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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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Map of  Latest Battlefield Developments in Syria and Iraq on

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Gunmen Kill Members of Shiite Family in Pakistan’s Baluchistan
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Gunmen Kill Members of Shiite Family in Pakistan’s Baluchistan

Wednesday 19 July 2017
Economic Corridor, a transport and energy link planned to run from western China to Pakistan's southern deep-water port of Gwadar.  
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Pakistan Plans Dumping US Dollar, Favors Yuan in Trade with China
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Pakistan Plans Dumping US Dollar, Favors Yuan in Trade with China

Tuesday 19 December 2017 ،
China-Pakistan economic ties, was reported discussing the proposal after unveiling a long-term economic development cooperation plan for the two countries. Bilateral trade between the countries totaled $13.8 billion in 2015 to 2016. The long-term plan highlighted key cooperation areas between the ...
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Afghanistan in Focus of China, India Economic Strategies
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Afghanistan in Focus of China, India Economic Strategies

Monday 1 January 2018 ،
China-Pakistan economic corridor, which marks a highly significant development when it comes to geopolitics. The economic integration between the two countries is part of the huge and ambitious trade initiative “One Belt, One Road”, or simply the project to revive the ancient Silk Road t ...
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Why Is US Obstructing IMF Loan to Pakistan?
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Why Is US Obstructing IMF Loan to Pakistan?

Sunday 5 August 2018 ،
China-Pakistan economic corridor Over the past two years, Pakistan’s economic growth severely slowed down. As a consequence, its national currency value dropped, forcing Islamabad to seek international financial credit to get the economy back on the track. China, Pakistan’s eastern nei ...
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China, Pakistan Agree to Boost Cooperative Partnership
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China, Pakistan Agree to Boost Cooperative Partnership

Sunday 9 September 2018 ،
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. The Chinese news agency cited Wang Yi as saying that said that the friendship between the peoples of the two countries is the foundation of the sustainable development of bilateral ties and the driving force of bilateral all-weather strategic cooperative partnershi ...
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India-Pakistan Tensions: Where Do They Go?
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India-Pakistan Tensions: Where Do They Go?

Friday 5 October 2018 ،
China-Pakistan alliance as its essence. Beijing and Islamabad are engaged in a joint project, dubbed China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), as part of China-led “One Belt, One Road” initiative. Heavily upset by this partnership, India takes negative approaches towards Pakistan. Add to ...
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Devil You Know: Old Foes India, China Strengthen Ties as US Proves Too Unreliable
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Devil You Know: Old Foes India, China Strengthen Ties as US Proves Too Unreliable

Saturday 29 December 2018 ،
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), part of China’s Silk Road Project. Reports have also emerged that China has been considering establishing its own naval bases in Pakistan, even though both Pakistan and China have denied such a claim. China has only one overseas military base, currentl ...
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Pakistan Relying Less on US, Turning to China, Saudi Arabia, UAE
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Pakistan Relying Less on US, Turning to China, Saudi Arabia, UAE

Saturday 2 February 2019 ،
China-Pakistan relationship continues to strengthen China has been a key ally for Pakistan in recent times and is almost certainly the reason why the US has taken a sharp turn in its approach to dealing with the country. (Considering that the Bush administration was caught red-handed funding Pakist ...
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Can Riyadh Go a Middle Path in Dealing with Pakistan and India?
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Can Riyadh Go a Middle Path in Dealing with Pakistan and India?

Saturday 23 February 2019 ،
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and Islamabad’s halting of support to the terrorist groups operating in Afghanistan. The US opposition displayed the depth of Pakistan’s differences with one of its closest allies. So, India cannot turn a blind eye to the fact that the Saudi financial ai ...
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SCO Contact Group: China’s Gate into Afghanistan Equations
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SCO Contact Group: China’s Gate into Afghanistan Equations

Monday 25 February 2019 ،
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). In March 2018, China’s FM had said that pursuit of win-win policy and common interests persuaded Beijing to expand the CPEC project to Afghanistan. Afghanistan is a gate to Central Asia, something taking attention of such powers as Chain and India to th ...

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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