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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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US Eyes Shared Power between Kabul, Taliban: Expert
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US Eyes Shared Power between Kabul, Taliban: Expert

Monday 5 November 2018
General David Petraeus according to which the Americans will push for handover of the rule of 13 provinces in the east and south of the country to the militant group. Furthermore, a couple of ministries of the National Unity Government will be filled with Taliban ministers. This scenario should be t ...
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Libya Peace Talks,  Conflicting Foreign Interests
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Libya Peace Talks, Conflicting Foreign Interests

Tuesday 13 November 2018 ،
General Khalifa Haftar, who is the commander of the Libyan National Army. There is yet a third party to the negotiations in Libya: Khaled al-Mashri, the new head of the High Council of State affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist movement with roots across the Arab world. These actors ...
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Some 270,000 Syrian Refugees Returned Home in Recent Months: Russia
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Some 270,000 Syrian Refugees Returned Home in Recent Months: Russia

Saturday 17 November 2018 ،
General Mikhail Mizintsev announced the news in a press conference on Friday, adding that nearly 6,000 people returned to the Arab country in the last week alone, according to data collected by Moscow. Syria and its close ally, Russia, have been encouraging refugees to repatriate, assuring them tha ...
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International Confab in Tehran Discusses Saudi War on Yemen
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International Confab in Tehran Discusses Saudi War on Yemen

Thursday 22 November 2018 ،
General Gholam-Hossein Gheibparvar Iran, as a nation that has itself suffered from US mischief economic blockade, and war, understands the ordeals of the Yemeni people. Referring to the remarkable the Yemeni forces have been showing in Hudaydah, Gheibparvar said, “What is taking place in Yeme ...
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What Does US’ Khalilzad Look for in Afghanistan?
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What Does US’ Khalilzad Look for in Afghanistan?

Friday 23 November 2018 ،
General Joseph Dunford last week maintained that the Taliban is “not losing” and there is “no military solution” to end the Afghanistan crisis. So, the US inclination to peace with the Taliban, which is a mission Khalilzad is tasked with, indicates the early failure of Trump ...
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Ansarullah, Ex-Yemeni Regime Agree to Truce in Hudaydah
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Ansarullah, Ex-Yemeni Regime Agree to Truce in Hudaydah

Thursday 27 December 2018 ،
General Antonio Guterres cameas a new round of peace talks aimed at ending nearly four years of a brutal Saudi-led war on its southern neighbor came to a close in Sweden. The delegations of Yemen’s Ansarullah movement and the country’s former Saudi-backed regime agreed that the world bo ...
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Doha Forum: Display of Qatar Achievements
Analysis

Doha Forum: Display of Qatar Achievements

Thursday 27 December 2018 ،
General Antonio Guterres reiterated the need for diplomacy and dialogue to replace violence in the regional crises, adding that the Yemen war caused the worst humanitarian crisis in the present world as Saudi Arabia and its Emirati and American allies continue their heavy bombing and ground campaign ...
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Putin Warns US Pushing World to Nuclear War
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Putin Warns US Pushing World to Nuclear War

Thursday 27 December 2018 ،
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Thursday that the United States is putting the world at the risk of a nuclear war. Alwaght- Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Thursday that the United States is putting the world at the risk of a nuclear war. Putin made the remarks in Moscow during his ...
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Kosovo Army Creation: How Is It Taken by Various Sides?
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Kosovo Army Creation: How Is It Taken by Various Sides?

Thursday 27 December 2018 ،
General Antonio Guterres expressed his concern about the Kosovar intention. Stephane Dujarric, the spokesman for Guterres, in a press conference said the 1244 UN resolution of 1999 is the sole legal framework for the international security presence, the Kosovo multinational security force. So, any ...
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IRGC Holds Major Drills, Debuts ‘Offensive’ Component
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IRGC Holds Major Drills, Debuts ‘Offensive’ Component

Thursday 27 December 2018 ،
General Mohammad Ali Jafari saying we hope the enemies have more than ever grasped the power of our response. This was a response to allegations made by the enemies who should know that the defense capabilities of the Islamic Republic of Iran are deterrent, and as the Eminent Leader [Ayatollah Seyy ...

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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.