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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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Philippines Wants US Forces Out
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Philippines Wants US Forces Out

Tuesday 13 September 2016
ASEAN meeting last week resulted in a tension between the two countries and Obama called off a scheduled meeting with Duterte. Americans still in Mindanao were high-value targets for the Islamic State-linked Abu Sayyaf militants as counter-insurgency operations intensify, Duterte said. They have t ...
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India-Pakistan Tensions Serious but not to Develop into Full-scale War: Analyst
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India-Pakistan Tensions Serious but not to Develop into Full-scale War: Analyst

Tuesday 4 October 2016 ،
ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asia Nations). India and Pakistan’s differences have weakened SAARC. If New Delhi says it will not take part in SAARC meeting in Islamabad, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and Nepal will also refuse to participate. The regional organization in practice will suffer from ...
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Malaysia Calls International Intervention to Stop Muslim Genocide in Myanmar
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Malaysia Calls International Intervention to Stop Muslim Genocide in Myanmar

Sunday 4 December 2016 ،
ASEAN) principle of non-interference in other members' internal affairs. In response, Najib said ASEAN, which agreed to declare itself a single community last year, had also pledged in its charter to uphold basic human rights. He also accused Myanmar leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung Sa ...
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Iran Condemns Intl. Community Blind Eye to Myanmar’s Rohingya Sufferings
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Iran Condemns Intl. Community Blind Eye to Myanmar’s Rohingya Sufferings

Thursday 19 January 2017 ،
ASEAN), he added. He further said, “OIC member states are well aware that terrorist organizations such as Daesh could seek to take advantage of this situation.” The Rohingya community in Myanmar is one of the most persecuted minorities in the world. Tens of thousands of its members hav ...
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ISIS Looms over SE Asia as Group Losing Ground in W Asia
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ISIS Looms over SE Asia as Group Losing Ground in W Asia

Saturday 15 July 2017 ،
ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) and thus can contain waves of extremism as they can engage in cooperation against possible armed assaults by the former ISIS militants. Another less costly way to counter former terrorist fighters is to respect rights of the highly repressed and margin ...
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China, ASEAN Approve South China Sea Code in Swipe at US
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China, ASEAN Approve South China Sea Code in Swipe at US

Sunday 6 August 2017 ،
ASEAN states and China have adopted a framework for a Code of Conduct (CoC) in the South China Sea in a swipe at US interference in the region. Alwaght- Foreign ministers of the ten ASEAN member countries and China have adopted a framework for a Code of Conduct (CoC) in the South China Sea in a ...
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Russia, Indonesia to Collaborate in War on ISIS Terrorists
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Russia, Indonesia to Collaborate in War on ISIS Terrorists

Wednesday 9 August 2017 ،
ASEAN platform, he added. Lavrov said that at the meeting, the parties had discussed military and technical issues of mutual interest. We are interested in supporting Indonesia’s ability to counter any threats, today, we have talked a lot about the threat of terrorism, which we all have been ...
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Philippines Protesters Burn Effigy of Visiting US President Donald Trump
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Philippines Protesters Burn Effigy of Visiting US President Donald Trump

Monday 13 November 2017 ،
ASEAN conference. Alwaght- Irate protesters in the Philippines burned a giant swastika-shaped effigy of US President Donald Trump who was in the country's capital Manila for an Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) conference. Protest organizers said the effigy was designed to symboli ...
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Reasons Why Russia-US Deals on Syria not Durable
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Reasons Why Russia-US Deals on Syria not Durable

Saturday 18 November 2017 ،
ASEAN summit last week, stressing that they wanted to see Syria united, coordinate to avoid possible US-Russian collisions in the war-ravaged country, and continue to fight ISIS terrorist group to its obliteration. These comments made speculations swirl about a deal made between Washington and Mosco ...
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Three US Arrangements in Alliance with India against China
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Three US Arrangements in Alliance with India against China

Tuesday 21 November 2017 ،
ASEAN member states is gathering them in a united front against China. Washington eyes the highest-level role for New Delhi as it carries the military, economic, and popular potentials to take the duty. Moreover, the military backing of India and launching war games with participation of the two co ...
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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