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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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21 Killed in Mali Al-Qaeda Affiliated Attack, State of Emergency Declared
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21 Killed in Mali Al-Qaeda Affiliated Attack, State of Emergency Declared

Saturday 21 November 2015
Bamako. In March, Mourabitoun claimed responsibility for an attack that killed five people at the popular La Terrace restaurant in the capital's Hippodrome neighborhood. The group also said it was behind shots fired at a United Nations vehicle and compound. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has ...
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20 Killed in Burkina Faso Terrorist Attack
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20 Killed in Burkina Faso Terrorist Attack

Saturday 16 January 2016 ،
Bamako. The domestic situation in Burkina Faso has been tense since October 2014, when veteran President Blaise Compaore was overthrown in a five-day protest.  
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14 Malian Soldiers Killed in Terrorist Attack on Army Camp
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14 Malian Soldiers Killed in Terrorist Attack on Army Camp

Sunday 28 January 2018 ،
Bamako. According to UN figures, more than 146 members of the mission have lost their lives since 2013.  The UN mission has more than 11,000 troops Large swathes of the country remain outside the control of Malian and foreign forces. A landmine explosion blew up a civilian passenger vehicle n ...
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France Trains Militant Groups in Mali: Prime Minister
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France Trains Militant Groups in Mali: Prime Minister

Saturday 9 October 2021 ،
Bamako wanted to cooperate with Paris in fighting terrorists and asked for assistance with intelligence data and air support. “No one asked for its ground presence,” the prime minister said. While “eight years ago terrorists were present only in the northern part of Mali, in Kidal ...
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31 Killed in Mali after Militants Fire on Bus
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31 Killed in Mali after Militants Fire on Bus

Saturday 4 December 2021 ،
Bamako to protest French military intervention in the West African country. The protesters chanted anti-France slogans and demanded the total withdrawal of French troops from their country. Earlier in October, Mali’s Prime Minister Choguel Kokalla Maiga further pointed to evidence that ...
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Malian Government Claims Foiling Western-Backed Coup
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Malian Government Claims Foiling Western-Backed Coup

Wednesday 18 May 2022 ،
Bamako has announced. While the military government did not name the alleged foreign culprit, the announcement comes amid the ongoing deterioration of relations with Mali’s former colonial ruler, France. A group of Malian officers attempted a coup last week with the help of a Western state, the gove ...
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Russia Vetoes UNSC Resolution on Snctions against Mali
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Russia Vetoes UNSC Resolution on Snctions against Mali

Thursday 31 August 2023 ،
Bamako’s official request to lift the regime of sanctions, it would be counterproductive to adopt the resolution initiated by the United Arab Emirates and France not only in terms of ensuring the efficiency of the sanction regime, but also for the peace process in Mali. Under the current regi ...

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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