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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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UK Defense Sec. Praises Controversial Arms Supplier to Saudis, Gaddafi
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UK Defense Sec. Praises Controversial Arms Supplier to Saudis, Gaddafi

Saturday 22 April 2017
Michael Fallon praised the arms manufacturer for building “a great reputation” supplying British armed forces in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria, thanking the company for “sterling service.” “You are a role model here for the kind of partnerships we’ll be seeking in ...
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British PM Ready to Launch Nuclear Aggression
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British PM Ready to Launch Nuclear Aggression

Monday 24 April 2017 ،
Michael Fallon told the BBC’s Today program. When asked in what circumstances, he replied: “They are better not specified or described, which would only give comfort to our enemies and make the deterrent less credible”. On Sunday, the Labor leader said he would never authorize th ...
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US Tests Powerful Ballistic Missile to Show Nuclear Capabilities
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US Tests Powerful Ballistic Missile to Show Nuclear Capabilities

Wednesday 26 April 2017 ،
Michael Fallon told the BBC’s Today program. This comes after a UN institute warned that the possibility of a “nuclear weapon detonation event,” is now the highest it has been since the end of the Cold War. The threat of a nuclear weapon detonation event in 2017 is arguably at it ...
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Britain New Carrier ‘Convenient Target’: Russia
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Britain New Carrier ‘Convenient Target’: Russia

Thursday 29 June 2017 ،
Michael Fallon, who had labeled the Admiral Kuznetsov as “dilapidated.” “Unlike the Admiral Kuznetsov, which is equipped with anti-aircraft and anti-submarine missiles and especially Granit missiles to hit ships, the British aircraft carrier is nothing but a big, convenient target ...
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Britain to Deliver Eurofighter Jets to Qatar amid Regional Tensions
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Britain to Deliver Eurofighter Jets to Qatar amid Regional Tensions

Monday 18 September 2017 ،
Michael Fallon signed a letter of intent with Qatar on Sunday that will see BAE Systems provide 24 Typhoon jets and support capabilities worth billions of dollars. A Eurofighter Typhoon of the Royal Saudi Air Force  The move has shocked observers as it comes only three months after UK F ...
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What Factors Force Saudi Change of Qatar Policy?
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What Factors Force Saudi Change of Qatar Policy?

Saturday 23 September 2017 ،
Michael Fallon visited Doha and met with the Qatari Prime Minister Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani. The British diplomat appreciated the Qatari role in the international anti-ISIS military coalition and noted that it was hard for the coalition to make gains against the terrorist group witho ...
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Russia Dismisses UK Claims of ‘Major’ Role in ISIS Defeat
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Russia Dismisses UK Claims of ‘Major’ Role in ISIS Defeat

Friday 29 September 2017 ،
Michael Fallon that Britain has made a “major contribution” to “crippling” ISIS Takfiri terrorist group in Syria and Iraq. “As we come closer to the rout of ISIS by the Syrian Army, supported by the Russian Air Force, we are suddenly discovering that all these years, s ...
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UK Should Impose Arms Ban on Saudi-Led Coalition Attacking Yemen: Labor Party
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UK Should Impose Arms Ban on Saudi-Led Coalition Attacking Yemen: Labor Party

Sunday 15 October 2017 ،
Michael Fallon signed a new military deal with the Saudi regime, in a sign of deepening relations. The West Asia region is a key market for the UK's $9.3bn a year arms industry, which has sold almost $5.3bn of arms to Saudi Arabia since it began its bloody aggression against Yemeni people in Ma ...
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UK Minister Forced to Resign after Secret Meetings with Israelis
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UK Minister Forced to Resign after Secret Meetings with Israelis

Thursday 9 November 2017 ،
Michael Fallon quit Wednesday last week as defense secretary after becoming embroiled in a mounting Westminster sexual harassment scandal.
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Post-Brexit Britain Expands Arms Sales Even to Abusive Regimes
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Post-Brexit Britain Expands Arms Sales Even to Abusive Regimes

Thursday 31 May 2018 ،
Michael Fallon outlined his vision for his country to take a bigger share of the international defense market and claimed demand was going “through the roof” because of increasing war and terror. “As we look to live post-Brexit and spread our wings further across the world, it&rsq ...

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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.