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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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Over 2,000 Russians Fighting for ISIS: Report

Over 2,000 Russians Fighting for ISIS: Report

Friday 31 July 2015
Alexander Bortnikov said that citizens from more than 100 countries are currently fighting among the ranks of the ISIS and the terrorist organization has taken the upper hand in propaganda. In May, The UN Security Council (UNSC) released a report outlining the flow of foreign fighters into the rank ...
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Terrorism Cited as Possibility in EgyptAir Crash over Mediterranean

Terrorism Cited as Possibility in EgyptAir Crash over Mediterranean

Friday 20 May 2016 ،
Alexander Bortnikov said on Thursday. Unfortunately, another incident with an aircraft of Egypt airlines took place today. It was most likely a terrorist attack that killed 66 people from 12 countries, Bortnikov said at the session of the Council of heads of security and special services of CIS memb ...
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Russia Thwarts ISIS Terror Attack, Arrests 2

Russia Thwarts ISIS Terror Attack, Arrests 2

Wednesday 26 April 2017 ،
Alexander Bortnikov said at the Moscow Conference on International Security on Wednesday. The heads of major international terrorist organizations such as the Islamic State, al-Nusra Front, and also the remainder of the earlier existing structures of Al-Qaeda have started changing their tactics und ...
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5,000 ISIS Terrorists Amassed in Afghanistan: Russian Security Official

5,000 ISIS Terrorists Amassed in Afghanistan: Russian Security Official

Tuesday 21 May 2019 ،
Alexander Bortnikov, the director of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), warned that an ISIS terrorist group’s offshoot has amassed around 5,000 militants in northern Afghanistan on the border of post-Soviet republics of Central Asia, adding that many of them have fought in Syria. Alwaght- Alex ...
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Russia Condemns US Sanctions over Navalny as ’Hostile Attack’

Russia Condemns US Sanctions over Navalny as ’Hostile Attack’

Wednesday 3 March 2021 ،
Alexander Bortnikov, the director of the Federal Security Service (FSB), Presidential Policy Directorate Chief Andrei Yarin, and deputy ministers of defense Alexei Krivoruchko and Pavel Popov. The list also included First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Kiriyenko, ...
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4 Moscow Attack Shooters Arrested, Reportedly with Links to Ukraine

4 Moscow Attack Shooters Arrested, Reportedly with Links to Ukraine

Saturday 23 March 2024 ،
Alexander Bortnikov had reported to President Vladimir Putin that those detained included four terrorists and that the service was working to identify their accomplices. Russia's Investigative Committee said the death toll rose to 115 from the attack in which camouflage-clad gunmen opened fire ...
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Biden Administration Could Heighten Global Tensions to Unprecedented Levels

Biden Administration Could Heighten Global Tensions to Unprecedented Levels

Tuesday 26 November 2024 ،
Alexander Bortnikov, head of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), cautioned that US President Joe Biden’s administration could escalate global tensions to unprecedented heights. The election of a new US president is unlikely to bring significant changes to Washington’s foreign ...

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