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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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Africa against Neocolonialism: Why The Continent’s Struggle for Self-Sufficiency Remain so Difficult?

Africa against Neocolonialism: Why The Continent’s Struggle for Self-Sufficiency Remain so Difficult?

Sunday 29 October 2023
Nigeria. Does this mean that a single regional market is being formed merely for the convenience of external actors? Most ECOWAS member-countries supply commodities to foreign markets and import finished goods in large quantities because of the poorly-developed local processing industry. Even Niger ...
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Tel Aviv Has no Option but to Stop War on Gaza as Pressures Mount: Expert

Tel Aviv Has no Option but to Stop War on Gaza as Pressures Mount: Expert

Thursday 2 November 2023 ،
Nigeria, there are high anti-Israeli sentiments. In Africa’s south which there are also Muslim countries, countries oppose the racist policies of the Israeli regime and even at the United Nations vote against Tel Aviv inspired by South African revolutionary leader Nelson Mandela who said what ...
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Regional Commemorations Renew Popular Faith to Gen. Soleimani’s Path

Regional Commemorations Renew Popular Faith to Gen. Soleimani’s Path

Thursday 4 January 2024 ،
Nigeria  In addition to Iraq, other countries organized similar ceremonies. Lebanese Hezbollah held a ceremony attended by political and cultural figures. Osama Hamdan, a senior leader of Hamas, Maher Hamoud, the head of Global Union of Resistance Scholars, and Nabil Qaouk, the deputy head of ...
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ECOWAS Lifts Niger Sanctions

ECOWAS Lifts Niger Sanctions

Sunday 25 February 2024 ،
Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, that aimed to address existential threats facing the region as well as implore three junta-led nations that have quit the bloc to rescind their decision.  The lifting of the sanctions on Niger is “on purely humanitarian grounds” to ease the suffering ...
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Algeria’s inclination towards establishing relations with the Eastern Front

Algeria’s inclination towards establishing relations with the Eastern Front

Monday 4 March 2024 ،
Nigeria, Qatar, Russia, Trinidad and Tobago, the United Arab Emirates, and Venezuela, while observer members comprise Angola, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Malaysia, Mauritania, Mozambique, and Peru. The analytical platform ALWAGHT engaged in a detailed discussion with Africa expert Yasser Kanani to delve into ...
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Iran’s VP Concludes NY Visit for Status of Women Session

Iran’s VP Concludes NY Visit for Status of Women Session

Saturday 16 March 2024 ،
Nigeria, South Africa, Oman and Poland.    She also addressed two panels held on the sidelines of the UN session on women, family and society. The panel on the empowerment of women and the developed society, which was held under the initiative of the Islamic Republic of Iran, was signifi ...
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Millions in Iran Condemn Israeli Genocide, Reiterate Support to Palestinians on Quds Day

Millions in Iran Condemn Israeli Genocide, Reiterate Support to Palestinians on Quds Day

Friday 5 April 2024 ،
Nigerian students carrying banners in support of Palestine, the Islamic Republic, and Leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky. Senior Iranian officials attended the rallies in Tehran, including President Ebrahim Raeisi who said the cries of abhorrence expressed by the peopl ...
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Iran and New Africa: Prospects of Economy and Security-based Partnership

Iran and New Africa: Prospects of Economy and Security-based Partnership

Sunday 28 April 2024 ،
Nigeria with 48 million dollars, Mozambique with $47.1 million and Somalia with $33.3 million were the first seven destinations of direct export of Iranian goods to this continent. According to Latifi, 51 percent of Iran's exports to this continent were oil derivatives, including urea fertilize ...
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Global Challenges under BRICS Focus

Global Challenges under BRICS Focus

Wednesday 12 June 2024 ،
Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Turkey, Venezuela and Vietnam have been invited to this meeting.  Before the foreign ministerial meeting, the special envoys of BRICS members met on June 7 in the Russian city of Nijni Novogord.  In this meeting, the statement of BRICS foreign ministers and ...
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Iran-Russia Gas Deal, a Revolution in Regional Energy Outlook

Iran-Russia Gas Deal, a Revolution in Regional Energy Outlook

Monday 15 July 2024 ،
Nigeria, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela are also present in this energy bloc.  Russia, Iran and Qatar together have nearly 60 percent of the world's gas reserves, with Russia in first place with about 1,688 trillion cubic feet and Iran in second place with about 1,200 trillion cubic fe ...

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Ashura ceremony in holy Mashhad