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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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Bahraini Court Upholds Jail Sentence for Shiites Spiritual Leader
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Bahraini Court Upholds Jail Sentence for Shiites Spiritual Leader

Tuesday 30 January 2018
Bahraini regime security forces were heavily stationed at the house of the spiritual leader of the Bahraini Shiite majority, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim.
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Israeli Regime Reopens Embassy in Jordan amid Public Opposition
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Israeli Regime Reopens Embassy in Jordan amid Public Opposition

Wednesday 31 January 2018 ،
- Israeli regime officials said Tuesday they were reopening the embassy in Jordan which has been shut for six months
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Taliban Overtly Active in 70% of Afghan Territory: Study
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Taliban Overtly Active in 70% of Afghan Territory: Study

Wednesday 31 January 2018 ،
Taliban militants are overtly active in 66 percent of Afghanistan’s soil and in full control of four percent of the country.
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Afghan Interior Ministry Visits Pakistan to Discuss Kabul Attacks
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Afghan Interior Ministry Visits Pakistan to Discuss Kabul Attacks

Wednesday 31 January 2018 ،
A high-level Afghan delegation comprising the country’s interior minister and the chief of National Directorate of Security (NDS) visited Pakistan on Wednesday at a time when tension between the neighbors is simmering over accusations that Pakistan offers a safe haven for Taliban militants.
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Turkish Incursion into Syria Kills 712 Kurdish Militias, ISIS Terrorists
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Turkish Incursion into Syria Kills 712 Kurdish Militias, ISIS Terrorists

Wednesday 31 January 2018 ،
Turkish said on Wednesday its military has killed 712 Kurdish militias and ISIS terrorists since the beginning of military incursion into Syria’s northwestern Afrin region on January 20.
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Human Rights Lawyers Ask Saudi Suspension from UN Rights Council
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Human Rights Lawyers Ask Saudi Suspension from UN Rights Council

Wednesday 31 January 2018 ،
British human rights lawyers have called for suspension of Saudi Arabia from the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) as the after the West-backed regime detained 61 people.
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EX-German Far-Right Politician Embraced Islam over Church’s Moral Decline
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EX-German Far-Right Politician Embraced Islam over Church’s Moral Decline

Wednesday 31 January 2018 ،
Former member member of Germany’s far-right and anti-Muslim Alternative for Germany party (AfD) who recently converted to Islam has cited the Protestant church’s "moral decline" as a reason for his conversion.
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Bahraini Regime Finally Allows Top Shiite Cleric to Get Urgent Surgery
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Bahraini Regime Finally Allows Top Shiite Cleric to Get Urgent Surgery

Wednesday 31 January 2018 ،
Top Bahraini Shiite cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim has been transferred to hospital to undergo an urgent hernia surgery
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Lebanon’s President Slams Israeli Regime’s Comment on Offshore Energy
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Lebanon’s President Slams Israeli Regime’s Comment on Offshore Energy

Wednesday 31 January 2018 ،
Lebanon’s president says Israeli comments urging firms not to bid on a Lebanese offshore energy field tender were a threat to his country.
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Tehran Hosts Confab on Al-Quds and Divine Religions, Participants Slam Trump
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Tehran Hosts Confab on Al-Quds and Divine Religions, Participants Slam Trump

Wednesday 31 January 2018 ،
Religious minorities in Iran have participated at a one-day conference held to support al-Quds (Jerusalem) as the capital of Palestine and divine religions
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Russian, Turkish Presidents Satisfied with Syrian Talks in Sochi
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Russian, Turkish Presidents Satisfied with Syrian Talks in Sochi

Wednesday 31 January 2018 ،
Russian and Turkish Presidents, Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, expressed satisfaction with the results of the Syrian National Dialogue in Sochi.
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Trump Demonstrated Ignorance on Iran, Wider Region: Iran’s FM Zarif
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Trump Demonstrated Ignorance on Iran, Wider Region: Iran’s FM Zarif

Wednesday 31 January 2018 ،
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has rejected the US president’s latest claim that he is standing alongside Iranian people.
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Turkey’s Air, Naval Forces Heading to Qatar as Tensions Increase
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Turkey’s Air, Naval Forces Heading to Qatar as Tensions Increase

Wednesday 31 January 2018 ،
Turkey air and naval forces are expected in Qatar to bolster ground troops that are already stationed in the Persian Gulf
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Hamas Rebuffs US Move to Put its Leader, Haniya, on ‘Terror’ List
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Hamas Rebuffs US Move to Put its Leader, Haniya, on ‘Terror’ List

Wednesday 31 January 2018 ،
Palestinian Movement, Hamas, has rejected a US decision to place its leader, on its’s global "terror list", calling the move a "dangerous development".

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Palestinian prisoner exchange operation under strict security measures

Palestinian prisoner exchange operation under strict security measures