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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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Taliban Attacks Afghan Army Bases despite Peace Deal with US
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Taliban Attacks Afghan Army Bases despite Peace Deal with US

Wednesday 4 March 2020
prisoners to be released in exchange for up to 1,000 Afghan government captives by March 10. The administration of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has since rejected that demand. Ghani said on Sunday that US President Donald Trump had not asked for the release of the prisoners and that the issue had ...
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Afghan President Orders Release of 1,500 Taliban Prisoners
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Afghan President Orders Release of 1,500 Taliban Prisoners

Wednesday 11 March 2020 ،
prisoners as part of efforts to pave the way for the start of talks with the militants. Alwaght- Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has signed a decree to release hundreds of Taliban prisoners as part of efforts to pave the way for the start of talks with the militants. Sediq Sediqqi, a spokesman for Af ...
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Afghanistan Delays Releasing Taliban Prisoners
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Afghanistan Delays Releasing Taliban Prisoners

Sunday 15 March 2020 ،
prisoners within 15 days starting on Saturday, with 100 prisoners walking out of Afghan jails on a daily basis. According to Afghan officials, once direct talks between the Taliban and Kabul began, the Afghan government would free 500 prisoners every two weeks until a total of 3,500 were released. ...
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Hamas Praises Ansarullah Offer on Releasing Saudi Inmates in Exchange for Palestinians
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Hamas Praises Ansarullah Offer on Releasing Saudi Inmates in Exchange for Palestinians

Friday 27 March 2020 ،
prisoners, “on top of whom is Dr. Muhammad al-Khudari.” The Palestinian movement noted that it has been contacting the Saudi leadership throughout last year in a bid to reach a deal on the release of Palestinian prisoners. Hamas concluded its statement by assuring that the Palesti ...
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Coronavirus May Change Global Order: Sayyed Nasrallah
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Coronavirus May Change Global Order: Sayyed Nasrallah

Sunday 29 March 2020 ،
prisoners in the kingdom.  
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Israeli Regime Seeks Prisoner Swap with Hamas Resistance Movement
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Israeli Regime Seeks Prisoner Swap with Hamas Resistance Movement

Wednesday 8 April 2020 ،
prisoner exchange negotiations with the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas, which runs Gaza Alwaght- Israeli regime’s Premier’s office said Tel Aviv was interested in “immediate” indirect prisoner exchange negotiations with the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas, which ...
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Afghanistan May Face ‘Health Disaster’ amid Coronavirus
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Afghanistan May Face ‘Health Disaster’ amid Coronavirus

Friday 1 May 2020 ،
prisoners. Under a deal, agreed between the Taliban and Washington, the militant group agreed to halt their attacks in return for Washington’s phased withdrawal of its forces from Afghanistan and a prisoner exchange with the Afghan government. The Afghan government, which was excluded from t ...
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1,000 Taliban prisoners Released: Afghan Government
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1,000 Taliban prisoners Released: Afghan Government

Sunday 10 May 2020 ،
prisoners will be released in the upcoming days. Under the deal signed on February 28, the Taliban agreed to halt their attacks on international forces in return for the US military’s phased withdrawal from Afghanistan and a prisoner exchange with the government in Kabul. The Afghan governme ...
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Afghan President Orders Military to Switch to Offensive Mode
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Afghan President Orders Military to Switch to Offensive Mode

Wednesday 13 May 2020 ،
prisoner exchange with the Afghan government, has rejected an offer of truce for the Islamic month of Ramadan and has continued attacking government forces. Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo condemned the Tuesday terrorist attacks in Afghanistan, saying that the lack of a peace deal had ...
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Iranian Scientist Returns Home after 3-Year Detention in US
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Iranian Scientist Returns Home after 3-Year Detention in US

Thursday 4 June 2020 ،
prisoner. Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif announced Asgari’s release on Tuesday The 59-year-old, who is a father of three, was arrested in the United States in mid-2017 on charges of fraud and theft of information relating to his work with a university in Ohio. The findings of his ...

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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.