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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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Tensions in Korean Peninsula Reach Breaking Point
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Tensions in Korean Peninsula Reach Breaking Point

Wednesday 17 June 2020
KCNA). South Korea was quick to respond that the North “will pay the price in case it takes any military action. Our troops express deep concern that today the General Staff of North Korea made public various kinds of military plans that are contrary to the intra-Korean agreements, the Panmu ...
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No Need to Have Talks with US: North Korea
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No Need to Have Talks with US: North Korea

Saturday 4 July 2020 ،
KCNA news agency. U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun is due to visit South Korea next week to discuss stalled talks with North Korea. South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Wednesday that US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un should meet again before the US e ...
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US ’Biggest Enemy’ of North Korea No Matter Who Leads the Country: Kim Jong-un
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US ’Biggest Enemy’ of North Korea No Matter Who Leads the Country: Kim Jong-un

Saturday 9 January 2021 ،
KCNA. “No matter who is in power in the US, the true nature of the US and its fundamental policies towards North Korea never change,” Kim added, vowing to expand ties with “anti-imperialist, independent forces” while calling for expanded nuclear capabilities. North Korea ha ...
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North Korea Test Fires Cruise Missile, First Since March
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North Korea Test Fires Cruise Missile, First Since March

Monday 13 September 2021 ،
KCNA reported on Monday. Alwaght- North Korea conducted successful tests of a new long-range cruise missile inside its own territorial waters, state media outlet KCNA reported on Monday. The missiles deployed during the test flew 1,500 kilometers (930 miles) before hitting their designated targets, ...
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North Korea Confirms Kim Oversaw New Hypersonic Missile Launch
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North Korea Confirms Kim Oversaw New Hypersonic Missile Launch

Wednesday 12 January 2022 ،
KCNA reported on Wednesday that the second test of a hypersonic missile intended to underscore Kim's New Year's vow to bolster the military with cutting-edge technology at a time of tensions with the United States. KCNA said Kim urged military scientists after watching the test to further a ...
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North Korea Tests Longest-Range Missile Since 2017
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North Korea Tests Longest-Range Missile Since 2017

Sunday 30 January 2022 ،
KCNA said Kim visited an unspecified munitions factory on Friday that produces “a major weapon system” and that the workers pledged loyalty to their leader who “smashes with his bold pluck the challenges of US imperialists and their vassal forces.”  
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North Korea Conducted Spy Satellite Systems Test: Report
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North Korea Conducted Spy Satellite Systems Test: Report

Monday 28 February 2022 ،
KCNA) said in a report.  It said the test helped confirm the working accuracy of a high-definition photographing system, data transmission system and altitude control devices by conducting vertical and oblique photographing of a specific area on Earth with cameras to be loaded on the reconnais ...
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North Korea Vows ‘Overwhelming’ Power against Western Threats
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North Korea Vows ‘Overwhelming’ Power against Western Threats

Monday 28 March 2022 ،
KCNA said. Kim was present at the Thursday launch of what was described as a “new type” of ICBM, which was launched from Pyongyang International Airport. It traveled up to a maximum altitude of 6,248 km and covered a distance of 1,090 km, before falling into the Sea of Japan. After the ...
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North Korea Tests New Weapons Aimed at Boosting Country’s Nuclear Capabilities
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North Korea Tests New Weapons Aimed at Boosting Country’s Nuclear Capabilities

Sunday 17 April 2022 ،
KCNA) reported on Sunday. This came after the country’s ruler gave a military research team important instructions on further building up the defense capabilities and nuclear combat forces, the report added. It said the test was successful, but did not specify when or where it took plac ...
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South Korea Offers Aid Package to North in Exchange of Denuclearization
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South Korea Offers Aid Package to North in Exchange of Denuclearization

Monday 15 August 2022 ،
KCNA) reported on Sunday.  “I cannot but express deep regret over the said remarks of the UN secretary-general that grossly lack impartiality and fairness and go against the obligations of his duty, specified in the UN Charter, as regards the issue of the Korean peninsula,” Kim sai ...

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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