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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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Map of  Latest Battlefield Developments in Syria and Iraq on

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Erdogan and the Challenges Ahead

Erdogan and the Challenges Ahead

Sunday 9 February 2014
Turkey. Based on ideas of Ahmet Davutoglu in his plan known as "zero problems with neighbors", Turkish government's foreign policy has been a complete failure. Based on the analysis of the political role of Turkey in Mideast, its foreign policy has not been a success, but a failure which leads t ...
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Karzai, Iran's green light to America
Analysis

Karzai, Iran's green light to America

Sunday 9 February 2014 ،
Turkey and plan for long-term presence in Afghanistan, Iran is completely surrounded by the Americans. American politicians see Afghanistan as a point to control of Central Asia. They believe that India, China and Russia are under their control by presence in Afghanistan and they can control these t ...
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Emerging a New Front in West Asia

Emerging a New Front in West Asia

Monday 17 February 2014 ،
Turkey, Qatar and Hamas party have changed their policies to remove tensions of Resistance axis in Syria after changing US policy on Syria. Alwaght-Due to Syrian case transfer, success of Resistance in Syria war, and Geneva Agreement between Iran & 5 +1; Turkey, Qatar and Hamas party have chan ...
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Israel's Agenda for Syria after Geneva 2
Analysis

Israel's Agenda for Syria after Geneva 2

Saturday 1 March 2014 ،
Turkey and Qatar are not a part of Sunni axis. He claimed that these two countries have formed smaller axis which supports the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas in Gaza. According to Ya'alon's mind, Iran, al-Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood are the common enemies of Sunni axis. In fact, Sunni axi ...
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Azerbaijan Wahhabis: The Challenge of Returning from Syria
Analysis

Azerbaijan Wahhabis: The Challenge of Returning from Syria

Monday 10 March 2014 ،
Alwaght- Although Shiites make up the majority of the Republic of Azerbaijan's population and there had been no Wahhabi before the dissolution of the Soviet Union, but today Wahhabis have had considerable influence in Azerbaijan, especially in Russia-Azerbaijan border areas. Wahhabis, sponsored ...

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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