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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-Led Coalition, ISIS Gloomy Days
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Russia-Led Coalition, ISIS Gloomy Days

Saturday 10 October 2015
Arabic states' leaders have unanimously taken positions against the Baghdad-based coalition.  Just few days ago, the Dubai-based Saudi channel, Al-Arabiya, has noted that Barack Obama, before launching the anti-terror operations by the new coalition, had warned that the Russian attacks woul ...
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US Foreign Policy: Destroying Nations to Build Interests
Analysis

US Foreign Policy: Destroying Nations to Build Interests

Saturday 7 November 2015 ،
Arab Spring spread from Tunisia across the Arab world, Washington saw an opportunity it would not have missed. Stepping into the scene overtly, and working with militants covertly, the US supported the so-called moderate rebels in Syria whose various groups eventually merged with extremists such a ...
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US Foreign Policy Entangled in West Asia; From Confusion to Contradiction
Analysis

US Foreign Policy Entangled in West Asia; From Confusion to Contradiction

Thursday 19 November 2015 ،
Arabs in the West Asia have been the dominant and undeniable facts of the US foreign policy. Obviously, over the decades at the domestic level, Washington has granted support for Sunni Arabs in Iraq and later in Bahrain and Yemen against Shiites. At the regional level, support from Saudi A ...
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Russian SU-24 Jet Gunned Down or Turkish F-16 Shot It Down?
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Russian SU-24 Jet Gunned Down or Turkish F-16 Shot It Down?

Tuesday 24 November 2015 ،
Arab Republic crashed in the territory of Syria. The Su-24 bomber jet was in Syrian airspace at the altitude 6,000 meters, the Russian Defense Ministry said. According to the preliminary reports, the plane was gunned down from the ground, Russia-based Sputnik reported. The jet crashed into ten ...
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Iran's Foreign Policy Concerning the Uprisings in Egypt, Libya and Bahrain
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Iran's Foreign Policy Concerning the Uprisings in Egypt, Libya and Bahrain

Wednesday 25 November 2015 ،
Arab and Muslim worlds. Therefore, Iran was willing to strengthen ties with the future Egyptian government whether it was to be led by the Islamists or nationalist forces. That was Iran's vision and position about the post-uprising Egypt. Actually, the most important issue for Iran was that Egy ...
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Power Play in Afghanistan; International Competition Intensifies?

Power Play in Afghanistan; International Competition Intensifies?

Saturday 28 November 2015 ،
Arabia and Turkey has been creating the necessary infrastructure required for a long-term presence in Afghanistan. ISIS is making use of the poor security situation in Afghanistan to expand its activities in different parts of the country. Reasons for Moscow's intervention Certainly, Russia ...
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Russian Scenarios to Respond to Turkey's Downing Russian Warplane
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Russian Scenarios to Respond to Turkey's Downing Russian Warplane

Sunday 29 November 2015 ،
Arab borders as the Kurdish border will cut off its southern borders, and Turkey would have to put up with a Kurdistan that is free from geopolitical blockade. This would be a strategic defeat for Turkey, as this would cut off a major part of Turkey’s support corridor to Free Syrian Army forces; the ...
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Four Reasons Why Iran is Severely Backing Syrian Government

Four Reasons Why Iran is Severely Backing Syrian Government

Monday 30 November 2015 ،
Arab-Israel conflicts; 3. to feel alarmed by fundamentalist political Islam in the region and its growing trend. After the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, the United States introduced itself as the International police and the Global hegemonic power, and called for expansion of the values ​​of l ...
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Messages of Russian, NATO Warships Parade in Turkish Waters

Messages of Russian, NATO Warships Parade in Turkish Waters

Wednesday 9 December 2015 ،
Arabiya TV, while the warship was passing by the city, a Russian soldier was shouldering a rocket launcher towards the Turkish coast. However, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, the Turkish Foreign Minister described the soldier on the Russian warship as provocative. At the same time, Dogan Turkish New Agency report ...
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A Second Stab in the Back of Anti-ISIS Terrorists
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A Second Stab in the Back of Anti-ISIS Terrorists

Thursday 10 December 2015 ،
Arab Army have been in control of the Ayash military base for the entirety of the war, questioning if it was a purposely attack. But, the event that added to the ambiguity of the Monday airstrikes was ISIS terror group's conducting an array of attacks on the same Syrian army base in Deir ez ...

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Exclusive: A mirror named the Persian Gulf: Reflecting the continuity of Iranian identity

Exclusive: A mirror named the Persian Gulf: Reflecting the continuity of Iranian identity