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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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ISIS Terrorist Group Use Drug Trade to Bankroll Their Operations
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ISIS Terrorist Group Use Drug Trade to Bankroll Their Operations

Wednesday 22 October 2014
Atlantic by ship and entered via Spain, according to Britain’s National Crime Agency. Reports vary on the total amassed wealth at Islamic State’s disposal; however, it is widely reported the group has around $2 billion in assets including oil revenue and profit from trade on the black market.
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Netanyahu Is a National Security Risk—And Washington Knows It
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Netanyahu Is a National Security Risk—And Washington Knows It

Saturday 15 November 2014 ،
Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg. The insinuation was that while Netanyahu will happily rile up his right-wing base on issues related to Palestine or Iran, he lacks the political courage to take meaningful steps to resolve either conflict. State Department officials scurried to disavow themselves of the ...
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"Green Light" to War on Russia, Legislation in America's Congress: Say No to War with Russia under H. Res. 758 “Russian Aggression”
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"Green Light" to War on Russia, Legislation in America's Congress: Say No to War with Russia under H. Res. 758 “Russian Aggression”

Thursday 4 December 2014 ،
Atlantic Treaty, and to specify the measures needed to remedy any deficiencies…” In other words, ‘let’s get ready for war with Russia .’ This is exactly the type of sabre rattling which led to the initiation and escalation of the Cold War. It is time we demanded that the US employ diplomacy, not mo ...
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Oil Price: New Russia-America War

Oil Price: New Russia-America War

Sunday 7 December 2014 ،
Atlantic energy network controlled by America's companies . America cannot compete fairly against the Russian energy sector. America's  shale-based energy products are much more expensive than Russian energy supplies, because they need to be fracked, liquefied in the case of shale gas ...

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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