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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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Trump’s Arab Army Proposal Aims to Cash in on Crisis
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Trump’s Arab Army Proposal Aims to Cash in on Crisis

Saturday 28 April 2018
China trade war. They argue that increasing economic pressures drive Trump to cut spending on Syria intervention without damaging his goals, something accomplishable if Arab allies pay. Arab army: the big deception This is not the first time Trump claims he has made the decision to leave Syria. He ...
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What’s behind US Libya Model Denuclearization of North Korea?
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What’s behind US Libya Model Denuclearization of North Korea?

Wednesday 2 May 2018 ،
China’s green light to the US-pushed sanctions which comes with the aim of pressing Washington to reduce its military presence on the Chinese borders. If the US does not make concrete concessions by withdrawing its forces from the Southeast and East Asia, China, as an ally of North Korea, will ...
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Consequences of US Withdrawal from Iran Deal
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Consequences of US Withdrawal from Iran Deal

Saturday 12 May 2018 ،
China. In short, Trump’s exit from Iran deal will not go without ramifications, which include erosion of trust to the US, shrink of the international organizations and laws’ validity, reduced will to peace and dialogue, resorting to force on the global stage, and consequent global chaos ...
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Cracking Code of Pompeo’s Iran Demands
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Cracking Code of Pompeo’s Iran Demands

Thursday 24 May 2018 ،
China and Russia and also as a justification for its military presence in the region. 3. Pompeo also raised so-called Iran’s support for Yemen’s Ansarullah, a resistance movement whose country is under a full Saudi-imposed air, sea, and ground siege since 2015, the year Riyadh and Arab ...
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Pompeo’s Iran Demands Scapegoat for Trump’s Embassy Move Failure, Election Scandal
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Pompeo’s Iran Demands Scapegoat for Trump’s Embassy Move Failure, Election Scandal

Friday 25 May 2018 ،
China, and the EU. Shortly after exiting from the nuclear deal on May 8, Trump said he admitted that the Iranian leaders will not negotiate afresh for a new Trump-pleasing deal. The Iranian officials immediately reiterated what they said before: No new negotiations. The Iranian government offered a ...
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Turkey to Protect Firms Doing Business in Iran against US Sanctions
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Turkey to Protect Firms Doing Business in Iran against US Sanctions

Friday 25 May 2018 ،
Iraq.  Ankara has also vowed to take retaliatory measures in case Washington enacts a law blocking weapons sales to Turkey, a key partner in the US-led NATO military alliance.  
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US Peace Gesture Not Hiding Long-Term Stay Intention in Afghanistan
Analysis

US Peace Gesture Not Hiding Long-Term Stay Intention in Afghanistan

Tuesday 19 June 2018 ،
China power gain in South, West, and Central Asia. In the West’s eyes, any sustainable peace in Afghanistan will pose a challenge to the Western interests and hegemony.   
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Turkey Vows to Ignore US Threats, Continue Importing Iranian Crude
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Turkey Vows to Ignore US Threats, Continue Importing Iranian Crude

Friday 29 June 2018 ،
China - plus Germany. Trump also said he would reinstate US nuclear sanctions on Iran and impose the highest level of economic bans on the Islamic Republic. Since the US withdrawal from the nuclear deal, European countries have been scrambling to ensure that Iran gets enough economic benefits to p ...
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Israeli Regime Backs Saudi Nuclear Ambitions: Tactic or Strategy?
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Israeli Regime Backs Saudi Nuclear Ambitions: Tactic or Strategy?

Saturday 30 June 2018 ،
China. In reaction, the Israelis warned the US against the Saudi procurement of nuclear-capable missiles. Pressures finally led to the Congress passing a bill stopping American missiles sales to the kingdom. Additional strains made Saudi Arabia sign NPT, or Non-Proliferation Treaty. The key Israeli ...
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Godfather of Terrorism Hosts Afghanistan Peace Conference
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Godfather of Terrorism Hosts Afghanistan Peace Conference

Friday 13 July 2018 ،
China hosted similar peace conferences. But Taliban sent no representatives to the multi-party talks. As a result, none of them turned out as a success contributing to lasting calm there. Other than Taliban absence, the non-Afghan nature of the foreign meetings is another factor hampering their com ...

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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.