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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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Who Wins the Power Race: Prime Minister or President?

Who Wins the Power Race: Prime Minister or President?

Wednesday 27 August 2014
The election of Recep Tayyip Erdogan as Turkey's president has aroused many discussions on his successor in Development & Justice Party (JDP) and in the position of premiership. Indeed, nomination of many figures for occupying his position in JDP and rumors about Abdullah Gul's future and ru ...
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Turkey on the Eve of Civil War
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Turkey on the Eve of Civil War

Wednesday 15 October 2014 ،
Turkey’s warplanes and artillery repeatedly bombed the camps of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the country’s southeast late on Monday, marking the military’s first significant offensive against PKK, since peace talks began two years ago Alwaght-Turkey’s warplanes and artillery repeatedly bomb ...
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This War is Not Aimed at ISIS Terrorist Group, But at Assad
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This War is Not Aimed at ISIS Terrorist Group, But at Assad

Sunday 2 November 2014 ،
Watching the debate in the British parliament last Thursday, over whether Britain should, yet again, launch aerial attacks against the long-suffering people of Iraq; it was striking just how much admission there was of the failure of Britain’s policy in the region hitherto Alwaght-Watching the debat ...

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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