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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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Iran, South Africa Signed 8 MoUs in Various Fields
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Iran, South Africa Signed 8 MoUs in Various Fields

Sunday 24 April 2016
Zuma, in Tehran discussed possible cooperation between the two countries’ intelligence services and also political cooperation. Alwaght- Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani with his South African counterpart, Jacob Zuma, in Tehran discussed possible cooperation between the two countries’ intelli ...
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Independent Countries Need to Work Together: Iran’s Leader
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Independent Countries Need to Work Together: Iran’s Leader

Tuesday 26 April 2016 ،
Zuma. The Leader underscored the necessity of increasing political and economic cooperation between Iran and South Africa, saying: “Independent countries must draw closer together and increase their cooperation in spite of disruptive acts by certain arrogant powers.” Ayatollah Khamenei ...
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US Pursuing Regime Change in Brazil, South Africa to Break BRICS
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US Pursuing Regime Change in Brazil, South Africa to Break BRICS

Sunday 15 May 2016 ،
Zuma began innocently enough with students demanding lower fees. However soon instead of chanting the “Fees must Fall” they were shouting “Zuma must Fall.” Now EFF head Julius Melema is calling for Zuma’s downfall even threatening to use force. And if that wasn’t ...
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CIA Involved in Nelson Mandela’s Arrest: Ex- US Spy
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CIA Involved in Nelson Mandela’s Arrest: Ex- US Spy

Sunday 15 May 2016 ،
Zuma. Late February this year, South Africa’s ruling party accused US diplomats of “irregular activities”, pointing out that Washington is trying to foment regime change inside the country. A spokesman for the African National Congress called on the US government to clarify the a ...
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South Africa Urged to Stop Israeli Bid for AU Observer Status
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South Africa Urged to Stop Israeli Bid for AU Observer Status

Sunday 17 July 2016 ،
Zuma, a former South African Foreign Minister. The Chairperson of the AU Commission refused to receive the Israeli prime minister at the headquarters of the organization. A subsequent claim by Ofir Gendelman, a spokesman for the Israeli leader, that he didn’t visit the AU headquarters because ...
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African Union Criticizes US Anti-Muslim Travel Ban
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African Union Criticizes US Anti-Muslim Travel Ban

Wednesday 1 February 2017 ،
Zuma, who stepped down after four years at the helm of the African Union Commission. And Ghana’s Ambassador Thomas Kwesi Quartey was elected deputy chairperson. Dlamini-Zuma condemned the ban as racist act on his Twitter account, saying “the very country to whom our people were taken as ...
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S African Deputy President, Ministers Hold  Pro-Palestinian Hunger Strike
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S African Deputy President, Ministers Hold Pro-Palestinian Hunger Strike

Monday 15 May 2017 ،
Zuma former African Union chair, Jessie Duarte ANC deputy secretary-general, Faiez Jacobs Western Cape ANC provincial secretary, and S'dumo Dlamini president of The Congress of South African Trade Union COSATU. The strike is in sympathy with about 1,600 Palestinian prisoners languishing in Isra ...
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BRICS Summit Slams Global Military Interventions, Sanctions
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BRICS Summit Slams Global Military Interventions, Sanctions

Monday 4 September 2017 ،
Zuma of South Africa following their Ninth BRICS Summit. BRICS is the acronym for an association of five major emerging national economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Originally the first four were grouped as BRIC (or the BRICs), before the induction of South Africa in 2010. Al ...
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South Africans Hold Protest against US Al-Quds Move
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South Africans Hold Protest against US Al-Quds Move

Friday 16 February 2018 ،
Zuma’s resignation. When under white-minority rule, South Africa was one of Israel’s few allies on the continent. But after the 1994 demise of apartheid, relations cooled as the black-majority ANC took over. The ANC has condemned Israeli occupation of territories where Palestinians seek ...
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WSJ Sheds Light on Saudi Crown Prince’s Abuse of State-Linked Businesses to Get Rich
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WSJ Sheds Light on Saudi Crown Prince’s Abuse of State-Linked Businesses to Get Rich

Wednesday 16 May 2018 ،
The heir to the Saudi throne has used businesses connected to government to enrich himself and family members, including a mammoth deal involving Airbus WSJ Sheds Light on Saudi Crown Prince’s Abuse of State-Linked Business to Get Rich The heir to the Saudi throne has used businesses connecte ...

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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.