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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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Erdogan and the Challenges Ahead

Erdogan and the Challenges Ahead

Sunday 9 February 2014
Party to win the next Turkey's elections due to these challenges. The oppositions of parties and their supporters in multi-party political system is a real challenge for Erdogan's administration. Republican People's Party is the main party against Erdogan's. This party has the secula ...
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Emerging a New Front in West Asia

Emerging a New Front in West Asia

Monday 17 February 2014 ،
Due to Syrian case transfer, success of Resistance in Syria war, and Geneva Agreement between Iran & 5 +1; Turkey, Qatar and Hamas party have changed their policies to remove tensions of Resistance axis in Syria after changing US policy on Syria. Alwaght-Due to Syrian case transfer, success of Res ...
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Syria Conflict: No Use for its Proponents

Syria Conflict: No Use for its Proponents

Monday 7 April 2014 ،
Although Syrian government has lost its previous extensively organized international relation with world powers, there is not so much interest for international powers to interfere in the internal affairs of Syria based on Syrian previous good mutual relation with world powers. Alwaght-Due to their ...
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Shiites and the Future of Iraq
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Shiites and the Future of Iraq

Monday 18 August 2014 ،
Party that is led by Nouri al-Maliki, in a domestic process proved that Iraq's political system is able to solve the most critical problems in the shortest time possible and without foreign interference, while enemies of Iraq believed that Baghdad is incapable of ending domestic challenges on Ir ...
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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 ،
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 running a Putin-Medvedev-like model in Turkey. Meanwhile, Erdogan has offered Ahmet Davutoglu as his successor in DJP and as Turkey' ...
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Mahmoud Abbas: Al-Quds is the eternal capital of Palestine
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Mahmoud Abbas: Al-Quds is the eternal capital of Palestine

Saturday 18 October 2014 ،
Mahmud Abbas on Friday called on his people to prevent Israeli settlers from entering Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque and use "all means" to protect the site. Alwaght- Mahmud Abbas, leader of Fatah party of Palestine, on Friday called on his people to prevent Israeli settlers from enter ...
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Israel Regimes Fears Only One Thing: the Truth
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Israel Regimes Fears Only One Thing: the Truth

Saturday 15 November 2014 ،
Party, who has worked at the University Hospital of North Norway in Tromso since 1976, has been an outspoken critic of Israeli regime, accusing it of occupation and apartheid. He also criticized America, saying, The oppressed has a moral right to attack the US with the weapons they may create Gilb ...
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We Shall Reap the Harvest that ISIS Sowed in the West Asia, Saddam's Daughter
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We Shall Reap the Harvest that ISIS Sowed in the West Asia, Saddam's Daughter

Tuesday 30 December 2014 ،
Alwaght-Raghad Saddam Hussein, the eldest daughter of the former Iraqi dictator met Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, former Iraqi vice-president, in Amman the capital of Jordan, Salah Al-Mukhtar, revealed. Alwaght-Raghad Saddam Hussein, the eldest daughter of the former Iraqi dictator met Izzat Ibrahim al-Do ...
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Labour Accused of Excluding Ethnic Minority Candidates

Labour Accused of Excluding Ethnic Minority Candidates

Saturday 3 January 2015 ،
Party has selected five non-white candidates to stand in the 32 seats where MPs are retiring.  While this presents a stark contrast with the Labour selection, the Tories recently came under fire after a Tory councilor suggested one candidate was not selected, because she was non-white and female. F ...

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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