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Ansarullah
A Zaidi Shiite movement operating in Yemen. It seeks to establish a democratic government in Yemen.
Shiite
represents the second largest denomination of Islam. Shiites believe Ali (peace be upon him) to be prophet"s successor in the Caliphate.
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
A regional political u n i o n consisting of Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq.
Taliban
Taliban is a Sunni fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan. It was founded by Mohammed Omar in 1994.
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 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
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
Refers to a revival of the Islam throughout the world, that began in 1979 by Iranian Revolution that established an Islamic republic.
Al-Qaeda
A militant Sunni organization founded by Osama bin Laden at some point between 1988 and 1989
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Basra-Aqaba pipeline project, a proposed 2,000-kilometer pipeline from Basra to the Jordanian port of Aqaba, intended to transport one million barrels per day. This pipeline risks involving Iraq in a scheme that facilitates normalization with the occupying Zionist entity, the statement cautioned.
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Tuesday 23 July 2024
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Basra to Mosul with a wide network and finally connect to Turkey, will transform the regional trade.
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Basra province.
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Basra to the Turkish border. During this visit, Fidan confirmed his country's intention to continue supporting the project.
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Basra province, part of which is located in the border waters of Iran and Iraq west of Karun River. The reserves of this large oil field, which is called Yadavaran in Iran, are currently estimated at 34 billion barrels. On the Iranian side, the development of this oil field began in 2008, but on the ...
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Basra. For Herzl, this was not simply aspiration but, as he put it, a “covenant” that could not be abandoned.
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Basra), and a few other figures. It is still too early to make definitive statements about al-Sudani’s continuation in office, but past experience has shown that the number of parliamentary seats does not necessarily determine who becomes prime minister. For instance, Mustafa al-Kadhimi became ...
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Basra railway project as one of Iran’s top priorities and stressed the need to counter the destabilizing policies of the Israeli regime in the region. Rashid, in turn, emphasized the importance of expanding security, trade, industrial, scientific, and cultural cooperation between the two count ...
