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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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Growth of Secessionist Movements in Europe

Growth of Secessionist Movements in Europe

Tuesday 22 September 2015
Basque and the state of Catalonia. Moreover, in the laws and convention of the European Union, no particular procedure is specified to deal with separatism in Europe, and no specific body is defined to address this issue. It is evident that, the European Union will face some challenges in dealing ...
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Pro-Independence Parties Win Spain's Catalan Elections
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Pro-Independence Parties Win Spain's Catalan Elections

Monday 28 September 2015 ،
Basque is another autonomous region in northern Spain that has previously called for a “legitimate and coherent” referendum on its future. “They [the Spanish government] have a problem in Catalonia and they have a problem in the Basque Country,” Inigo Urkullu, President of the Basque government, sa ...
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Separatist Movements in Spain, Independence or Suppression?
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Separatist Movements in Spain, Independence or Suppression?

Tuesday 17 January 2017 ،
Basque Country, which have been led by ETA an acronym for Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (Basque Country and Freedom) which is also active in southwestern France. Basque nationalism emerged in the late 19th century and its main proponent was Sabino Arana, who founded the Basque Nationalist Party (EAJ-PNV) i ...
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EU Warns of Cracks after Catalonia Declared Independence from Spain
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EU Warns of Cracks after Catalonia Declared Independence from Spain

Friday 27 October 2017 ،
Basque Country. [The EU] doesn't need any more cracks, more splits ... we shouldn't insert ourselves into what is an internal debate for Spain, but I wouldn't want the European Union to consist of 95 member states in the future, warned Jean-Claude Juncker, the European Commission presid ...
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Before Ousting Assange, Moreno Govt Spied on Him for Over a Year
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Before Ousting Assange, Moreno Govt Spied on Him for Over a Year

Monday 22 April 2019 ،
Basque rebel leader Carles] #Puigdemont in Germany, the political context is his breaking the “Watergate” of Ecuador, #HackingTeam, which led to the implosion of the national spy service this month. However, cutting off the head of a snake doesn’t always mean the body will die; sh ...

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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