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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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The Risks of Extremism in Azerbaijan
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The Risks of Extremism in Azerbaijan

Tuesday 3 May 2016
Western powers, assisted by their regional allies, have begun to fan the disputes in Syria through guiding and equipping the terrorist groups under the excuse of supporting the opposition groups to the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Meanwhile, the countries of Eurasia region secured a considerabl ...
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Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Killed 5 Terrorists in NW
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Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Killed 5 Terrorists in NW

Sunday 26 June 2016 ،
West Azerbaijan and Kurdestan. Among the mercenaries killed in the operation were two terrorist commanders identified as Arash Menbari and Shuresh Menbari, according to the statement. A number of terrorists of the Democrat Grouplet who were in Bengovin village near Mahabad city to conduct terroris ...
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Iran Warns to Target Terrorists inside Iraq to Prevent Their Destabilizing Measures
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Iran Warns to Target Terrorists inside Iraq to Prevent Their Destabilizing Measures

Monday 27 June 2016 ،
West Azerbaijan province to stage terrorist operations. Pakpour added that during recent clashes between the IRGC Ground Forces and terrorists in the northwestern parts of the country near the border with Iraq, many terrorists, including several of of their senior commanders were killed. The Iranian ...
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Iran Kills 23 Terrorist, Blames US, Saudi for Having Ties with Them
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Iran Kills 23 Terrorist, Blames US, Saudi for Having Ties with Them

Sunday 24 July 2016 ،
West Azerbaijan on Saturday. Alwaght- Iranian forces have killed 23 terrorists in the country’s northwest provinces of Kordestan and West Azerbaijan on Saturday. Brigadier General Majid Arjmandfar, a commander of Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), said Iran has dismantled two terrorist g ...
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Iran First West Asian Country that Won Gold Medal of Rio 2016
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Iran First West Asian Country that Won Gold Medal of Rio 2016

Saturday 13 August 2016 ،
Azerbaijan and United Arab Emirates have also been among medal winner west Asian countries, winning 2 silver medals and one bronze medal respectively.   Rostami eclipsed his own world mark set in May by one kilogram, and beat Tian Tao of China, who snatched the silver medal with a total lift o ...
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Five Remaining Points after Turkish-Russian Rapprochement
Analysis

Five Remaining Points after Turkish-Russian Rapprochement

Sunday 14 August 2016 ،
West and also Erdogan’s regional allies including Saudi Arabia and Qatar have made it very complicated for Turkey to make independent decisions on the Syrian crisis.   Armenia dispute Among the regional differences between Turkey and Russia, the dispute of Armenia, located in eastern s ...
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US’ Card of Kurds; Putting Pressure on West Asian Countries
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US’ Card of Kurds; Putting Pressure on West Asian Countries

Tuesday 23 August 2016 ،
West Asia region? Alwaght- US’ public and secret support of Syrian and Iraqi Kurds, rose the questions that why Washington is leaning towards such policies? And how these policies can affect the West Asian region? By playing the Kurd’s Card, US manages to continue approaching its goals a ...
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Wahhabism; Major Threat in Azerbaijan
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Wahhabism; Major Threat in Azerbaijan

Wednesday 24 August 2016 ،
Western and secular way of development. Some citizens of Azerbaijan have even joined extremist and Wahhabi groups and gone to Syria, only for earning money. There is a strong connection between the Wahhabi groups present in Azerbaijan, and the opposition groups of Syria. Wahhabis in Azerbaijan and ...
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Israeli Air Force Capabilities; Can it Fulfill its Anti-Iranian Threats?
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Israeli Air Force Capabilities; Can it Fulfill its Anti-Iranian Threats?

Wednesday 14 September 2016 ،
Western supports and cooperation, it shouldn't be disregarded that achievement of some technologies and sciences can carry their own risks. Development of its air force capabilities compared to other military sectors is the overarching triumph of Tel Aviv. Expansionist policy and the regional co ...
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How Tel Aviv Takes on Tehran in Southern Caucasus?
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How Tel Aviv Takes on Tehran in Southern Caucasus?

Wednesday 21 September 2016 ،
West Asia, Southern Caucasus following collapse of the Soviet Union faced a geopolitical vacuum, and so caught political, security, and economic attention of the international players. After the Soviet Union's decline, the Israeli regime sought allies and friends among the newly-founded Southern ...

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Exclusive: A mirror named the Persian Gulf: Reflecting the continuity of Iranian identity