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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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Who To Control Raqqa after ISIS: US, Kurds or Local Tribes
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Who To Control Raqqa after ISIS: US, Kurds or Local Tribes

Tuesday 16 May 2017
McMaster, the national security advisor of the Trump administration, has struggled to persuade the president to show a green light to dispatch of 150,000 American ground forces to Syria’s northeast. This option is unceasingly pursued by Saudi Arabia and the Israeli regime, two backers of the ...
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White House Rejects Reports that Trumps Told Russia Classified Info
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White House Rejects Reports that Trumps Told Russia Classified Info

Tuesday 16 May 2017 ،
McMaster said Monday night At no time were intelligence sources or methods discussed and the President did not disclose any military operations that weren't already publicly known, he said. I was in the room. It didn't happen. The Washington Post in report accused American president of shar ...
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N Korea Aims to Make US Dare Not Talk about Military Option: Leader
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N Korea Aims to Make US Dare Not Talk about Military Option: Leader

Saturday 16 September 2017 ،
McMaster said, adding that it would not be the Trump administration’s preferred choice.  
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What Are Trump’s National Security Steps?
Analysis

What Are Trump’s National Security Steps?

Monday 18 December 2017 ،
McMaster on December 12 outlined the most important aspects of the new American national security doctrine. They came in four priorities: Protection of the homeland and American people, advancing the American prosperity, preserving peace through strength, and advancing the American influence. The A ...
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‘External Factors’ Fueling Iran Protests: Russian Senator
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‘External Factors’ Fueling Iran Protests: Russian Senator

Monday 1 January 2018 ،
McMaster and his Israeli counterpart Meir Ben-Shabbat, took place at the White House, and the two sides agreed on forming joint teams to combat Iran in the Middle East. Kosachev further urged Iranian officials to stay alert in the face of foreign powers’ attempts to weaken the country. Some ...
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Turkey Demands Immediate Withdrawal of US Troops from Syria’s Manbij
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Turkey Demands Immediate Withdrawal of US Troops from Syria’s Manbij

Saturday 27 January 2018 ،
McMaster telling a Turkish presidential aide in a phone call on Friday night that no further weapons would be given to the PYD/YPG, which Cavusoglu called “a confirmation of [US President Donald] Trump’s word” to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Following on a similar pledg ...
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White House Grows More Hardline as Pompeo Comes on Board
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White House Grows More Hardline as Pompeo Comes on Board

Saturday 17 March 2018 ،
McMaster, and him. Foreign Policy Crisis Since the presidency of George W. Bush, the US foreign policy has been hit by the crisis and consequent failures. Bush administration, for instance, experienced defeats in West Asia region, including the Israeli wars on Lebanon and Gaza Strip. After Bush ca ...
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Turkish President’s Syria Gamble Expansionism that Risks Future Quagmire
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Turkish President’s Syria Gamble Expansionism that Risks Future Quagmire

Tuesday 27 March 2018 ،
McMaster. Erdogan’s expansionism: Triggering alliance shifts Expansionist policies of Turkish president in West Asia stands a catalyst to major transformations in the regional equations and the alliances existing among various actors. As a result of Erdogan’s ambitions to seize Idlib a ...
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Venezuela Crisis: US Iron Hands in Gentle Aid Gloves
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Venezuela Crisis: US Iron Hands in Gentle Aid Gloves

Wednesday 27 February 2019 ،
McMaster and former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson who argued that the military action will reduce the regional support to Washington. On the other side is the aids presented by such countries as Russia. A Russian plane carrying medical aid arrived in Venezuela on Friday. The news outlets said th ...
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More than 100 U.S. political leaders have ancestors who were slaveholders
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More than 100 U.S. political leaders have ancestors who were slaveholders

Tuesday 27 June 2023 ،
McMaster. Reuters found that at least 8% of Democrats in the last Congress and 28% of Republicans have such ancestors. The preponderance of Republicans reflects the party’s strength in the South, where slavery was concentrated. Although white people enslaved Black people across Northern state ...

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Palestinian prisoner exchange operation under strict security measures

Palestinian prisoner exchange operation under strict security measures