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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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US Blocks Ex-Palestinian PM Path to UN Mission in Lybia
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US Blocks Ex-Palestinian PM Path to UN Mission in Lybia

Saturday 11 February 2017
Nikki Haley on Friday to the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres who had made the choice. The United States wields significant influence as one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council. The United States was disappointed to see a letter indicating the intention to app ...
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US Objection to Nomination of Ex- Palestinian PM as UN Envoy National Discrimination: PLO
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US Objection to Nomination of Ex- Palestinian PM as UN Envoy National Discrimination: PLO

Sunday 12 February 2017 ،
Nikki Haley said on Friday that the US was “disappointed,” claiming the move showed bias against US ally Israeli regime. Palestine is a non-member observer state at the UN and its independence has been recognized by 137 of the 193 UN member nations. The United Nations Security Council ...
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New US Administration’s Anti-Russian Stances Set to Mount
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New US Administration’s Anti-Russian Stances Set to Mount

Saturday 18 February 2017 ،
Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the United Nations had said: “we want to better our relations with Russia. However, the dire situation in eastern Ukraine is the one that demands clear and strong condemnation of the Russian actions.” “Crimea is a part of Ukraine. Our Crimea-relat ...
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US Drops Policy of  Seeeking Syrian President Assad’s Ouster
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US Drops Policy of Seeeking Syrian President Assad’s Ouster

Friday 31 March 2017 ،
Nikki Haley told a small group of reporters on Thursday that, Our priority is to really look at how do we get things done, who do we need to work with to really make a difference for the people in Syria. You pick and choose your battles and when we're looking at this, it's about changing up ...
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EU Foreign Policy Chief Disapproved of US Attack on Syria
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EU Foreign Policy Chief Disapproved of US Attack on Syria

Monday 10 April 2017 ،
Nikki Haley, said the US had multiple priorities in Syria and that stability there was impossible with Assad as president.  Her comments appeared at odds with those of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who said the US missile strike was aimed solely at deterring the us ...
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134 Sri Lankan Peacekeepers linked to Child Sex Ring; No Arrests: UN Report
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134 Sri Lankan Peacekeepers linked to Child Sex Ring; No Arrests: UN Report

Wednesday 12 April 2017 ،
Nikki Haley want a review of all missions. Corker recalled his disgust at hearing of the U.N. sexual abuse cases uncovered last year in Central African Republic. If I heard that a U.N. peacekeeping mission was coming near my home in Chattanooga, he told AP, I'd be on the first plane out of her ...
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Russia-US Relations at Lowest Ebb
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Russia-US Relations at Lowest Ebb

Tuesday 18 April 2017 ،
Nikki Haley gave a fiery speech at the UN Security Council condemning Russia’s annexation of Crimea, vowing that “our Crimea-related sanctions will remain in place until Russia returns control over the peninsula to Ukraine. US State Department spokesperson Mark Toner called on Russia to ...

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Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution

Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution