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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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Karzai, Iran's green light to America
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Karzai, Iran's green light to America

Sunday 9 February 2014
Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan's president came to Tehran to receive Iran's green light to sign security agreement with America today. If the security agreement approve, America will has nine military bases in the cities of Kabul, Bigram, Mazar-e Sharif, Jalalabad, Gardez, Kandahar, Helmand, He ...
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Russia and Egypt: A New Anti-American Axis
Analysis

Russia and Egypt: A New Anti-American Axis

Wednesday 5 March 2014 ،
Alwaght - A delegation headed by Field Marshal Abdel Fattah, the commander in chief, the first deputy prime minister and defense minister of Egypt traveled to Russia and visited president Vladimir Putin and defense minister, Sergei Shoigu on February 13th, described by Russian media as 2+2 talks and ...
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Shiites and the Future of Iraq
Analysis

Shiites and the Future of Iraq

Monday 18 August 2014 ،
Iraq's developments are reached to a new level after different Shiite groups' agreement upon Iraq's new prime minister. Haider Al-Abadi's appointment as Iraq's prime minister, Iraqi politician and spokesman for the Islamic Dawa Party that is led by Nouri al-Maliki, in a domestic ...
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Egypt and Russia's Military Cooperation: A Tactic or Strategy

Egypt and Russia's Military Cooperation: A Tactic or Strategy

Wednesday 27 August 2014 ،
Egypt's proximity to Russia has attracted the attention of political circles since Al-Sisi's taking power. Since the era of Anvar Sadat, Egyptian Army was dependent on West, but Al-Sisi wants to alter the situation to some extent. It seems that he aims to get closer to Eastern powers, too. T ...
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Israeli Regime's Budget Crisis

Israeli Regime's Budget Crisis

Monday 22 September 2014 ،
Fifty days of combat had imposed heavy losses on Zionists and made them to ask for an incease in military budget. Alwaght- America provides Israeli regime 8.5 million dollars per day.  According to the Congressional Research Service’s report, entitled U.S. Foreign Aid to Israel by Jeremy M. Sharp, ...
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Iran, Haidar al-Abadi's First Visit Target
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Iran, Haidar al-Abadi's First Visit Target

Monday 20 October 2014 ،
Haidar al-Abadi is to visit Tehran on Monday in his first visit ever since taking office a month ago. to unite the efforts of the region and the world to help Iraq in its war against the [ISIS] terrorist group", it said in a statement issued on Sunday Alwaght-Haidar al-Abadi, Iraq Prime Minister, ...
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Since America Invasion of Afghanistan Poppy Cultivation Increased Ten Folds
Report

Since America Invasion of Afghanistan Poppy Cultivation Increased Ten Folds

Tuesday 21 October 2014 ،
According to report released by UN office on drugs and crimes, Opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan hit an all-time high in 2013 since America invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, under the pretext of fighting terrorism. Alwaght-According to report released by UN office on drugs and crimes, Opium popp ...
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ISIS Terrorist Group Use Drug Trade to Bankroll Their Operations
Report

ISIS Terrorist Group Use Drug Trade to Bankroll Their Operations

Wednesday 22 October 2014 ،
According to Newsweek, European cells of ISIS and other terrorist groups are using their ties to the illicit drug trade to finance their operations in Iraq and Syria, Spanish intelligence told daily newspaper ABC. Alwaght-According to Newsweek, European cells of ISIS and other terrorist groups are u ...
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US Airstrikes Fail to Stem Tide of Foreign Terrorists
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US Airstrikes Fail to Stem Tide of Foreign Terrorists

Saturday 1 November 2014 ،
Hundreds of America-led airstrikes and daily multi-million dollar military operations have failed to stem the tide of foreign terrorists entering Iraq and Syria, who continue to pour in by their thousands, according to multiple reports Alwaght-Hundreds of America-led airstrikes and daily multi-milli ...

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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