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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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China to Boost 2018 Military Budget %8.1
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China to Boost 2018 Military Budget %8.1

Monday 5 March 2018
Chinese path in strengthening our armed forces, advance all aspects of military training and war preparedness, and firmly and resolvedly safeguard national sovereignty, security, and development interests,” Premier Li Keqiang told the legislature. Li said the military had completed the reduct ...
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Powers Race for Superiority Leagues under Sea
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Powers Race for Superiority Leagues under Sea

Monday 19 March 2018 ،
Chinese leaders avoided to exhibit a will to become a hegemonic power. The focus has been, instead, on the economy and mutual trade interactions. But the Chinese parliament has recently approved a law that will expand presidency of President Xi Jinping indefinitely after 2022, the year his second pr ...
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Chinese Aircraft Carrier Battle Group in East China Sea War-Games
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Chinese Aircraft Carrier Battle Group in East China Sea War-Games

Tuesday 24 April 2018 ،
Chinese aircraft carrier formation, featuring the carrier Liaoning, has undertaken live combat drills in the East China Sea. Alwaght- The Chinese aircraft carrier formation, featuring the carrier Liaoning, has undertaken live combat drills in the East China Sea. According to official Xinhua news ag ...
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Arab Military Drills, Alliance, Overshadowed by Deep Gaps
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Arab Military Drills, Alliance, Overshadowed by Deep Gaps

Tuesday 6 November 2018 ،
Chinese and Russian power gain. Challenges outsizing military drills The Arab countries are deeply divided and the efforts to paint them as united against the regional environment threats and convergent in their stances even with the underway exercises did not convince anybody even the Arab rulers ...
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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 ،
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi took a four-day visit to India to meet high-level Indian officials, including India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. It should be noted that India is China’s largest trading partner, with a trade deficit in favor of China by about $63 billion du ...
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US Identifies China, Russia, Iran as Biggest National Security Threats
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US Identifies China, Russia, Iran as Biggest National Security Threats

Friday 25 January 2019 ،
Chinese global expansion,” the report alleged: China is marshalling its diplomatic, economic, and military resources to facilitate its rise as a regional and global power. This may challenge US access to air, space, cyberspace, and maritime domains,” it further added, emphasizing: &ldqu ...
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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 ،
Chinese-made naval vessels will arrive through a bilateral arms agreement by 2021. Worth over $348 million, these frigates have the capacity to act as anti-ship and anti-submarine operations, as well as for air defense. Reports seem to indicate that these ships are to be stationed for defense and s ...
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China to Show New Warships on Navy Anniversary
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China to Show New Warships on Navy Anniversary

Saturday 20 April 2019 ،
Chinese President Xi Jinping, will host a number of foreign navies from Russia, Singapore, India, Thailand and Vietnam. More than 60 countries from five continents will send naval delegations, with more than 30 of them featuring major naval leaders, according to the Chinese military commander. The ...
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Sleeping Dragon No More: China About to Replace US as Strongest Naval Power, Washington Is Too Late to Stop It
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Sleeping Dragon No More: China About to Replace US as Strongest Naval Power, Washington Is Too Late to Stop It

Sunday 22 December 2019 ،
Chinese naval modernization. The shipyard in question indeed appears to be an impressive sight to behold. There, one can see a total of nine newly constructed destroyers lined along the quay and docked in an inner shipyard basin. By contrast, the entire UK Royal Navy has a total of just six similar ...
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China Could Double Its Nuclear Arsenal This Decade: Pentagon
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China Could Double Its Nuclear Arsenal This Decade: Pentagon

Wednesday 2 September 2020 ،
Chinese military power released Tuesday. It added that within five years the Chinese government's intercontinental ballistic missiles will reach a threshold considered threatening for the US. The PRC is developing new intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) that will significantly improve ...

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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