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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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UN's de Mistura kicked-off Syria Talks in Geneva
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UN's de Mistura kicked-off Syria Talks in Geneva

Tuesday 5 May 2015
Alwaght- The United Nations Special Envoy on Syria has launched a series of separate talks with internal sides involved in Syrian crisis as well as regional and international actors to take stock of their views on reopening peace talks based on the 2012 so-called Geneva Communiqué, a spokesperson for the Organization has announced.
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Saudis Failed on Yemen, Hezbollah to Defeat Terrorists in Qalamoun: Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah
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Saudis Failed on Yemen, Hezbollah to Defeat Terrorists in Qalamoun: Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah

Wednesday 6 May 2015
Alwaght- Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary general of Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement, says the Al Saud regime has failed to achieve any goal in its brutal military aggression against the Yemeni nation.
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US Takes Moderate Stance against Syrian Crisis

US Takes Moderate Stance against Syrian Crisis

Sunday 10 May 2015
Alwaght- United States’ plan to negotiate with Bashar al-Assad, on one hand, undermines the Arabic-Western or even non-Arabic consensus against the overthrow of the Syrian government. On the other hand, it could be a bargaining chip for the Syrian government and its regional and trans-regional supporters in the diplomatic efforts.
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Turkish Primer's Cross into Syria: a Flagrant Act against the Sovereign State
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Turkish Primer's Cross into Syria: a Flagrant Act against the Sovereign State

Monday 11 May 2015
Alwaght- Ahmet Davutoglu, Turkish prime minister's visit to tomb of Suleyman Shah in Syria has drawn Syrian anger and prompted its immediate criticism, because this is a flagrant acting aggressively toward Sovereign state of their country.
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ISIS Key Leader Killed and His Wife Captured
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ISIS Key Leader Killed and His Wife Captured

Sunday 17 May 2015
Alwaght- In a raid into eastern Syria early Saturday, Salafi cleric Mohammed al-Shalabi al-Saudi, 50, widely known as Abu Sayyaf, a midlevel leader in ISIS terrorist group was killed in a gun battle and his wife, Umm Sayyaf, was captured and being held in Iraq.
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Conspiracy of internationalization of Yemen conflict

Conspiracy of internationalization of Yemen conflict

Sunday 17 May 2015
Alwaght- Recently, Saudi newspapers of Al-Hayat and Asharq Al-Awsat headquartered in London and Saudi-based Okaz newspapers have repeatedly requested Iran and especially Supreme Leader to contribute to solving Yemen conflict. Al-Hayat in a paper addressing Iran writes: "We and you only differ in some methods while we both are against Israel and consider it as Muslims' biggest enemy, so why should we focus on the differences?" Okaz newspaper also writes: "We can't achieve our goals through bloodshed. The continuation of war is not in favor of Iran or Saudi Arabia."
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ISIS Military Base in Syrian Hasaka Lost to the Syrian Army
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ISIS Military Base in Syrian Hasaka Lost to the Syrian Army

Wednesday 20 May 2015
Alwaght – ISIS’s second most important military stronghold in Syrian Hasaka province fell by the arms of the Syrian forces and the Kurdish Popular Defense Committees.
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ISIS slain over 400 Civilian in Syria's Ancient City of Palmyra
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ISIS slain over 400 Civilian in Syria's Ancient City of Palmyra

Sunday 24 May 2015
ISIS terrorist group has massacred more that 400 people in Syria's ancient city of Palmyra, mostly women and children, Syrian state TV said Sunday, citing residents.
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Saudi Arabia, Qatar Compete for Stronger Role in Syrian Crisis
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Saudi Arabia, Qatar Compete for Stronger Role in Syrian Crisis

Wednesday 27 May 2015
Alwaght- Tension between Qatar and Saudi Arabia heightened as the Syrian crisis arose. Both countries take the current developments in Syria as an opportunity to strike at the Axis of Resistance, and bring their allies into power and consequently extend their regional influence. Aimed at weakening the Axis of Resistance, the Saudi Arabia tried to exploit the Syrian crisis to control and weaken the regionally extended role of Qatar. In this sense, the Syrian crisis has been an opportunity for Riyadh to restrain Qatar’s intense activities in the West Asia, activities that Riyadh believed to have received support from the Muslim Brotherhood, and targeted Saudi Arabia from inside and outside, and would raise the possibility of internal or regional issues for Saudi Arabia.
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Arsal, Final Stage of Qalamoun Operation
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Arsal, Final Stage of Qalamoun Operation

Thursday 28 May 2015
Alwaght- Since the start of Hezbollah and the Syrian army's operations for clearing the Qalamoun region, the border town of Arsal has been considered by Lebanese resistance leaders more than before. This town that is located in eastern Lebanon and its population is predominantly Sunni Muslim has played an important role in supplying arms and other support to the terrorists in this country.
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Cairo Conference Agenda: Goals, Implications
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Cairo Conference Agenda: Goals, Implications

Saturday 30 May 2015
Alwaght- An Egyptian diplomatic source said that Cairo intends to keep ‘Bashar al-Assad’ as the country's president in office so as to solve the political crisis in Syria; however, the opposition should participate in the government. A new round of negotiations to create a unified view among the Syria opposition is on the way.
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Scandal of Turkish-Takfiri Coalition
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Scandal of Turkish-Takfiri Coalition

Monday 1 June 2015
Alwaght- On Friday, a Turkish daily newspaper published photos and video footage showing trucks of the Turkish Intelligence Service transferring weapons to the terrorists groups in Syria.
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Syrian Airstrikes Kill Tens of ISIS Commanders in Raqqa
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Syrian Airstrikes Kill Tens of ISIS Commanders in Raqqa

Tuesday 2 June 2015
Alwaght - Syrian warplanes strike ISIS positions in Raqqa province and achieved to kill tens of high-profile Takfiri commanders.
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Erdogan Threatens Cumhuriyet’s Editor-in-Chief
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Erdogan Threatens Cumhuriyet’s Editor-in-Chief

Tuesday 2 June 2015
Alwaght-Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has publicly and personally threatened the editor-in-chief of Cumhuriyet who revealed out the weapons being destined for terrorists in Syria on trucks belonging to the state intelligence agency (MIT).

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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.