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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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The Persian Gulf Cooperation Council's Inconclusive Meeting
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The Persian Gulf Cooperation Council's Inconclusive Meeting

Sunday 11 May 2014
Qataris belong to the strict Wahhabi sect and Qatar has the most conservative society in the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council after Saudi Arabia, but Qatar knows that penetration of retrogressive Takfiri thoughts could put their national interests at sever risk and jeopardize their security and cons ...
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Saudi-Qatar Rift not to Be Resolved in the Near Future

Saudi-Qatar Rift not to Be Resolved in the Near Future

Saturday 24 May 2014 ،
Qatari planes, and impose sanctions on Qatar.  On the other hand, UAE, a close ally to Saudi regime, has threatened to blockade Qatar by air to force Al Thani to change its policies. Although Qatar is the world's biggest exporter of liquefied natural gas and world's richest country per capi ...
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Bahrain Population Naturalization

Bahrain Population Naturalization

Sunday 24 August 2014 ،
Qatari citizenship, state news agency BNA said, a charge that could widen a rift among Gulf Arab countries. Bahrain, Saudi and the United Arab Emirates recalled their ambassadors from Doha in March, accusing Qatar of interfering in their internal affairs. The countries are all members of the Persian ...
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Qatari Emir Visits Turkey
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Qatari Emir Visits Turkey

Tuesday 30 September 2014 ،
Emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani visited Turkey to meet President Abdullah Gül and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in order to have more cooperations in different areas. As an outcome of this trip, a mutual agreement was signed between the officials of these two countries. Due t ...
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Will Qatar Surrender Under Pressure?

Will Qatar Surrender Under Pressure?

Tuesday 14 October 2014 ،
Qatari planes, and impose sanctions on Qatar.  On the other hand, UAE, a close ally to Saudi regime, has threatened to blockade Qatar by air to force Al Thani to change its policies.
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Tell the Qataris: They Could No Longer "Run with the Hare and Hunt with the Hounds"
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Tell the Qataris: They Could No Longer "Run with the Hare and Hunt with the Hounds"

Sunday 26 October 2014 ،
Qatari nationals. There is clear evidence that Qatari nationals have been instrumental in the financing of Sunni terror groups and the Prime Minister should not avoid tackling this issue head on with the Emir. Sir Malcolm Rifkind, the former Tory foreign secretary, said the meeting is a perfect oppo ...

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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