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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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UK Foreign Secretary Johnson Angers France, Germany
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UK Foreign Secretary Johnson Angers France, Germany

Friday 15 July 2016
Frank-Walter Steinmeier, echoed the French critique of Johnson, suggesting that his conduct in the run-up to the EU referendum was deceitful and reckless. Speaking in Greifswald, Steinmeier called the new foreign secretary’s behaviour “ungeheuerlich” - egregious or outrageous. Stei ...
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Germany-Iran Rapprochement Possible only if Tehran Recognizes Tel Aviv: Merkel
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Germany-Iran Rapprochement Possible only if Tehran Recognizes Tel Aviv: Merkel

Friday 2 September 2016 ،
Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Minister of Economic Affairs and Energy Sigmar Gabriel, both from Social Democratic Party of Germany, wanted to invite the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to visit Berlin in the upcoming fall. On the contrary, Volker Beck, the leader of the German Green Party in the Germ ...
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Germany’s Merkel Skeptic over US-Proposed Syria No-Fly-Zone
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Germany’s Merkel Skeptic over US-Proposed Syria No-Fly-Zone

Wednesday 28 September 2016 ،
Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who recently called for the implementation of a seven-day no-fly zone after a UN aid convoy was hit in Aleppo. On Thursday, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said that his country was firmly against a no-fly zone in Syria, noting that a solution must be found t ...
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US-Russia Showdown Over Syria
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US-Russia Showdown Over Syria

Saturday 8 October 2016 ،
Frank-Walter Steinmeier discussed Syria by phone on Friday, Russia's Foreign Ministry said. The two ministers exchanged views on the Syrian settlement, the ministry said. The Russian side noted the need to fully eradicate the terrorist threat on Syrian territory with simultaneous efforts to con ...
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EU Worried over Turkey’s Arrests of 11 MPs, Germany Summons Ankara Envoy
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EU Worried over Turkey’s Arrests of 11 MPs, Germany Summons Ankara Envoy

Friday 4 November 2016 ،
Frank-Walter Steinmeier warned the Turkish government on Friday against using the fight against terrorism as a pretext to silence the opposition. The fight against terrorism must not be a justification for politically silencing the opposition, or even bringing them behind bars, Steinmeier said Tur ...
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Iraq Liberated One Third of Mosul
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Iraq Liberated One Third of Mosul

Tuesday 22 November 2016 ،
Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Berlin. After months of preparation, Iraqi army soldiers, backed by pro-government fighters from Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) and Kurdish Peshmerga forces, launched an operation to retake the strategic city of Mosul from the ISIS terrorists on October 17. Jafari als ...
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MSC 2020: How Do Powers’ Disputes Block Solutions To Global Crises?
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MSC 2020: How Do Powers’ Disputes Block Solutions To Global Crises?

Monday 17 February 2020 ،
Steinmeier accused Washington, Beijing, and Moscow on Friday of jeopardizing the international order by stoking global mistrust and insecurity with a “great powers competition.”  “The upshot is more mistrust, more armament, less security…all the way to a new nuclear ar ...
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Denmark Helped US NSA Spy on European leaders: Revealed
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Denmark Helped US NSA Spy on European leaders: Revealed

Monday 31 May 2021 ،
Steinmeier are among those who were spied on by the NSA with the cooperation and help of the Danish Defense Intelligence Service (FE), according to the European media investigation.  The US spying on not only its own citizens, but also leaders in foreign countries is an accusation that came to ...
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Europe Flooding Deaths Pass 150
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Europe Flooding Deaths Pass 150

Saturday 17 July 2021 ،
Frank-Walter Steinmeier planned to travel Saturday to Erftstadt, southwest of Cologne, where a harrowing rescue effort unfolded on Friday as people were trapped when the ground gave way and their homes collapsed. Officials feared that some people didn’t manage to escape, but by Saturday mornin ...
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Baghaei Warns: US-Israeli Attack on Iran Is More Than Just an ‘Unnecessary War’
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Baghaei Warns: US-Israeli Attack on Iran Is More Than Just an ‘Unnecessary War’

Saturday 23 May 2026 ،
Frank-Walter Steinmeier's characterization of the conflict with Iran as an unnecessary war, arguing on X that while the crisis stems from the US's 2018 withdrawal from the JCPOA and could have been avoided, the UN Charter does not recognize any necessary war that justifies force against a so ...

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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.