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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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Lausanne Talks on Syria End Fruitlessly
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Lausanne Talks on Syria End Fruitlessly

Sunday 16 October 2016
Lausanne ended behind closed doors without any tangible results on Saturday Alwaght- Hours of multilateral talks in Lausanne ended behind closed doors without any tangible results on Saturday. The talks attended by foreign minister of the US, Russia, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Qatar, Jordan, ...
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Yemeni Ansarullah Releases US Prisoners
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Yemeni Ansarullah Releases US Prisoners

Sunday 16 October 2016 ،
Lausanne. The two prisoners were not identified. The arrangement included airlifts for the Yemenis injured in a deadly Saudi bombing against a funeral in Sanaa, the top US diplomat said. He said Washington was “very pleased” with the release of its nationals and vowed to “continu ...
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Outlook of Erdogan’s Militaristic Approach to Iraq
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Outlook of Erdogan’s Militaristic Approach to Iraq

Wednesday 19 October 2016 ،
Lausanne Treaty because it was a terrible loss for Turkey. Signed in1923, the Lausanne Treaty specifies the Turkish borders with Iraq and Syria. Erdogan, however, asserted that he did not approve of this bordering fashion. Accordingly, the Turkish President both in northern Syria and northern Iraq, ...
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Iraqi Official Explains Why Turkey Insists on Involving in Mosul Op
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Iraqi Official Explains Why Turkey Insists on Involving in Mosul Op

Tuesday 25 October 2016 ،
Lausanne Treaty and Turkey’s rights over Mosul lay bare the genuine goals behind the Turkish hostility and its efforts to enter Iraq militarily?  Do they reveal what was pointed to by Hezbollah's Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah about the Turkish planning for claiming ownersh ...
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After Claim over Iraq’s Mosul, Erdogan Says Greek Islands ’Used to Be Ours’
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After Claim over Iraq’s Mosul, Erdogan Says Greek Islands ’Used to Be Ours’

Monday 31 October 2016 ،
Lausanne defined long disputed border lines between Turkey and Greece in 1923. The issue was mounting to a state of war between the countries at the time.   I said Lausanne and they got annoyed. Why are you annoyed?” he said, adding that “these islands used to be ours. We have our ...
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Egypt Saudi Ties Deteriorate Further
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Egypt Saudi Ties Deteriorate Further

Monday 7 November 2016 ،
Lausanne Iran agreed to attend only once it had secured places for the foreign ministers of Egypt and Iraq at the discussions. Both countries back the pro-Assad stance of Iran but Egypt is seen as significant because its high status in the Arab world. Saudi OIC chief mocked Egyptian President Anot ...
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Domestic, Regional, Intl Outcomes of Aleppo Liberation
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Domestic, Regional, Intl Outcomes of Aleppo Liberation

Wednesday 14 December 2016 ،
Lausanne in a bid to support his historical claims about Turkey’s possession of Aleppo. However now that Aleppo is freed, Ankara is stripped of its expansionist power, and President Erdogan of Turkey will find himself having to overhaul his earlier schemes and instead seek a role in shaping th ...
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Energy Dispute New Face of Turkey’s Rifts with Neighbors
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Energy Dispute New Face of Turkey’s Rifts with Neighbors

Tuesday 6 March 2018 ،
Lausanne in 1921 Ottoman forces withdrew from Greece with the mediation of the European parties. However, their rifts continued to unfold at various levels since then but never culminated in a direct armed clash as Europe and the US mediated to steer clear of seeing them coming to blows. Another tr ...
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Turkey Renews Threat against Cyprus Offshore Gas Search
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Turkey Renews Threat against Cyprus Offshore Gas Search

Saturday 10 March 2018 ،
Lausanne in 1921 Ottoman forces withdrew from Greece with the mediation of the European parties. However, their rifts continued to unfold at various levels since then but never culminated in a direct armed clash as Europe and the US mediated to steer clear of seeing them coming to blows. Another tr ...
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Ankara, Its New Colonialist Approach
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Ankara, Its New Colonialist Approach

Thursday 3 June 2021 ،
Lausanne formed new Turkey with its current borders.  Although it is impossible to implement the national covenant with regard to the regional and international equations, over the past few years Ankara has embarked on an aggressive approach to occupy various areas in northern Syria, Iraq and ...

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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.