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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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China to Boost 2018 Military Budget %8.1
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China to Boost 2018 Military Budget %8.1

Monday 5 March 2018
China Plans to boost its defense budget by 8.1 percent in 2018, in a bid to further modernize its armed forces. Alwaght- China Plans to boost its defense budget by 8.1 percent in 2018, in a bid to further modernize its armed forces. A budget document made available to the media before the opening o ...
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How can China Respond to US Trade War?
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How can China Respond to US Trade War?

Saturday 10 March 2018 ،
Yuan against the US dollar. Devaluation of the national currency is a trick used by some countries to bolster their exports. When the domestic money loses price against the dollar, the local producers will be more interested to export their goods rather than sell them at home. This tactic, in turn, ...
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Largest Holder of US Treasuries, China Has Nuclear Option in Trade War: Analyst
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Largest Holder of US Treasuries, China Has Nuclear Option in Trade War: Analyst

Thursday 5 April 2018 ،
China, the largest of America’s foreign creditors, has a leverage to affect US Treasury bills’ price and yield. It could be China’s trump card in the trade war with Donald Trump             Alwaght- China, the largest of America’s foreign creditors, has a lev ...
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EU to Ditch Dollar for Iran Oil Payments amid US Sanction Threats
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EU to Ditch Dollar for Iran Oil Payments amid US Sanction Threats

Wednesday 16 May 2018 ،
The European Union is planing to switch to the euro for oil purchases from Iran, eliminating the US dollar as the two sides work to protect bilateral trade against possible American sanctions, Russia’s RIA Novosty reported. Alwaght- The European Union is planing to switch to the euro for oil purchas ...
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Tired of US, Germany Pushed into China’s Open Arms
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Tired of US, Germany Pushed into China’s Open Arms

Saturday 26 May 2018 ،
Yuan. In that context, does Donald Trump want to contain China or empower it? You can only go so far serving the interests of Saudi Arabia and Israel while ignoring strong European states who would rather ink financial deals than turn Iran into a glass crater, a strong point of difference between M ...
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Russia, China Boost National Currencies Trade
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Russia, China Boost National Currencies Trade

Saturday 9 June 2018 ،
Russia and China have reached an agreement on Friday to raise the share of ruble-yuan trade settlements. Alwaght- Russia and China have reached an agreement on Friday to raise the share of ruble-yuan trade settlements. in a joint agreement signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese lead ...
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Trump Orders Hitting China with $200 Billion in Tariffs
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Trump Orders Hitting China with $200 Billion in Tariffs

Saturday 15 September 2018 ،
President Donald Trump has instructed his aides to proceed with tariffs on about another $200 billion of Chinese goods, bringing Washington on the verge of the greatest escalation in trade war with Beijing yet. Alwaght- President Donald Trump has instructed his aides to proceed with tariffs on about ...
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Is US Dollar Empire Collapsing?
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Is US Dollar Empire Collapsing?

Sunday 16 September 2018 ،
Various countries begin using their national currencies instead of the US dollar in their trade. Alwaght- For nearly 70 years, the US dollar has been the dominant currency globally. The central banks across the world have a large part of their reserves in the dollar and the companies use it for thei ...
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Saudi Arabia Warns of 30 Retaliatory Moves if US Sanctions Kingdom
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Saudi Arabia Warns of 30 Retaliatory Moves if US Sanctions Kingdom

Tuesday 16 October 2018 ،
Saudi Arabia issued a veiled threat to take 30 retaliatory measures if the US slaps sanctions on the Persian Gulf monarchy over the disappearance of dissent journalist Jamal Khashoggi.  Alwaght- Saudi Arabia issued a veiled threat to take 30 retaliatory measures if the US slaps sanctions on the ...
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Top 5 Countries Opting to Ditch US Dollar, Reasons behind Their Move
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Top 5 Countries Opting to Ditch US Dollar, Reasons behind Their Move

Friday 25 January 2019 ،
The past year was full of events that inevitably split the global geopolitical space into two camps: those who still support using US currency as a universal financial tool, and those who are turning their back on the greenback. The past year was full of events that inevitably split the global geopo ...

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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