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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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Future of Kurds in the Shadow of Erdogan-HDP Rivalry
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Future of Kurds in the Shadow of Erdogan-HDP Rivalry

Saturday 26 November 2016
Turkey. The analysts call the clashes between PKK and Turkey forces as a full-scale Kurdish war inside Turkey against the Turkish government. The past two years were, actually, a stage of rivalry between Erdogan and the Kurds. In the present conditions, Erdogan's policies and actions have pushe ...
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Turkey’s AKP Risks Loss as Local Vote Nears
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Turkey’s AKP Risks Loss as Local Vote Nears

Monday 18 March 2019 ،
Turkey is set to hold its local elections on March 31. This election, first local one since the shift to the presidential system, is highly sensitive. Governors of 81 Turkish provinces will be determined in the upcoming election. The significance of it comes from the fact that it will make an import ...
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Turkey Vs. Syrian Kurds: Outlook, Consequences
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Turkey Vs. Syrian Kurds: Outlook, Consequences

Saturday 3 August 2019 ،
Turkey’s threats against the Syrian Kurds remains a significant issue in the regional developments after eight years of conflict in Syria. Over the past few weeks, the Turkish army unprecedentedly stepped up its movement on the north Syrian borders. According to the Turkish military officials, ...
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The Barzanis and the tactic of removing traces
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The Barzanis and the tactic of removing traces

Saturday 27 January 2024 ،
Turkey, Iran, Ethiopia, as well as ethnic and religious minorities like Kurds and Maronites in Lebanon. The fortification of relations between Israel and Iraqi Kurds commenced with the initiation of the Kurdish rebellion, also known as the Barzani uprising against the Iraqi regime, spanning from 19 ...

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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