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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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Ukrainian Drone Attacks Russian ‘Atomic City’, Says Governor

Ukrainian Drone Attacks Russian ‘Atomic City’, Says Governor

Friday 1 September 2023
Crimea bridge, damaging part of it and taking it out of operation for a couple of days.   
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EU Greenlights Seizure of Personal Phones, Cars from Russians

EU Greenlights Seizure of Personal Phones, Cars from Russians

Monday 11 September 2023 ،
Crimea voted to leave Ukraine and become part of Russia in the wake of the Maidan coup in Kiev that year. Moscow has insisted that trade restrictions and the seizure of assets and other Russian property are illegal and tantamount to theft. Source: RT
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Ukraine Claims Russian Black Sea Fleet commander among 34 Officers Killed

Ukraine Claims Russian Black Sea Fleet commander among 34 Officers Killed

Tuesday 26 September 2023 ،
Crimean port of Sevastopol last week. Ukraine’s special forces said that the commander of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, Admiral Viktor Sokolov, and 33 other officers were killed in a Ukrainian missile attack on the fleet’s headquarters in the Crimean port of Sevastopol last w ...
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Ukrainians ‘Were Not Allowed’ to Agree to Peace with Russia: Ex-German Leader

Ukrainians ‘Were Not Allowed’ to Agree to Peace with Russia: Ex-German Leader

Sunday 22 October 2023 ،
Crimea and breakaway territories in the Donbas region. Since that time, hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian troops have been killed as Western military aid prolongs the conflict. “The arms deliveries are not a solution for eternity, but no one wants to talk,” Schroeder said. “[Ger ...
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Russian Military Intercepts Dozens of Ukrainian Drones over Black Sea

Russian Military Intercepts Dozens of Ukrainian Drones over Black Sea

Sunday 29 October 2023 ،
Crimean Peninsula. Russian air defenses have prevented yet another “attempted terrorist attack by the Kiev regime” with some 36 plane-type drones intercepted en route to Crimea, the military said in a brief statement on Sunday, without providing any further details. ...
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Iran-EAEU Free Trade Agreement: A Win-Win Deal

Iran-EAEU Free Trade Agreement: A Win-Win Deal

Monday 1 January 2024 ،
Crimea Peninsula. Since then, Russia has focused on developing its economic relations with Asian countries and most importantly with China, which has now become Russia’s closest ally in many fields from joint investment in hydrocarbon development projects in Siberia and the Far East to new mar ...
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The strategic implications of Russia’s occupation of "Avdiivka"; Disruption within NATO

The strategic implications of Russia’s occupation of "Avdiivka"; Disruption within NATO

Sunday 18 February 2024 ،
Crimea in May and could be a source of pride for Putin, who seeks his fifth presidential term in the March 17th elections. Presently, certain Kremlin officials have hailed the seizure of Avdiivka as the war's most notable triumph. The rift in the NATO front Amid recent reports of reduced milit ...
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China Tells EU Ukraine Settlement Requires Russian Presence

China Tells EU Ukraine Settlement Requires Russian Presence

Saturday 9 March 2024 ،
Crimea, which joined Russia in 2014, or the four former Ukrainian regions that did the same in September 2022.  The Russian argument is that it launched its campaign in Ukraine as a response to calls of protection by ethnic Russians of eastern Ukraine and that withdrawal from these areas makes ...
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Will Putin maintain his place in the Kremlin?

Will Putin maintain his place in the Kremlin?

Friday 15 March 2024 ،
Crimea in 2014, and integrating portions of four Russian-speaking regions into Russian territory. The political and electoral structure in Russia Russia operates as a federal democratic republic. Its legislative arm, the Federal Assembly, comprises two chambers: the Federation Council and the Stat ...
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Musk Says He Believes Russia "Certainly" Gains More Land from Ukraine

Musk Says He Believes Russia "Certainly" Gains More Land from Ukraine

Monday 1 April 2024 ،
Crimea to Russia in 2014 following a referendum that saw ethnic Russians voting to join Russian Federation.  The annexation of Crimea followed a coup supported by the West that removed Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych. The coup sparked a civil war in the east that led to practical separat ...

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Farmers in Poland are on the streets again to protest EU agricultural policies

Farmers in Poland are on the streets again to protest EU agricultural policies