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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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North, south Korea Leaders to Meet on April 27 in Historic Summit
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North, south Korea Leaders to Meet on April 27 in Historic Summit

Thursday 29 March 2018
Seoul’s Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon, the South’s chief delegate, said in his closing remarks after talks on the issue. Reports also said that the two countries would hold another preliminary meeting on April 4 to discuss protocol, security, and media coverage issues. “Ov ...
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Trump-Kim Talks Opportunist Diplomacy
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Trump-Kim Talks Opportunist Diplomacy

Friday 13 April 2018 ،
Seoul and Washington. A fortnight ago, Kim Jong-un unofficially and nearly secretly visited Beijing. Publicizing his visit, the media reported that he met with President Xi Jinping of China and talked with him the cases of mutual interest. Diplomatic trips also took the North Korean FM to Azerbaija ...
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North, South Korea Mull Official End of 68-Year War
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North, South Korea Mull Official End of 68-Year War

Tuesday 17 April 2018 ،
Seoul confirming that the talks are ongoing. Ahead of a summit next week between North Korean premier Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, lawmakers from the neighboring states were thought to be negotiating the details of a joint statement that could outline an end to the confrontat ...
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North Korea Halts Missile Tests, Closes Nuclear Site: State Media
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North Korea Halts Missile Tests, Closes Nuclear Site: State Media

Saturday 21 April 2018 ،
Seoul and Pyongyang established a hotline just one week before a planned landmark meeting between Kim and South Korean President Moon Jae-in on the southern side of the Demilitarized Zone. The South Korean president said on Thursday it was time for the two countries to sign a peace treaty. A possi ...
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North, South Korea Leaders in Historic Summit Amid Hope of New Era
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North, South Korea Leaders in Historic Summit Amid Hope of New Era

Friday 27 April 2018 ،
Seoul whenever invited, promising not to interrupt the South’s sleep anymore in an apparent reference to missile tests. Kim and South Korean President Moon Jae-in have concluded the first round of talks out of the two planned for their historic summit on Friday. During the meeting, Kim said ...
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North Korea Threatens to Cancel Kim-Trump Summit
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North Korea Threatens to Cancel Kim-Trump Summit

Wednesday 16 May 2018 ،
Seoul over the US and the South's Max Thunder joint military exercises. The KCNA referred to the military exercises a provocation and said that it had no choice but to cancel the talks. The canceled meeting was aimed at implementing a declaration resulting from an April 27 inter-Korea summit, ...
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Trump Cancels Summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un
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Trump Cancels Summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un

Friday 25 May 2018 ،
Seoul's presidential office said. According to AFP, Moon said at an emergency national security meeting that it was deeply regrettable that the US-North Korea summit will not take place as scheduled. The denuclearization of the Korean peninsula and permanent peace is a historic task that canno ...
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Reasons behind Trump’s Yes, No then Yes Approach to North Korea
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Reasons behind Trump’s Yes, No then Yes Approach to North Korea

Sunday 27 May 2018 ،
Seoul military exercises. So, it should be noted that the key canceling factor is a failure by the Americans to make sure that all White House's demands and conditions will be met by the opposite side. This has motivated Trump resort to classic Art of the Deal maneuver meant to help him gain le ...
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US, South Korea to Cancel Military Drills
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US, South Korea to Cancel Military Drills

Sunday 17 June 2018 ،
Seoul and Washington when he pledged to end “war games” after his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore last week. Immediately after the announcement, US forces in Korea said they had received no guidance on stopping any drills, and South Korean officials said they we ...
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Trump Repeats Call for Suspending ’Expensive’ US-N Korea Drills
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Trump Repeats Call for Suspending ’Expensive’ US-N Korea Drills

Monday 18 June 2018 ،
Seoul and Tokyo. The US Forces Korea command said that it had not received any updated guidance on the execution or cessation of training exercises and would continue its preparation for the drills scheduled to take place in the autumn. However, according to some media reports, Pentagon officials ...

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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.