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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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EU, US Responsible for Syrian War; Irresponsible towards Refugees: French Politician
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EU, US Responsible for Syrian War; Irresponsible towards Refugees: French Politician

Thursday 6 October 2016
States that have caused the war. “You cannot hide your responsibility […] for plunging this part of the world into an absolutely monstrous chaos, she said. She also describes the Union's approach towards the refugee crisis in Europe as irresponsible. “No real measures are t ...
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Southern Syria, New Battle Front?
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Southern Syria, New Battle Front?

Friday 7 October 2016 ،
of the country. Alwaght- As the Syrian army move to liberate more areas of Aleppo from foreign-backed terrorists, the Western countries and their allies are considering other options including moving the war to the southern parts of the country. The Israeli regime is engaged in provocative acts in ...
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Four Strategic Fields of Tehran-Riyadh Geopolitical Rivalry
Analysis

Four Strategic Fields of Tehran-Riyadh Geopolitical Rivalry

Saturday 8 October 2016 ،
of rivalry make Iran and Saudi Arabia decline to show any signs of rapprochement. Alwaght- By geopolitical centrality and enforcing their principles in their regional roles, Iran and Saudi Arabia are considered as key regional players. They are existing in the world’s most sensitive geopolitic ...
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Ban Ki Moon; Nowhere Man?
Analysis

Ban Ki Moon; Nowhere Man?

Saturday 8 October 2016 ،
of the man who is going to replace Ban Ki Moon as U.N Secretary General has been announced: Antonio Guterres. With the end of Ban’s second 5-year term around the corner, a question raises itself: what has he done for the world? The South Korean diplomat has been called the worst secretary gen ...
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Israel’s Strategy for Future Wars
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Israel’s Strategy for Future Wars

Saturday 8 October 2016 ،
of previous wars and conflicts with Hezbollah and the Israeli regime’s actions regarding future wars, is one of the issues that is constantly being analyzed in Israeli research centers. Alwaght- Evaluation of previous wars and conflicts with Hezbollah and the Israeli regime’s actions regarding ...
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All Options Open for US in Syria?
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All Options Open for US in Syria?

Friday 7 October 2016 ،
officials claim that they are reviewing all options in Syria including using cruise missiles. Alwaght-American officials claim that they are reviewing all options in Syria and even David Petraeus, former head of US Central Command, claimed that Syrian air force can be targeted using cruise missiles ...
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US-Russia Showdown Over Syria
Analysis

US-Russia Showdown Over Syria

Saturday 8 October 2016 ،
State Duma) has ratified an agreement allowing the country’s Air Force to stay in Syria on an unlimited basis. Combatting terrorism is cited as one of the key goals.  The ballot took place on Friday with all 446 legislators voting in favor of the agreement, which will be applied “f ...
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Why Fateh al-Sham Reject Participation in Turkey-led Operation inside Syria?
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Why Fateh al-Sham Reject Participation in Turkey-led Operation inside Syria?

Sunday 9 October 2016 ،
of the Syrian crisis, the anti-Damascus regional and international players like Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Qatar, and the West imagined that within days they could remove the Syrian government and raise to power an allied government. However, the support for violence has failed to reach goals, rather ...
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Saudi Fighters Pounded Funeral in Yemen, Killed over 140 People
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Saudi Fighters Pounded Funeral in Yemen, Killed over 140 People

Sunday 9 October 2016 ،
of Jalal al-Roweishan, father of the Yemen’s interior minister, was being held and claimed the lives of hundreds of people, local health officials said. The building also was seriously damaged in the attacks. The number of casualties is highly likely to rise. Also the Hospitals in the capita ...
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Rise of Fourth Saudi Government
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Rise of Fourth Saudi Government

Sunday 9 October 2016 ،
of $1.5 billion. The new arms contract with the kingdom is to create 11,000 jobs for the Americans. The deal is being justified by the US while the evidences of the battlefield show that a humanitarian crisis and a damage to the US national security are both taking place simultaneously as a result o ...

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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.