmed that Syria is focused on pushing ahead with counter-terrorism aided by friendly countries, namely Iran and Russia that set ...
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Sochi Hosts Syria Peace Talks as Saudi-Backed Group Pulls Out
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Sochi Hosts Syria Peace Talks as Saudi-Backed Group Pulls Out

Tuesday 30 January 2018 ،
ders of the three countries having agreed to the all-Syrian Congress in November. The main goal of the meeting is to gather “delegates from various political parties, internal and external opposition, ethnic and confessional groups at the negotiating table,” Russian President Vladimir Pu ...
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Sochi Talks: Syria’s Constitutional Reform Committee Formed
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Sochi Talks: Syria’s Constitutional Reform Committee Formed

Tuesday 30 January 2018 ،
declaration today you’ve embraced 12 principles, developed in the Geneva political process, which describes a vision of Syria, that all Syrians should be able to share, De Mistura said, addressing the Congress. I also take note that those of you, who are here agree that a Constitutional Commit ...
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Egypt Reiterates Political Solution to Syria Crisis, Preservation of Unity
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Egypt Reiterates Political Solution to Syria Crisis, Preservation of Unity

Saturday 17 February 2018 ،
de Mistura, on Saturday confirmed Egypt’s rejection of any military intervention that would violate Syrian sovereignty and undermine opportunities of the standing political solutions.” Shurki met de Mistura on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference (MSC) being held in Germany. ...

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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