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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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Saudi, Turkey, NATO Commits War Crime by Forced Use of Prisoners in Syria
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Saudi, Turkey, NATO Commits War Crime by Forced Use of Prisoners in Syria

Monday 9 February 2015
GCC-NATO strategy rather than isolated incidents. The evidence provided by Maya Naser and the Saudi Arabian document warrant an investigation and prosecution of Turkey, Saudi Arabia as well as against NATO at the International Criminal Court, ICC. Whether any of the war crimes will be investigated o ...
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The Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Still Backing Hadi
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The Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Still Backing Hadi

Saturday 28 February 2015 ،
GCC), Abdelatif Al Zayani, said Wednesday that GCC oil-rich monarchies would continue to throw their support behind the embattled Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi. Al Zayani met Hadi in the presidential palace in Aden. The latter had been residing Aden, ever since he fled amid Ansarullah p ...
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Fugitive Hadi urges PGCC to intervene militarily in Yemen
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Fugitive Hadi urges PGCC to intervene militarily in Yemen

Wednesday 25 March 2015 ،
GCC) in Yemen after two fighter jets targeted his residence in the southern port city of Aden over the weekend, said Riad Yassin, who served as foreign minister in Hadi’s cabinet. Yassin made the remarks in an interview with two Saudi-owned media on Monday. Yassin stated that Yemen’s fugitive p ...
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China Takes Over Securing the Middle East From The US
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China Takes Over Securing the Middle East From The US

Thursday 26 March 2015 ،
GCC). Saudi Arabia is China’s largest source of imported oil, ahead of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Where the GCC states account for around one-third of China’s oil imports. Given these extraordinary Chinese economic interests in the Middle East, Beijing increased its involvement in the Middle East ...
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Persian Gulf Arab States Exploit the Arab League to continue their Assault on Yemen
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Persian Gulf Arab States Exploit the Arab League to continue their Assault on Yemen

Monday 30 March 2015 ،
GCC Defence Pact and the Arab Treaty of Joint Defence, Arabs stood up to defend Yemen.”  Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa: the common Arab force to confront any aggression threatens the security of Arab states Regarding the Yemeni assault Hamad said “The military operation in Yemen was a necessary move ...
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Ban Ki-moon's Biased Report on Yemen
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Ban Ki-moon's Biased Report on Yemen

Monday 13 April 2015 ،
GCC), Saudi Arabia in particular, are notorious for their supporting terrorist groups around the world, e.g. ISIS and al-Nusra Front, as well as despite the fact that Saudi Arabia embarked war on Yemen, UN General-secretary appreciated PGCC countries for their commitment for peace and stability in t ...

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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