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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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ISIS Leaders: Imprisoned or Harbored by US in Syria?
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ISIS Leaders: Imprisoned or Harbored by US in Syria?

Thursday 27 December 2018
Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Anatoly Sidorov stated that since early 2018, over 2,500 ISIS terrorists have been relocated to Afghanistan and Pakistan. Russia’s presidential envoy to Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov said information at Moscow disposal shows Washington allows in Afgha ...
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NATO Challenges on Eve of 70th Anniversary
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NATO Challenges on Eve of 70th Anniversary

Wednesday 10 April 2019 ،
Treaty Organization (NATO) is wrestling with unprecedented rifts among its members states on the threshold of its 70th anniversary. In a recent rift, the member states have been divided over the organization’s defense budget. The US Vice-President Mike Pence has recently criticized Germany&rs ...
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Moscow Security Conference: Revising Global Security Order
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Moscow Security Conference: Revising Global Security Order

Saturday 27 April 2019 ،
Security Conference started in the Russian capital. Dubbed the Russian version of Munich Security Conference, the event was attended by representatives from over 100 countries at Radisson Blu hotel. The three-day meeting was held while the world and West Asia region are going through fresh developme ...
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China, Iran:  New Defense Chapter
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China, Iran: New Defense Chapter

Saturday 14 September 2019 ،
Security Agency in 2015 launched new efforts against the Iranian nuclear program and parts of the Chinese military. This is because of an understanding that Beijing finds its West Asia interests in defense cooperation with Iran as it seeks to not allow the Persian Gulf region fully become the US sph ...
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Turkey-NATO Challenges: Is Turkey Expelling or Exit Possible?
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Turkey-NATO Challenges: Is Turkey Expelling or Exit Possible?

Thursday 17 October 2019 ،
Treaty Organization, in a response to a question by the Senate about not including an article about members who could move to the Communism, as the rival ideology of the time, said that even if such a member not suspended from the bloc, the member states can cut off cooperation with it.  The o ...
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Turkey Refuses to Back NATO Military Plans over Syria Dispute: Report
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Turkey Refuses to Back NATO Military Plans over Syria Dispute: Report

Wednesday 27 November 2019 ،
Treaty Organisation’s 1949 founding treaty, an attack on one ally is an attack on all, and the alliance has military strategies for collective defense across its territory. Turkey made its demands before its offensive in northern Syria but the issue has come to a head because of next week&rsq ...
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Geopolitical Puzzle: What Is behind Pompeo’s Visit to Kazakhstan?
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Geopolitical Puzzle: What Is behind Pompeo’s Visit to Kazakhstan?

Saturday 4 January 2020 ،
Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) – an inter-governmental military alliance which also includes Russia, Armenia, Belarus and two of Kazakhstan’s Central Asian neighbors, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. The bloc is primarily tasked with fending off any military aggression against ...
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US Arrests Now Higher Than Hong Kong Protest Total Figures
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US Arrests Now Higher Than Hong Kong Protest Total Figures

Saturday 6 June 2020 ،
Security Advisor to President Obama, believed she saw a Russian hand in the chaos. “I would bet, based on my experience… this is right out of the Russian playbook,” she told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, adding, “I would not be surprised to learn that they have fomented some of ...
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What’s Behind New Azerbaijani-Armenian Clashes Over Karabakh?
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What’s Behind New Azerbaijani-Armenian Clashes Over Karabakh?

Sunday 19 July 2020 ،
Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) which is led by Moscow as a supporter of Yerevan in the confrontation of Baku in Karabakh crisis. Some other experts say that the home developments in Armenia are not without influence on the recent tensions. They hold that the failure by Armenian Pres ...
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Asian Defense Ministers Meet in Moscow, Moving Towards Strengthening Collective Security
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Asian Defense Ministers Meet in Moscow, Moving Towards Strengthening Collective Security

Sunday 6 September 2020 ،
Collective Security Treaty Organization. As it is clear from the guests and participants of the meeting, this conference was organized with the focus on security and defense issues. The meeting was attended by defense ministers from 13 countries, who, according to the Russian Defense Minister, as ch ...

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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