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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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Putin Orders Snap Military Drills on NATO Border
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Putin Orders Snap Military Drills on NATO Border

Wednesday 17 December 2014
Baltic region to test Russia’s “battle-readiness”, a ministry of defence spokesperson told Russian news agency Interfax today. Alwaght- Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered snap military drills for Russian armed forces in the Baltic region to test Russia’s “battle-readiness”, a ministry of defen ...
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Russia Expels Western ‘Double Agent’
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Russia Expels Western ‘Double Agent’

Monday 2 March 2015 ،
Baltic region to monitor Russian airspace; however, after the FSB checked the obtained information, it turned out to be outdated NATO plans.  The Federal Security Services described Dudarevs as “a poorly trained spy .” The announcement comes just months after another Latvian national, Alexei H ...
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Growth in Military Spending in West Asia

Growth in Military Spending in West Asia

Wednesday 29 April 2015 ،
Baltic States [Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania] increased their military budget in 2014 and are going to increase it in 2015, too”.   Reports on Ukraine crisis Ian Grebe, German BICC expert, is of the opinion that no hasty analysis should be conducted based on the current information. BICC also ...
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Russia Considering Reaction to U.S. Military Provocations
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Russia Considering Reaction to U.S. Military Provocations

Monday 15 June 2015 ،
Baltic countries, this would mark the Pentagon and NATO's most aggressive step since the Cold War time of the past century. And Russia won't have anything else to do but bolster its forces and resources on the Western strategic theater of operations, Yakubov said. He noted that the response ...
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Russia Intercepts US Plane Approaching its Border in Baltic Sea
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Russia Intercepts US Plane Approaching its Border in Baltic Sea

Sunday 17 April 2016 ،
Baltic ocean an unidentified aerial target rapidity approaching the Russian border. A Su-27 fighter jet was deployed by the Baltic Fleet to identify the target,” said ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov. “The flight of the Russian plane was in accordance with international sta ...

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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