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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’s Approach toward Kurds after Failed Coup

Turkey’s Approach toward Kurds after Failed Coup

Wednesday 10 August 2016
Ahmet Hakan, who is considered the most important analyst of the CNN Turk outlet in a panel discussion with Selahattin Demirtaş, even cut cake on live TV for his birthday, as it seems, with the current situation of the media outlets in Turkey, such events are not going to happen anymore. Of course ...
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Turkey Detains Top Kurdish Politician, Atlan Brothers

Turkey Detains Top Kurdish Politician, Atlan Brothers

Saturday 10 September 2016 ،
Ahmet Altan and his brother, academic and columnist Mehmet Altan, were detained on Sept. 10 for questioning, Hurriyet Daily News reported. Journalist Ahmet Altan (L) and academic Mehmet Altan.  Announcing the detentions, Istanbul-based Platform for Independent Journalism (P24) said the ...
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Turkey Sentences Six Journalists to Life in Prison over Coup

Turkey Sentences Six Journalists to Life in Prison over Coup

Saturday 17 February 2018 ،
Ahmet are among the defendants. Turkey’s highest court, the Constitutional Court, had previously ordered the release of Mehmet Altan, saying the detention violates his rights, but the penal court dismissed the request. The Altan brothers were accused of giving coded messages on a television ...
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Turkey Re-arrests Journalist a week After His Release

Turkey Re-arrests Journalist a week After His Release

Wednesday 13 November 2019 ،
Ahmet Altan, just a week after his release from prison over alleged links to the failed 2016 coup Alwaght- Turkish police have rearrested prominent writer and  journalist Ahmet Altan, just a week after his release from prison over alleged links to the failed 2016 coup, AFP reported. Altan and ...

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Courages Individiuals like Sinvar are on the Rise

Courages Individiuals like Sinvar are on the Rise