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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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MSC Focus: Collapsing Liberal Global Order, World Delicate Security
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MSC Focus: Collapsing Liberal Global Order, World Delicate Security

Monday 18 February 2019
European defense policy, Western-Russian relations, and Ukraine crisis to the West Asia conflicts, the crisis in Venezuela, and the Chinese-American heated competition in East Asia. Breakdown of liberal global order The conference this year comes amid widening gaps between the US and Europe. The M ...
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EU Parliament Hears Testimonies by Victims of Arab Regimes’ Rights Abuses
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EU Parliament Hears Testimonies by Victims of Arab Regimes’ Rights Abuses

Wednesday 20 February 2019 ،
European Parliament has invited victims of human rights violations committed by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain to hear their testimonies. Alwaght- The European Parliament has invited victims of human rights violations committed by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE ...
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Putin Fires Warning to US, Russian Missiles to Target Western Capitals
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Putin Fires Warning to US, Russian Missiles to Target Western Capitals

Thursday 21 February 2019 ،
European continent, and the US does have these plans, anyway, we haven’t heard other statements, this will sharply deteriorate international security and create serious threats to Russia since it takes up to 10-12 minutes for certain types of these missiles to fly to Moscow. This is a very ser ...
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US INF Pullout: Two Likely Scenarios
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US INF Pullout: Two Likely Scenarios

Sunday 24 February 2019 ،
European countries where the US has deployed nuclear warheads and missiles ready for launching. He added that Russia was “ready for another Cuban missile crisis if the US wants”, ensuring that his country had the upper hand in the first nuclear strike. Now and after Putin speech, the sp ...
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What’s Motivating Britain’s Anti-Hezbollah Ban?
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What’s Motivating Britain’s Anti-Hezbollah Ban?

Sunday 3 March 2019 ،
European Union and no settlement is reached yet, all of a sudden banning a foreign political movement thousands of kilometers away from the country has become news hit in Britain. On Sunday and Monday while the government of Prime Minister Theresa May on the sidelines of the EU-Arab League summit i ...
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Why EU Parliament blocked Saudi Blacklisting?
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Why EU Parliament blocked Saudi Blacklisting?

Monday 4 March 2019 ،
European Parliament blocked a proposal to add Saudi Arabia to its terror and money laundering blacklist. The proposal was made in February by the European Commission. The member states opposing the bill justified their rejection by saying that it lacked adequate transparency and reliable information ...
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Germany Refuses to Blacklist Lebanese Hezbollah Movement
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Germany Refuses to Blacklist Lebanese Hezbollah Movement

Saturday 9 March 2019 ،
European Union, which unlike the United States has opposed designation of Hezbollah as terrorist entity, should follow suit.  
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New Polls Set Off Alarm Bells to Deeper EU Integrity Dreams
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New Polls Set Off Alarm Bells to Deeper EU Integrity Dreams

Sunday 10 March 2019 ،
European Parliament elections. Alwaght- Amid an increasing wave of the concerns about the future of the European Union after exit of Britain, results of a recent poll show that the right-wing slogans and agenda in this political and security bloc are fast garnering popularity with the public. A rec ...
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UK Parliament Rejects May’s Brexit Deal
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UK Parliament Rejects May’s Brexit Deal

Wednesday 13 March 2019 ،
European Union without a deal entirely on March 29, or to delay the exit process. A snap election or even another referendum is now possible. Hoarse-voiced and looking exhausted, May said the government would not provide instructions to her own Conservative Party’s lawmakers how to vote. &ld ...
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Venezuela Blames US for Terrorist Attack on Oil Facility
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Venezuela Blames US for Terrorist Attack on Oil Facility

Friday 15 March 2019 ،
European allies, including France, Germany, and Britain. US President Donald Trump has repeatedly said that all options are on the table in promoting Washington’s choice for Guaido over Maduro. Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza, meanwhile, told a United Nations meeting in Austria tha ...

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Commemorating the 36th anniversary of the passing of Imam Khomeini (RA), the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Commemorating the 36th anniversary of the passing of Imam Khomeini (RA), the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran.