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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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Russia's New ICBMs to Ensure Military Lead over West: General

Russia's New ICBMs to Ensure Military Lead over West: General

Saturday 31 January 2015
Sarmat, the successor to the SS-18 Satan missile, also known as R-36M. The new heavy thermonuclear ICBM is estimated to be delivered to Russian troops around 2020. Also on Friday, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said the country plans to modernize a large part of its military hardware by the ...
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Russia Tests Hypersonic Warhead for Ballistic Missiles
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Russia Tests Hypersonic Warhead for Ballistic Missiles

Friday 22 April 2016 ،
Sarmat heavy liquid-propelled ICBM, which is expected to enter testing later this year. Tests of the new Russian ICBM RS-28 Sarmat, which is meant to replace the outgoing heavy silo-based Soviet R-36M missiles, dubbed “Satan” by NATO, are likely to begin in summer this year. China also r ...
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Russia Concerned over US Increasing Military Buildup along Its Borders
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Russia Concerned over US Increasing Military Buildup along Its Borders

Saturday 3 March 2018 ،
Sarmat ICBM. Putin noted that the US Navy has five cruisers and 30 destroyers deployed “in the immediate vicinity of the territory of Russia” as part of its sprawling anti-missile defenses. Responding to Putin’s address, which the US media framed as saber-rattling, the Pentagon a ...
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Russia Responds to US Deployment of Missiles Along Its Border
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Russia Responds to US Deployment of Missiles Along Its Border

Sunday 4 March 2018 ،
Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile, the Kinzhal hypersonic weapons system, a nuclear-armed cruise missile, as well as a dual-capable unmanned underwater vehicle, which is meant for conventional and nuclear missions.
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Russia Test-Fired New Sarmat Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile
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Russia Test-Fired New Sarmat Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile

Friday 30 March 2018 ،
Sarmat (RS-28) is expected to go operational in the Uzhur-based strategic missile force division in 2021, a source in the defense-industrial complex told TASS. Under the government-run program for armaments extending till 2027 Sarmat is to be produced serially starting from 2020. The first regiment ...
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NATO’s New Strategy: Drives, Ramifications
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NATO’s New Strategy: Drives, Ramifications

Monday 27 May 2019 ،
Sarmat missile, which can, Moscow boasted, evade Romania and Poland-based air defenses. It also tested supersonic 5,000-range missiles as well as 9M729 powerful missile. The tests provided the US with a pretext to pull out of the INF treaty in early February, though Moscow argued they did not violat ...
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Shadow of Horror over NATO: Oreshnik Missile Use Sends Message Beyond Ukraine Conflict
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Shadow of Horror over NATO: Oreshnik Missile Use Sends Message Beyond Ukraine Conflict

Thursday 28 May 2026 ،
Sarmat missile, whose range goes beyond 35,000 kilometers. Putin described Sarmat as the most powerful missile system, four times stronger than its Western counterparts.  Given this, the Western analysts believe that Oreshnik has created a balance in which if Washington violates the nuclear ag ...

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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.