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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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ISSG Accord on Syria Talks, Ceasefire, Humanitarian Aid
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ISSG Accord on Syria Talks, Ceasefire, Humanitarian Aid

Friday 12 February 2016
ISSG) talks on Friday adopted a document on humanitarian aid delivery, political process and cessation of hostilities. Alwaght-The International Syria Support Group (ISSG) talks on Friday adopted a document consisting of three main parts devoted to humanitarian aid delivery, political process and ce ...
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US, Saudis cannot Decide Fate of Syria: Iran FM Zarif
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US, Saudis cannot Decide Fate of Syria: Iran FM Zarif

Sunday 14 February 2016 ،
ISSG) in Munich.  
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Saudis Plotted Syria Troops Deployment Two Years Ago: Assad
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Saudis Plotted Syria Troops Deployment Two Years Ago: Assad

Tuesday 16 February 2016 ،
ISSG) in the German city of Munich on Friday, Assad said any truce means preventing terrorists from reinforcing their positions.  The President affirmed that there are many questions now about who are terrorists, they talk about ISIS, al-Nusra, Ahrar al-Cham or Jaish al-Islam, saying “As ...
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Syrians not Foreigners should Decide Fate of President Assad: UN Envoy
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Syrians not Foreigners should Decide Fate of President Assad: UN Envoy

Friday 4 March 2016 ،
ISSG), the UN Security Council and UN Syria special envoy Staffan de Mistura. The ceasefire was implemented on February 27, in compliance with the joint statement of the United States and the Russian Federation, which are acting as co-chairs of the ISSG. Terrorist groups such as ISIS and al-Nusra Fr ...
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Terrorist Groups Attempt to Scuttle Syria’s Truce: Report
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Terrorist Groups Attempt to Scuttle Syria’s Truce: Report

Tuesday 8 March 2016 ،
ISSG) in Geneva, the American center for coordination in Amman and the US Department of Defense during which discussions of the extent of commitment to the cessation of hostilities and delivering aid to various areas were held. The cessation of hostilities in Syria does not include ISIS, Jabhat al-N ...
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Syria’s Unity be Maintained in Political Dialogue: ISSG
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Syria’s Unity be Maintained in Political Dialogue: ISSG

Wednesday 18 May 2016 ،
ISSG meeting held in Vienna on Tuesday, delivered by US State Secretary John Kerry at a joint press conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura. The statement called on the “armed opposition” groups to distance themselves geog ...
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US Refuses to Blacklist Saudi-Backed Terror Groups in Syria
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US Refuses to Blacklist Saudi-Backed Terror Groups in Syria

Wednesday 25 May 2016 ،
ISSG, and that includes Russia,” State Department spokesman Mark Toner said on Tuesday. Ahrar al-Sham, one of the oldest and largest terrorist groups operating in Syria since 2011, is mostly active in the country's northwestern part. The group is allied with al-Nusra Front, an offshoot of ...
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Saudi-Created Monsters-ISIS, Al-Nusra- to Backfire on Kingdom: Iran FM
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Saudi-Created Monsters-ISIS, Al-Nusra- to Backfire on Kingdom: Iran FM

Saturday 24 September 2016 ،
ISSG meeting—International Syria Support Group—in Vienna about—in the spring, I set out and suggested that we should now start discussing, in a brainstorming fashion—we don’t need to engage in formal negotiations—at least in a brainstorming fashion start discussin ...
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Syria’s Foua, Kafria: Besieged by Terrorists, Forgotten by UN
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Syria’s Foua, Kafria: Besieged by Terrorists, Forgotten by UN

Monday 2 January 2017 ،
ISSG). However, demands for entry to Madaya and Al-Zabadani are visible in a majority of the reports of the United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. What is certain is that the international community has turned a blind eye to Foua and Kafria conditions. This comes while unde ...
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Russia Emphasizes Iran’s Role in Syria Peace Process
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Russia Emphasizes Iran’s Role in Syria Peace Process

Wednesday 24 May 2017 ،
ISSG), a working group formed to find a diplomatic solution to the Syria crisis. In a Sunday speech to Arab Muslim leaders in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, Trump singled out Iran as the world’s “biggest sponsor of terrorism” and urged its isolation, claiming that Iran’s role in ...

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Exclusive: A mirror named the Persian Gulf: Reflecting the continuity of Iranian identity

Exclusive: A mirror named the Persian Gulf: Reflecting the continuity of Iranian identity