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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 to Deal with NATO’s Military Buildup in Eastern Europe
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Russia to Deal with NATO’s Military Buildup in Eastern Europe

Friday 14 July 2017
Zapad-2017 drills, NATO’s funneling of arms and materiel into its eastern flank is going unnoticed,” Russia’s permanent representative to NATO noted. “From June to November, NATO will hold over 15 drills in Eastern Europe and approximately the same number in the Black Sea re ...
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US Deploys Warplanes to Monitor Russian Borders at Baltic Sea
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US Deploys Warplanes to Monitor Russian Borders at Baltic Sea

Wednesday 30 August 2017 ،
Zapad-2017 military exercises as purely defensive and blasted as a “myth” any allegations that they could be used as a basis to invade neighboring countries. “I would like to emphasize that apart from its anti-terrorist components, the Zapad-2017 (West-2017) exercise is of a purel ...
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Russia-Belarus War-Games Continue as US Tanks Arrive in Poland
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Russia-Belarus War-Games Continue as US Tanks Arrive in Poland

Sunday 17 September 2017 ،
Zapad-2017 military drills are on course while United States has deployed its tanks in neighboring Poland. Alwaght-The scheduled Russia-Belarus Zapad-2017 military drills are on course while United States has deployed its tanks in neighboring Poland. Up to 12,700 servicemen (about 7,200 from Belaru ...
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Baltic Region in Focus as US Builds Allies Protection Belt against Russia
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Baltic Region in Focus as US Builds Allies Protection Belt against Russia

Tuesday 24 October 2017 ،
Zapad-2017, with Belarus that started on September 14 near the Poland and Lithuania borders with participation of 100,000 troops indicated that Moscow has special and serious attention to the region. The American officials constantly caution the Baltic states' leaders against the potential Russ ...
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NATO Developing Nuclear Weapons at Russian Border: Shoigu
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NATO Developing Nuclear Weapons at Russian Border: Shoigu

Friday 10 November 2017 ،
Zapad-2017 drills is just a cover for the increased activity of NATO forces near Russian and Belarusian borders, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu was quoted as saying on Friday. On the eastern flank the alliance has intensified operative and combat training activities, including nuclear weapo ...

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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