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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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Russia Turns towards East
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Russia Turns towards East

Wednesday 29 April 2015
ASEAN countries are about to move from the “Asia as the world’s factory” model to the “Asia as a giant market” model. Therefore, Russia’s turn towards the East and qualitative intensification of political and, later, trade and economic relations with Asian countries has already become one of the mos ...
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China Defense Minister Warns US over South China Sea Provocations
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China Defense Minister Warns US over South China Sea Provocations

Thursday 5 November 2015 ،
ASEAN) defense chiefs meeting was taking place. Chang stressed that the US should not pursue any other dangerous actions that threaten China’s security interests. China’s Defense Ministry on Wednesday said Beijing “regretted” the failure to reach a common position at the Malaysia talks, blaming “s ...
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China Deployed Missiles on Island in South China Sea
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China Deployed Missiles on Island in South China Sea

Wednesday 17 February 2016 ،
ASEAN) leaders in California. When ASEAN speaks with a clear and unified voice, it can help advance security, opportunity and human dignity.” In a joint statement, Obama and the 10 ASEAN leaders demanded the peaceful resolution of a myriad of competing territorial claims over islands, atolls ...
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Russia vs America over Asia; Cooperation or Confrontation?
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Russia vs America over Asia; Cooperation or Confrontation?

Sunday 31 July 2016 ،
ASEAN), improving the economic policies, changing US’ priorities in east and Southeast Asia, and altering the military situation of US in this region. However these priorities are also facing certain challenges like the following: Internal constraints especially the lack of budget, Exchange i ...
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Philippine President Insults US Counterpart
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Philippine President Insults US Counterpart

Tuesday 6 September 2016 ،
ASEAN meetings and was scheduled to meet his Filipino counterpart. However white house announced the meeting is canceled due to the insult. 

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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