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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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Map of  Latest Battlefield Developments in Syria and Iraq on

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West's role in the framing of Tunisia's Constitutional Law
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West's role in the framing of Tunisia's Constitutional Law

Sunday 9 February 2014
Being under pressure for months, the Ennehda, accepted to resign and form a technocrat government, provided that the new constitutional law of Tunisia which was preparing since two years ago is ratified and the timetable of the future election of Tunisia is determined. As a result of agreement made ...
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Emerging a New Front in West Asia

Emerging a New Front in West Asia

Monday 17 February 2014 ،
Ambassador to Lebanon met Na'im Qasim, the deputy of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in Lebanon. Accordingly, Qatar and Al-Jazeera remarks against Bashar al-Assad have decreased. Therefore, it facilitated the reconciliation process in Syria. Qatar's mediation in the release of Azaz's hostages an ...
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The Persian Gulf Cooperation Council's Inconclusive Meeting
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The Persian Gulf Cooperation Council's Inconclusive Meeting

Sunday 11 May 2014 ،
Meeting of the Persian Gulf Council's foreign ministers was fruitless since neither Qatar nor the rest are not ready to recalibrate their foreign policy properties. Alwaght-Foreign ministers of Persian Gulf Cooperation Council met to defuse tension between Qatar and three other countries, name ...
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Afghans Insist Al-Saud to Broker Peace with Taliban
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Afghans Insist Al-Saud to Broker Peace with Taliban

Saturday 17 May 2014 ،
The Taliban are mostly Pakistani Pashun, Uzbeks, and Chechens or biased Arabs who have extreme ideas. They do not have any commitment to principles of peace and security of Afghanistan. Alwaght-According to the statement of press office of Afghan foreign ministry on Sunday, April 13, 2014, Zarar Ah ...
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Saudi-Qatar Rift not to Be Resolved in the Near Future

Saudi-Qatar Rift not to Be Resolved in the Near Future

Saturday 24 May 2014 ،
The 14th Doha forum was not attended by delegations from Saudi, Egypt, and Emirates to show that difference among them are too deep to be defused easily Alwaght-The 14th Doha International forum for democracy, development, and free trade under the patronage of the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim, was n ...
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A Least Worst Option for Afghanistan
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A Least Worst Option for Afghanistan

Wednesday 16 July 2014 ،
After the second round of the presidential election in Afghanistan, Abdullah declared that there has been a widespread fraud in the election Undoubtedly, the extensively enthusiastic political participation is the biggest achievement of the third presidential election in Afghanistan. By considering ...
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Opportunists Behind ISIS  Terrorist Group Attack on Iraq

Opportunists Behind ISIS Terrorist Group Attack on Iraq

Wednesday 23 July 2014 ،
Although, al-Qaida gave birth to ISIS, it was the west and some regional countries that have nourished this wild killing-machine. Alwaght-The terrorist group of Islamic State of Iraq and the Syria (ISIS or DAISH) was formed by Abu Bakar al-Baghdadi in 2010. This terrorist grou ...

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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