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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 Slams US Move to Re-Impose Unilateral Sanctions against Iran
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Russia Slams US Move to Re-Impose Unilateral Sanctions against Iran

Friday 10 August 2018
Ministry spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, said Washington’s course at bringing down the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on the Iranian nuclear program and restoring full-scale pressure through sanctions is absolutely destructive, referring to the Iran deal by its official name. After ...
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North Korea to Keep Nuclear Weapons if US Maintains Sanctions
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North Korea to Keep Nuclear Weapons if US Maintains Sanctions

Friday 10 August 2018 ،
War, but Washington has maintained that Pyongyang must denuclearize before securing either a peace treaty or sanctions relief. North Korea then released a statement following up on Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho's criticism of the US last weekend for not carrying out simultaneous measures after Py ...
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Russia to Consider Further US Sanctions as ’Declaration of Economic War’: Premier
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Russia to Consider Further US Sanctions as ’Declaration of Economic War’: Premier

Friday 10 August 2018 ،
Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has called the sanctions an attempt to demonize Russia, pledging a response.  
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Erdogan Urges Turks to Buy Falling Lira amid Economic War with US
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Erdogan Urges Turks to Buy Falling Lira amid Economic War with US

Saturday 11 August 2018 ،
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on Turkish nation to sell their gold and US dollars to support the country’s currency which free-fell after US President Donald Trump doubled tariffs on Turkish steel and aluminums. Alwaght- President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on Turkish nation to sell their g ...
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Saudi-Coalition Failed in Hudaydah, Unlikely to Reattack Yemeni Port: Russian Diplomat
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Saudi-Coalition Failed in Hudaydah, Unlikely to Reattack Yemeni Port: Russian Diplomat

Saturday 11 August 2018 ،
Ministry and Russian representatives to the UN Security Council have stated that on numerous occasions. I would like to hope that a step towards a peaceful solution on Hudaydah will be taken at the intra-Yemeni consultations brokered by UN secretary-general’s special envoy for Yemen Martin Gr ...
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Beijing Rejects Pentagon’s Report on China’s Military Training for Striking US
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Beijing Rejects Pentagon’s Report on China’s Military Training for Striking US

Saturday 18 August 2018 ،
War thinking, objectively and rationally views China’s defense and military construction, stops issuing the relevant reports, and takes actual steps to promote and protect the stable development of military-to-military relations,” it said. China’s Foreign Ministry also protested t ...
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How Are Saudi, UAE Petrodollars Impacting Syria War?
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How Are Saudi, UAE Petrodollars Impacting Syria War?

Monday 20 August 2018 ،
The two Arab monarchies have been supporting anti-Damascus since the outset of Syrian conflict, bringing destruction to the Arab state. Alwaght- The Syrian conflict is the world's most costly war in the recent decades mainly because multiple regional and international actors played roles in it. ...
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Korean Families Divided Since 1950 Reunite in North Korea
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Korean Families Divided Since 1950 Reunite in North Korea

Monday 20 August 2018 ،
War. Alwaght- Some 90 elderly South Koreans are in North Korea meeting relatives they have not seen since they were driven apart during the turmoil of the 1950-53 Korean War. There are 83 North Koreans and 89 from the South taking part in the three-day reunion event at a holiday resort in North Kor ...
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Syria Slams Western Countries for Justifying use of Chemical Weapons by Terrorists
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Syria Slams Western Countries for Justifying use of Chemical Weapons by Terrorists

Wednesday 22 August 2018 ،
Ministry stressed that the campaign of threats, hypocrisy and misinformation led by these countries against the Syrian Arab Republic comes within the framework of the continued support for armed terrorist groups. The statement added that the Western countries, especially the US, France and the UK, ...
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US, China Escalate Trade War with New Tariffs
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US, China Escalate Trade War with New Tariffs

Thursday 23 August 2018 ،
Ministry said in an online statement that Beijing “resolutely opposes” the latest tariffs by the US and would respond accordingly, adding that China will file a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) against the US. “China resolutely opposes this, and will continue to t ...

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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.