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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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Rally Across France in Wake of Terror Attacks, Hostage Crises
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Rally Across France in Wake of Terror Attacks, Hostage Crises

Sunday 11 January 2015
Mariano Rajoy, European Commission head Jean-Claude Juncker and European President Donald Tusk, as well as Russian Foreign minister Sergey Lavrov . While three suspects in the assaults have been eliminated by Special Forces, one of them – involved in the kosher supermarket hostage taking attack – i ...
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Spain Grants US Permanent Military Presence
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Spain Grants US Permanent Military Presence

Sunday 31 May 2015 ،
Mariano Rajoy, and Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia Margallo. According to the deal, the US military can now boost the number of its service members at Morón from the current 850 troops to 3,000 troops, with 2,200 US Marines due to arrive at the airbase shortly. This is while the number of milita ...
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ISIS Claims Deadly Spain Attack that Killed 13
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ISIS Claims Deadly Spain Attack that Killed 13

Friday 18 August 2017 ،
Mariano Rajoy spoke of his grief and offered condolences to the families of the victims. I want to also express my solidarity with all of Spain to the city of Barcelona, Rajoy said ISIS terrorist group has issued detailed guidance to its followers on how to commit massacres using lorries, vans and ...
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Spanish Premier Rejects Catalonia Independence, 700 Injured in Clashes
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Spanish Premier Rejects Catalonia Independence, 700 Injured in Clashes

Sunday 1 October 2017 ،
Mariano Rajoy said those citizens had obeyed the law. He also defended the actions of Spanish law enforcement officers, saying police performed their duty in Catalonia. Catalan authorities earlier announced that more than 760 people were injured in the police crackdown on voters in the poll deemed ...
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EU Warns of Cracks after Catalonia Declared Independence from Spain
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EU Warns of Cracks after Catalonia Declared Independence from Spain

Friday 27 October 2017 ،
Mariano Rajoy, the Spanish prime minister, announced that regional elections would be held in December and said the unprecedented act of imposing direct rule on the region was needed to recover normality. The national police may be deployed to bring Catalonia under Madrid's control. The shock ...
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Spain’s Top Court Nullifies Catalonia Independence Declaration
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Spain’s Top Court Nullifies Catalonia Independence Declaration

Tuesday 31 October 2017 ،
Mariano Rajoy said.  Puigdemont slammed Madrid for its “premediated aggression” and called for peaceful “democratic opposition.” Puigdemont has said he cannot return to Spain unless given clear assurances that he will be protected, accusing Madrid of being intent on ven ...
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Venezuela Expels Spanish Envoy, Rejects Interference of Imperialist Powers
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Venezuela Expels Spanish Envoy, Rejects Interference of Imperialist Powers

Thursday 25 January 2018 ،
Mariano Rajoy expressed his support for the European Union's recent illegal, coercive decision of blacklisting seven Venezuelan diplomats, including the country's interior minister, imposing a travel ban and implementing an asset freeze on senior Venezuelan officials, citing the continuing d ...
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Spain to Sign $2.2 B Deal to Sell Warships to Saudi Regime amid War on Yemen
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Spain to Sign $2.2 B Deal to Sell Warships to Saudi Regime amid War on Yemen

Thursday 12 April 2018 ،
Mariano Rajoy. The two kingdoms have been negotiating the warship deal since 2015, and the final agreement between the Saudi defense ministry and Navantia would take longer to complete, the ministry source said.  
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Uber Lobbied US, European Politicians for Favors: Leaked
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Uber Lobbied US, European Politicians for Favors: Leaked

Monday 11 July 2022 ،
Mariano Rajoy, and the ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, were among those Uber sought to gain access to, sometimes with mixed success.  

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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