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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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Turkey Sentences Six Journalists to Life in Prison over Coup
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Turkey Sentences Six Journalists to Life in Prison over Coup

Saturday 17 February 2018
Turkey has sentenced six journalists to life in prison on charges of involvement in 2016 failed coup attempt.
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Turkey Uses Poisonous Gas in Syria’s Afrin: Report
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Turkey Uses Poisonous Gas in Syria’s Afrin: Report

Saturday 17 February 2018
Turkey has reportedly fired poisonous projectiles at Syria’s Afrin as Ankara is involved an offensive against its neighbor’s northern region.
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18 Killed as 3 Suicide Bombers Hit Fish Market in Northern Nigeria
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18 Killed as 3 Suicide Bombers Hit Fish Market in Northern Nigeria

Saturday 17 February 2018
At least 18 people have been killed after three suicide bombers attacked the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, capital of Borno state.
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Laser Scanning Reveals Lost Ancient Mexican City Had as Many Buildings as Manhattan
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Laser Scanning Reveals Lost Ancient Mexican City Had as Many Buildings as Manhattan

Saturday 17 February 2018
Archaeology might evoke thoughts of intrepid explorers and painstaking digging, but in fact researchers say it is a high-tech laser mapping technique that is rewriting the textbooks at an unprecedented rate.
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Moscow Rejects US Indictment of Russians over US Election
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Moscow Rejects US Indictment of Russians over US Election

Saturday 17 February 2018
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova denounced as “absurd the indictment of 13 Russian nationals by the US Justice Department for plotting to disrupt the 2016 presidential election.
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Bahraini Regime Committed Some 1,000 Human Rights Abuses in 1 Month: Report
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Bahraini Regime Committed Some 1,000 Human Rights Abuses in 1 Month: Report

Saturday 17 February 2018
Bahraini regime has committed some 1,000 acts of human rights violations in the course of first month of 2018, Bahrain Forum for Human Rights (BFHR) reported.
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Resistance to Defeat US, Israeli Regime in Eastern Euphrates: Iranian Official
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Resistance to Defeat US, Israeli Regime in Eastern Euphrates: Iranian Official

Saturday 17 February 2018
A senior Iranian official says the resistance front in the region defeat the US and Israeli regime in eastern side of the Euphrates River
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Hamas Dismantles Israeli Regime’s Spying Device in Gaza
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Hamas Dismantles Israeli Regime’s Spying Device in Gaza

Saturday 17 February 2018
Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, has dismantled an Israeli spying device in the northern part of the besieged Gaza Strip.
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US Muslim Raise Funds to Assist Florida Terrorist Attack Victims, Families
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US Muslim Raise Funds to Assist Florida Terrorist Attack Victims, Families

Saturday 17 February 2018
A Muslim charity in the US state of Florida has raised thousands of dollars for the victims of the high school shooting in Parkland and their families.
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Egypt’s Forces Kill Several Terrorists in Sinai Operation
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Egypt’s Forces Kill Several Terrorists in Sinai Operation

Saturday 17 February 2018
Egypt’s army said on Saturday it killed seven “takfiris” in north and central Sinai and arrested 408 suspected or wanted criminal elements
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Egypt Reiterates Political Solution to Syria Crisis, Preservation of Unity
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Egypt Reiterates Political Solution to Syria Crisis, Preservation of Unity

Saturday 17 February 2018
Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sameh Shukri, has reaffirmed Egypt’s support for the political solution to the crisis in Syria
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Saudi Warplanes Kill 18 people Including Children in Airstrikes on Yemen’s Sa’ada
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Saudi Warplanes Kill 18 people Including Children in Airstrikes on Yemen’s Sa’ada

Saturday 17 February 2018
At least 18 people, including women and children, have been killed when Saudi warplanes carried out airstrikes in an area of Yemen’s province of Sa’ada
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Iran, India Seal Deal on Strategic Chabahar Port
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Iran, India Seal Deal on Strategic Chabahar Port

Sunday 18 February 2018
Iran and India has finally inked an agreement over management of part of strategic Chabahar port of the Islamic Republic that would New Delhi to dodge Pakistan and reach markets in Afghanistan, Central Asia and beyond.
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Palestinian Teacher Injured by Israeli Regime’s Attack Dogs, Left Bleeding for Hours
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Palestinian Teacher Injured by Israeli Regime’s Attack Dogs, Left Bleeding for Hours

Sunday 18 February 2018
Palestinian teacher Mabruk Jarrar was savagely mauled by an Israeli military dog and was left bleeding for hours after the regime’s forces raided his home in the occupied West Bank and strip-searched his wife, mother, and disabled sister.

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Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution

Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution