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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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Iran Seizes Foreign Tanker Smuggling Oil
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Iran Seizes Foreign Tanker Smuggling Oil

Monday 29 July 2024
Emirates, the statement said. The Iranian military seized the ship while it was being loaded with smuggled oil from Iranian launches. The tanker has since been transferred to Iran’s Imam Khomeini pier. In late January, the IRGC Navy had also confiscated a foreign tanker carrying two million ...
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Sudan: The Forgotten War
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Sudan: The Forgotten War

Monday 19 August 2024 ،
Emirates and Russia. Now the SSC insists that it will not participate in any peace meeting in which the UAE is present. This is while the UAE was invited as an observer in the Geneva negotiations.  A recently released Amnesty International report provides extensive evidence that a 2004 UN arms ...
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IRICA Reports 16% Increase in Iran’s Non-Oil Trade with Its 15 Neighbors Over 5 Months
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IRICA Reports 16% Increase in Iran’s Non-Oil Trade with Its 15 Neighbors Over 5 Months

Tuesday 27 August 2024 ،
Emirates, Turkey, Iraq, Pakistan, and Russia were identified as Iran’s top five trade partners during this period. Specifically, trade values with these countries were $11 billion, $6 billion, $4.8 billion, $1.1 billion, and $969 million, respectively, according to the deputy minister of econo ...
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What’s behind UAE Accepting Taliban Ambassador?
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What’s behind UAE Accepting Taliban Ambassador?

Wednesday 28 August 2024 ،
Emirate of Afghanistan has been able to find solutions to ease its international isolation by pursuing diplomacy and even behind-the-scenes deals.  Recently, developments have been in the making, showing that some countries are taking steps towards interaction with the Taliban.  Last wee ...
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The UAE suspends fighter jet purchase agreement with France
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The UAE suspends fighter jet purchase agreement with France

Wednesday 28 August 2024 ،
Emirates (UAE) is considering a total halt to military-technical cooperation with France following the arrest of Telegram founder Pavel Durov in Paris. According to Avia.pro, citing media sources, The UAE is contemplating a complete blockade of military-technical cooperation with France after the d ...
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Iranian President Set to Participate in BRICS Summit in Russia
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Iranian President Set to Participate in BRICS Summit in Russia

Saturday 31 August 2024 ،
Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Ethiopia officially joined BRICS as full members. Originally founded in 2006 with Brazil, Russia, India, and China, the organization expanded to include South Africa in 2011.
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Why’s EU Changed Tone on Iranian Persian Gulf Islands?
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Why’s EU Changed Tone on Iranian Persian Gulf Islands?

Tuesday 22 October 2024 ،
Emirates did not even exist. This document was provided to the UN Security Council by the then government of Iran in 1971. However, regardless of the historical and irrevocable facts of Iran's sovereignty over the three islands, the EU aims behind this move are completely politically-motivated ...
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New Emirati-Israeli Adventure in Yemen Could End up Costly to Abu Dhabi
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New Emirati-Israeli Adventure in Yemen Could End up Costly to Abu Dhabi

Wednesday 20 November 2024 ،
Emirates shows that not only did that attack not affect the Yemenis' ability and determination to continue supporting the resistance in Gaza and Lebanon, but also even the Israelis have seen this strategy and its continuation as costly and ineffective and have thought of another solution to coun ...
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Iran Denies Involvement in the Killing of Israeli Rabbi in the UAE
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Iran Denies Involvement in the Killing of Israeli Rabbi in the UAE

Monday 25 November 2024 ،
Emirates ALWAGHT- The Iranian Embassy in Abu Dhabi strongly dismissed allegations linking the Islamic Republic of Iran to the murder of a Zionist rabbi in the United Arab Emirates. Zvi Kogan, 28, who had gone missing from Dubai on Thursday afternoon, was found dead on Sunday. However, some Western ...
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Kremlin States There Are No Grounds for Talks with Ukraine
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Kremlin States There Are No Grounds for Talks with Ukraine

Wednesday 4 December 2024 ،
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov stated Wednesday that Russia sees "no grounds for negotiations" with Ukraine at this time ALWAGHT- Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov stated Wednesday that Russia sees no grounds for negotiations with Ukraine at this time. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told t ...

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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