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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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China Set to Build Base in Afghanistan to Counter Threats of Terrorism

China Set to Build Base in Afghanistan to Counter Threats of Terrorism

Wednesday 7 February 2018
Eastern Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM), blacklisted as a terrorist group by Beijing, which could send saboteurs for operations in China through the Afghan enclave. Now that ISIS is defeated in Syria and Iraq, the two countries in which it originally rose in 2014, possible new shelters for the te ...
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Palestinians Resisting Israeli Occupation Not Same as Rebels Fighting Syrian Govt

Palestinians Resisting Israeli Occupation Not Same as Rebels Fighting Syrian Govt

Saturday 5 May 2018 ،
Eastern Syria, the government refused, not wanting to have these hardened fighters reinforce their jihadist comrades in Eastern Homs or Deir ez-Zor. In March of this year IS took advantage of a deal where other insurgent groups like Ababil and Liwa al Islam left Qadam in Southern Damascus and seized ...
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Syria War: Meeting Idlib-Based Militant Groups

Syria War: Meeting Idlib-Based Militant Groups

Thursday 23 August 2018 ،
Turkistan Islamic Party: Founded by Uyghurs, minority ethnic group from China, the extremist group was one of the initial supporters of al-Qaeda in China’s east. The group secured a specific place among other terrorist groups upon its involvement in Syria conflict. Jaysh Al-Badia and Jaysh al ...
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Turkey’s Game, Options in Idlib as Syrian Army Operation Nears

Turkey’s Game, Options in Idlib as Syrian Army Operation Nears

Wednesday 29 August 2018 ،
Turkistan Islamic Party and other terrorist parties on August 25 discussing a Ankara-proposed initiative to dissolve the groups and incorporate them in what Turkey calls moderate opposition such as Ahrar al-Sham with affiliation to the Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist movement with roots across West ...
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Turkey Sends Army Convoy to Idlib as Syria Prepares to Liberate Province from Militants

Turkey Sends Army Convoy to Idlib as Syria Prepares to Liberate Province from Militants

Sunday 9 September 2018 ،
Turkistan Islamic Party and other terrorist parties on August 25 discussing a Ankara-proposed initiative to dissolve the groups and incorporate them in what Turkey calls moderate opposition such as Ahrar al-Sham with affiliation to the Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist movement with roots across West ...
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Uyghur Muslim Cause in Age of Global Blocs

Uyghur Muslim Cause in Age of Global Blocs

Tuesday 16 July 2019 ،
East Turkistan Islamic Movement, founded in 1993, emphasizes the Islamic identity of the region. On the other side stands the World Uyghur Congress, a party founded in 2005 and insists that its protest movement is not religious and has no affiliations to the East Turkistan Islamic Movement. The lead ...
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Is ISIS Returning or Being Returned to Afghanistan?

Is ISIS Returning or Being Returned to Afghanistan?

Tuesday 2 March 2021 ،
Eastern Turkistan, concerning the Russian leaders.  Badakhshan has become a base and a gateway for foreign terrorists to Central Asia, the Kabul-based Neshanah news agency recently reported. The report said that about 600 foreign fighters from China, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Chechnya and the Ca ...
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Afghanistan Stability Riddle: How Can Home, Foreign Actors Help?

Afghanistan Stability Riddle: How Can Home, Foreign Actors Help?

Wednesday 1 September 2021 ،
Eastern Turkistan Islamic Party of western China.  Iran, another country of interest in Afghanistan and one of its main economic partners, in recent months sponsored intra-Afghan negotiations and is supporting an inclusive new government. New Iranian President Sayed Ibrahim Raisi in comments o ...
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How’s ISIS Raising Costs of Fledgling Taliban Rule?

How’s ISIS Raising Costs of Fledgling Taliban Rule?

Saturday 10 December 2022 ،
East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM), Tahreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Khatiba Imam Al-Bukhari, Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, Jaish-e-Mohammed, and Lashkar-e-Taiba have intensified their activities and launched terrorist attacks across the country.  Meanwhile, ISIS attacks have been eleva ...
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No Longer a Safe Haven: Idlib Airstrikes Herald Doomsday for Terrorists

No Longer a Safe Haven: Idlib Airstrikes Herald Doomsday for Terrorists

Saturday 1 July 2023 ،
Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP) terrorist groups and were launching pads of attacks on northern Latakia and Idlib suburbs.  Headquarters of Tahrir Al-Sham and its allies in the so-called Fath al-Mobin command center in Eriha in south of Idlib were also bombed by Russian warplanes.  Further ...

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