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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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Turkey, Russia Are Quietly Competing in Libya Crisis
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Turkey, Russia Are Quietly Competing in Libya Crisis

Thursday 19 December 2019
choppers are ready to be deployed to the country through Misrata airport, controlled by forces loyal to the GNA.  Meanwhile, Erdogan noted that the maritime pact Turkey signed with the GNA on the sovereignty in the Mediterranean Sea will transform the situation caused by the Treaty of Sevres s ...
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Hamas, Israeli Regime Trade Rocket Arab Normalization Deals
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Hamas, Israeli Regime Trade Rocket Arab Normalization Deals

Wednesday 16 September 2020 ،
choppers. Later, Israeli jets targeted another Hamas-run site in an area located between Deir al-Balah city in the central Gaza Strip and Khan Yunis in the southern sector of the Palestinian enclave. There were no immediate reports of casualties in either attack. The raids cam ...
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Saudi Arabia, UAE behind Deadly Bombings in Baghdad: Iraqi Group
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Saudi Arabia, UAE behind Deadly Bombings in Baghdad: Iraqi Group

Saturday 23 January 2021 ،
choppers to relocate the Daesh inmates from prisons in Hasakah province in northeast Syria to the Iraqi border, al-Mayadeen reported last week. The Trump administration had stepped up its efforts to weaken the anti-terror PMU and blacklisted the group’s chairman Falih al-Fayyadh in ...
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Multiple Rockets Hit Ain Al-Assad Air Base Housing US Forces in Iraq
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Multiple Rockets Hit Ain Al-Assad Air Base Housing US Forces in Iraq

Wednesday 3 March 2021 ،
choppers could be seen flying over the Hit district, where the air base is located, in the aftermath of the rocket attack. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet, which is the latest in a series of assaults that have targeted US positions in Iraq over the past few months. Witnesses ...
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4 killed, 15 Inured as Roadside Bomb Hits Govt Employees’ Bus in Kabul
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4 killed, 15 Inured as Roadside Bomb Hits Govt Employees’ Bus in Kabul

Thursday 18 March 2021 ،
chopper crash: Ministry Separately, the Afghan Defense Ministry said in a statement that at least nine service members had been killed in a helicopter crash late on Wednesday. It said the Mi-17 helicopter, which belonged to the Afghan army, crash-landed in Behsud district in the southern province ...
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Russia Signs Deals Worth $3.5 BILLION during 2021 Air Show
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Russia Signs Deals Worth $3.5 BILLION during 2021 Air Show

Monday 26 July 2021 ،
choppers for operation on offshore oil platforms, new avionic equipment, and a new firefighting system. United Engine Corporation presented projects for shaft-turbine engines and a demo version of a new engine core.  
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Taliban Gain Access to Huge American-supplied Arms
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Taliban Gain Access to Huge American-supplied Arms

Friday 20 August 2021 ،
choppers are now seized by the Taliban, according to Reuters.  New footage shows Taliban forces visiting long lines of military vehicles, new shipments of weapons and even military drones.  According to a US military official, everything that has not been destroyed is now in the hands of ...
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List of Customers for Iran Defense Equipment Growing Longer: Defense Ministry
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List of Customers for Iran Defense Equipment Growing Longer: Defense Ministry

Monday 24 April 2023 ،
choppers, we focused on producing indigenous helicopters and fighter jets.” Iranian military experts and technicians have in recent years made substantial headways in manufacturing a broad range of indigenous equipment, making the armed forces self-sufficient in the arms sphere. Leader of th ...
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Iran Names New Foreign Policy Chief after Death of Top Diplomat in Chopper Crash
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Iran Names New Foreign Policy Chief after Death of Top Diplomat in Chopper Crash

Monday 20 May 2024 ،
Baqeri replaced the late Amir-Abdollahian as interim foreign minister following a deadline helicopter crash of Saturday. Alwaght- After the passing away of Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, his deputy for political affairs, Ali Baqeri, was assigned to the administration’s commi ...
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How Does the World View Pres. Raisi’s Passing?
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How Does the World View Pres. Raisi’s Passing?

Wednesday 22 May 2024 ،
chopper crash. A tragedy, not a crisis, for Iran Karthick Ramakrishnan, political scientist and author in School of International Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University, believes about the developments after passing of President Raisi that the position of president in Iran is so important, but as ...

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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.