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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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No oil, no ‘protection’? Boko Haram massacre in Nigeria sees little reaction
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No oil, no ‘protection’? Boko Haram massacre in Nigeria sees little reaction

Saturday 17 January 2015
Peter King, R-N.Y., wrote in a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry . While America spends an average of $8.2 million daily to battle the ISIS terrorist group in Iraq and Syria, it is spending almost zero to fight extremism in Nigeria .   Last year, Washington offered surveillance drones an ...
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No oil, no ‘protection’? Boko Haram massacre in Nigeria sees little reaction
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No oil, no ‘protection’? Boko Haram massacre in Nigeria sees little reaction

Sunday 18 January 2015 ،
Peter King, R-N.Y., wrote in a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry. While America spends an average of $8.2 million daily to battle the ISIS terrorist group in Iraq and Syria, it is spending almost zero to fight extremism in Nigeria.   Last year, Washington offered surveillance drones and 30 int ...
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Syrian Government Not behind Khan Sheikhun Gas Attack: British Diplomat
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Syrian Government Not behind Khan Sheikhun Gas Attack: British Diplomat

Saturday 8 April 2017 ،
Peter Ford, who served in Damascus from 2003 to 2006, told Middle East Eye news website that it was out of character for the Syrian president to provoke his US counterpart, in this case Donald Trump, just as Washington was taking a softer line compared to Barack Obama's policies on Syria. Accor ...
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Why US Media Ignore Dissenting Voices on Syria’s Gas Attack?
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Why US Media Ignore Dissenting Voices on Syria’s Gas Attack?

Saturday 22 April 2017 ،
Peter Ford, former British ambassador to Syria Ford has appeared on the BBC calling for a proper investigation into the chemical incident, and, like Smith, has urged that the media not jump to conclusions without sufficient evidence.  “There are two possibilities for what happened. One ...
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Faux Humanitarian Irwin Cotler, White Helmets, Whitewashing of An Appalling Agenda
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Faux Humanitarian Irwin Cotler, White Helmets, Whitewashing of An Appalling Agenda

Friday 2 August 2019 ،
Peter Ford responded to a statement issued by U.K. Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt. Ford raised a number of questions regarding the e White Helmets leader Abu Mohanad Al Mahamid in Daraa Al Balad talks to Vanessa Beeley on September 20, 2018. Photo | Vanessa Beeley xtradition of the White Helmets, p ...
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After His Mysterious Death, Media Scrambles to Get its Story Straight About White Helmets Founder James Le Mesurier
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After His Mysterious Death, Media Scrambles to Get its Story Straight About White Helmets Founder James Le Mesurier

Tuesday 3 December 2019 ،
Peter Ford, the United Kingdom’s former ambassador to Syria and Bahrain, doubts the official narratives over the mysterious death of Le Mesurier. Ford told MintPress the following when asked to weigh in on the burgeoning controversy. It is sad for anyone to be so stressed that they take their ...
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US Sanctions Designated to Weaken Syria, Back Insurgency, But Failed: EX-UK Ambassador
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US Sanctions Designated to Weaken Syria, Back Insurgency, But Failed: EX-UK Ambassador

Saturday 29 April 2023 ،
Peter Ford, former British Ambassador to Syria and Bahrain, believes that The so-called waiver of US sanctions for earthquake relief does nothing to ease these key sanctions, and very little to ease financial sanctions. The waiver is a cynical propaganda ploy. The sanctions on oil products and elec ...
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Biden’s Middle East Policy Called a ‘Disaster’ by Ex-UK Ambassador to Syria
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Biden’s Middle East Policy Called a ‘Disaster’ by Ex-UK Ambassador to Syria

Monday 20 January 2025 ،
Peter Ford, criticized President Joe Biden’s Middle East policy, labeling it a failure that has weakened the United States’ global influence. He argued that while Biden's policies may have advanced Israel's interests, such as humbling Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas, and causing regime ch ...
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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