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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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JASTA Passed: What’s Next for US-Saudi Ties?
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JASTA Passed: What’s Next for US-Saudi Ties?

Sunday 2 October 2016
terrorist attacks hijackers, according to which 15 of 19 people who had hands in the attacks were Saudi citizens and some of them had close family contacts with some of the Saudi Arabian royals. Following publication of the document that stirred controversy inside the US and drew the Saudis' ang ...
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Syria Wahhabist Terrorism could Transfer to Russia via Fighters’ Return
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Syria Wahhabist Terrorism could Transfer to Russia via Fighters’ Return

Sunday 2 October 2016 ،
terrorist groups in Syria could return with big fighting experiences and present threats to national security. Alwaght- The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has recently released a report on typological study of the terrorist measures across the Russian Federation, introducing six types of ter ...
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West Used by Zionist Interests in Destruction of Iraq, Syria, Libya: American Pundit
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West Used by Zionist Interests in Destruction of Iraq, Syria, Libya: American Pundit

Sunday 2 October 2016 ،
terrorist groups, including al-Qaeda, Taliban and ISIS, are either based in these regions or are inspired by these terror organizations, international community may consider Islam as the main reason behind rise of hem. However, while many westerners blame Islam for the rise of terrorism across the ...
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Turkish Army Kills 20 PKK Members
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Turkish Army Kills 20 PKK Members

Monday 3 October 2016 ،
terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and European Union, took up arms in 1984, and more than 40,000 people, mainly Kurds, have died in the conflict since then. Last week, six more PKK militants were killed in clashes with Turkish security forces in the country’s Northern Provin ...
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India-Pakistan Tensions Serious but not to Develop into Full-scale War: Analyst
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India-Pakistan Tensions Serious but not to Develop into Full-scale War: Analyst

Tuesday 4 October 2016 ،
terrorist groups in Pakistan which allegedly are trained in the Pakistani territory and are equipped by Pakistan’s Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI) with the aim of separating Kashmir and annexing it to Pakistan. Another push for tensions is the mechanism for sharing the water resources between ...
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US Making Deal with Devil To Topple President Assad: Russia
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US Making Deal with Devil To Topple President Assad: Russia

Tuesday 4 October 2016 ،
terrorist groupil Alwaght- Russia blamed the US for sabotaging the Syria ceasefire deal and inaction against al-Nusra front terrorist group, saying it shows Washington is ready “to make a deal with the devil. The US “has never exerted any real pressure on al-Nusra Front, done nothing fo ...
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Turkey Sends 1,000 Special Forces on Secret Mission to Syria
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Turkey Sends 1,000 Special Forces on Secret Mission to Syria

Tuesday 4 October 2016 ،
terrorists on the ground but the longstanding reports on ISIS-Turkish collaborations especially on the issue of terrorists’ weapon supplies, casts serious doubts on the claim. The report in the Independent further explains Turkey has ignored the US warnings against attacking the Kurdish Peopl ...
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Terrorists Attack Russian Embassy in Syria
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Terrorists Attack Russian Embassy in Syria

Tuesday 4 October 2016 ،
terrorist groups in Syria shelled the Russian embassy in Damascus Alwaght- The terrorist groups in Syria shelled the Russian embassy in Damascus, the RT news agency reported on Tuesday. The Russian Foreign Ministry says its embassy came under fire from a neighborhood controlled by militant groups, ...
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Turkish Moves in Syria, Iraq Come as Aleppo, Mosul Battles Nearing Conclusion: Analysts
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Turkish Moves in Syria, Iraq Come as Aleppo, Mosul Battles Nearing Conclusion: Analysts

Wednesday 5 October 2016 ،
terrorist group, and we are concerned about possible collisions with the Turkish forces. I think it is in best interest of Ankara to pull out forces before it is too late and before its forces get encircled like ISIS forces in Mosul. Ibrahim: The same is in Syria, or perhaps more risky, because the ...
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How US Intervenes in Syria as Part of Alternative Options?
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How US Intervenes in Syria as Part of Alternative Options?

Thursday 6 October 2016 ،
terrorists, Kerry on September 29 during an address at the Atlantic and Aspen Institute touched on the issue. He reiterated the US President Barack Obama’s stances on political solution as the only way to end the crisis. He also mentioned many people’s opinions that argued the Syrian con ...

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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.