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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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No More Coalitions: US Allies Decline US-Proposed Sea Alliance
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No More Coalitions: US Allies Decline US-Proposed Sea Alliance

Thursday 25 July 2019
British warship that was deployed to the region has not shown signs it intends to join the alliance, although London is seen as a second actor in the American circle. Reuters, citing two Persian Gulf sources and a British security source, has reported that having in mind that participation in the al ...
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Russia Warns of ‘Large-Scale’ Conflict as Iran Tensions Rise
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Russia Warns of ‘Large-Scale’ Conflict as Iran Tensions Rise

Saturday 27 July 2019 ،
British-flagged ship in the Strait of Hormuz for failing to stop after hitting an Iranian fishing boat, a violation of international maritime rules. London has since called for the formation of a European-led mission to the Persian Gulf to ensure “safe passage” in the region. Washi ...
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US Allies Reject Washington-Led Persian Gulf Naval Coalition
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US Allies Reject Washington-Led Persian Gulf Naval Coalition

Friday 2 August 2019 ،
British-flagged tanker. “Germany will not take part in the naval mission proposed and planned by the United States,” Maas said. “We are in close coordination with our French partners. We consider the ‘maximum pressure’ strategy to be wrong. We do not want a further mi ...
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US Failure to Build Naval Coalition: Reasons, Results
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US Failure to Build Naval Coalition: Reasons, Results

Sunday 4 August 2019 ،
British oil tanker a fortnight ago, Washington’s efforts were stepped up. The US officials were hoping to see at least 30 countries join their alliance. This was a matter of image and credit for Trump and the hardliners in the Republican Party especially that in 2013 the contemporaneous Presid ...
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US Threatens Visa Ban on Crew of Iranian Ranker after Failing to Block Gibraltar Departure
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US Threatens Visa Ban on Crew of Iranian Ranker after Failing to Block Gibraltar Departure

Friday 16 August 2019 ،
British territory ruled Thursday that Grace 1 seized for the past six weeks is free to sail, despite a last-minute bid by Washington to seize the vessel. Alwaght- The US has threatened to impose a visa ban on the crew of an Iranian supertanker detained in Gibraltar after the Supreme Court in the Bri ...
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Israel’s 33-Day war on Lebanon Aimed at Creation of New Middle East: Nasrallah
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Israel’s 33-Day war on Lebanon Aimed at Creation of New Middle East: Nasrallah

Saturday 17 August 2019 ،
British oil tanker Stena Impero for breaching international maritime law while crossing the Strait of Hormuz on July 19, and shot down an intruding US-made Global Hawk surveillance drone in the skies over the country’s southern coastal province of Hormozgan on June 20. Iran has prov ...
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Iran Foreign Minister in Finland at First Leg of Scandinavian Tour
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Iran Foreign Minister in Finland at First Leg of Scandinavian Tour

Monday 19 August 2019 ،
British-flagged ship in the Strait of Hormuz for failing to stop after hitting an Iranian fishing boat, a violation of international maritime rules. London has since called for the formation of a European-led mission to the Persian Gulf to ensure “safe passage” in the region. Washington ...
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Iranian Tanker Sails Towards Mediterranean despite  US Sanctions
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Iranian Tanker Sails Towards Mediterranean despite US Sanctions

Tuesday 20 August 2019 ،
British navy seized the Iranian tanker upon its passage from the Strait of Gibraltar under the excuse of violating the European sanctions by carrying oil to a Syrian refinery. Gibraltar is one of the 14 British overseas territories which has been under London rule since 1713. Release of the ship is ...
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Iran Frees 7 Crew Members of Seized British Oil tanker
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Iran Frees 7 Crew Members of Seized British Oil tanker

Wednesday 4 September 2019 ،
British oil tanker detained last month in the Persian Gulf for violating international maritime law. Alwaght- Iran has released seven of the 23 crew members of a British oil tanker detained last month in the Persian Gulf for violating international maritime law. Announcing the development on Wednes ...
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A Generation Deleted: American Bombs in Yemen Are Costing an Entire Generation Their Future
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A Generation Deleted: American Bombs in Yemen Are Costing an Entire Generation Their Future

Monday 7 October 2019 ،
British, and French weapons. “It was 1:45 p.m., when we heard a missile strike; we were able to calm the students down but when the third strike hit we lost control of the students as they began to scream and chaos spread throughout the school,” Hana Al Awlaqi, a school agent at the&nbs ...

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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