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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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NATO Starts Military Drills in Baltic Sea near Russia
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NATO Starts Military Drills in Baltic Sea near Russia

Sunday 28 May 2017
US-led NATO military alliance has started new military drills in multiple locations throughout Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland near the Russian border.
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ISIS Kill 19 Civilians in Besieged Philippines City
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ISIS Kill 19 Civilians in Besieged Philippines City

Sunday 28 May 2017 ،
ISIS Takfiri terrorists laying siege in a southern Philippine city have killed 19 civilians, the country’s military said Sunday.
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Yemeni Forces Kill 13 Saudi, 21 Sudanese Troops in Retaliation
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Yemeni Forces Kill 13 Saudi, 21 Sudanese Troops in Retaliation

Tuesday 30 May 2017 ،
Yemeni Forces have carried out major retaliatory attacks against separate locations in southwestern Saudi Arabia, killing as many as 13 Saudi forces.
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Israeli Regime Met 80% of Hunger Strikers’ Demands: Report
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Israeli Regime Met 80% of Hunger Strikers’ Demands: Report

Monday 29 May 2017 ،
Palestinian Committee of Prisoners Affairs says the Israeli regime met 80 percent of the strike’s demands were met.
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Bahraini Regime Buries Diraz Martyrs, Refuses to Hand over Bodies to Families
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Bahraini Regime Buries Diraz Martyrs, Refuses to Hand over Bodies to Families

Sunday 28 May 2017 ،
The Bahraini regime has admitted to burying martyrs killed by its forces in Diraz without handing over their bodies to their families.
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Turkish Airstrikes in Iraq Kill 29 PKK Militants
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Turkish Airstrikes in Iraq Kill 29 PKK Militants

Sunday 28 May 2017 ،
Turkey has once again conducted airstrikes inside Iraq killing 22 PKK militants despite objections by the Iraqi government
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NATO Summit Revealed Members’ Divergent Attitude to Afghanistan
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NATO Summit Revealed Members’ Divergent Attitude to Afghanistan

Monday 29 May 2017 ،
The NATO members fail to decide about increasing troops in Afghanistan amid US insistence and Germany resistance.
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Shame for World; Israel Holds Cabinet Meeting under Al-Aqsa Marking 50 Ys of Occupation: PLO
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Shame for World; Israel Holds Cabinet Meeting under Al-Aqsa Marking 50 Ys of Occupation: PLO

Monday 29 May 2017 ،
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) said Sunday Israeli Regime “insists on sabotaging international efforts” for peace after the hardline Netanyahu held his security cabinet meeting in tunnels located underneath the al-Aqsa Mosque in the Old City of occupied East al-Quds (Jerusalem).
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Widespread Protests Hit Bahrain as Regime Continues Cracking Down on Dissent
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Widespread Protests Hit Bahrain as Regime Continues Cracking Down on Dissent

Monday 29 May 2017 ،
Bahraini troops attacked demonstrators rallying to protest Al Khalifa regime’s clampdown on Shiites’ spiritual leader and killing several of his supporters across the tiny Persian Gulf Kingdom.
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Kashmiri People Defy Indian Imposed Curfew on 1st Day of Ramadan
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Kashmiri People Defy Indian Imposed Curfew on 1st Day of Ramadan

Monday 29 May 2017 ،
Thousands of people in Indian-controlled Kashmir defied a curfew imposed across the region on the first day of the Islamic holy fasting month of Ramadan to attend the funeral of a top rebel commander killed by security forces.
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US Defense Sec Says Civilian Casualties ‘Fact of Life’ as Death Toll Tops 3,000
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US Defense Sec Says Civilian Casualties ‘Fact of Life’ as Death Toll Tops 3,000

Monday 29 May 2017 ،
US Defense Secretary James Mattis downplayed civilian death caused by the so-called anti-ISIS coalition’s airstrikes in Iraq and Syria, saying such casualties are merely “fact of life”.
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EU  Can No Longer Rely on US: Merkel
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EU Can No Longer Rely on US: Merkel

Monday 29 May 2017 ،
German chancellor Angela Merkel cautioned on Sunday Europe can no longer rely on it’s the US.
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Saudi Wahhabis Disown Qatar Emir over His Pro-Resistance Remarks
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Saudi Wahhabis Disown Qatar Emir over His Pro-Resistance Remarks

Monday 29 May 2017 ،
Descendants of the founder of Saudi -based Wahhabism have disowned Qatar’s ruling family as tensions heightens between the two Persian Gulf neighbors.

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Palestinians Protest near Nablus against Return of Settlers to Homesh

Palestinians Protest near Nablus against Return of Settlers to Homesh