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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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Iraq Leans toward Russia in War on ISIS

Iraq Leans toward Russia in War on ISIS

Saturday 10 October 2015
naval base in Tartus, building a forward airbase in Latakia and starting work on two more bases north of the Syrian port city. It seems that Russian military action in Iraq would deepen US fears that it is losing more strategic ground in the region as Russia supports President Bashar al-Assad wit ...
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Saudi Arabia Refuses to Admit Defeat in Yemen War
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Saudi Arabia Refuses to Admit Defeat in Yemen War

Sunday 11 October 2015 ،
naval vessel belonged to the UAE’s navy. The coalition’s warships immediately after the event left the area. The vessel was hit by a C-802 anti-ship cruise missile, said the Yemeni sources, the same missile type the Lebanon’s resistant movement Hezbollah fired, in 2006, at the Israeli warship. Yem ...
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What Are Real Motivations of Russia, Iran in Syria?
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What Are Real Motivations of Russia, Iran in Syria?

Monday 12 October 2015 ،
naval fleet in the Mediterranean Sea. Connecting Asia, Europe and Africa, the Mediterranean Sea is of profound strategic importance for Moscow. So, Russia’s military attendance in Syria and preserving President al-Assad’s government is critically significant. In the meantime, the Russians are obser ...
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Saudi Warplanes Drop more Bombs on Yemeni Capital Sanaa
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Saudi Warplanes Drop more Bombs on Yemeni Capital Sanaa

Monday 26 October 2015 ،
naval vessels several times bombarded the coastal area in the district of Mukha in the province. Saudi Arabia has been striking Yemen for eight months now to restore power to fugitive president Abed Rabbu Mansour Hadi, a close ally of Riyadh. The Saudi-led aggression has so far killed almost 7000 Y ...
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UK Constructing Navy Base in Bahrain; Watershed or Bloodshed Moment
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UK Constructing Navy Base in Bahrain; Watershed or Bloodshed Moment

Monday 2 November 2015 ،
naval activity in the Persian Gulf for 68 years. In 1991, Manama granted US forces access to Bahraini facilities based on a Defense Cooperation Agreement. The Kingdom is also the nerve centre of the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet. Considering the significance of Bahrain for US presence in West Asia, the UK ...
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China Defense Minister Warns US over South China Sea Provocations
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China Defense Minister Warns US over South China Sea Provocations

Thursday 5 November 2015 ،
naval operations in the South China Sea in recent days and will conduct similar operations in the future,” Carter said. China is asserting its sovereignty at the South China Sea, through which one of the busiest maritime traffic lines goes. The sea itself is rich in energy resources as well, with a ...
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Yemeni Forces Obliterate another Saudi Warship off the Red Sea Coast
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Yemeni Forces Obliterate another Saudi Warship off the Red Sea Coast

Saturday 7 November 2015 ،
naval ship belonging to the regime in Riyadh and its allies that have been sunk over the past months. Saudi Arabia has deployed its vessels around the coasts of Yemen in an attempt to support its airstrikes and to maintain a crippling blockade on the most impoverished Arab state in the region. Else ...
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Iranian Expert Talks about Yemeni Crisis, Russia's Role
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Iranian Expert Talks about Yemeni Crisis, Russia's Role

Tuesday 10 November 2015 ،
naval vessels near Bab-el-Mandeb Strait within past three weeks signaled that the attempts were being intensified to entirely break Yemen Siege, pushing Saudi Arabia to yield to political choice and accept other countries’ roles while the Saudis have struggled to act exclusively in Yemen to, once ag ...
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Russian Jet Fighters Hit 206 New Terrorist Targets in Syria
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Russian Jet Fighters Hit 206 New Terrorist Targets in Syria

Thursday 19 November 2015 ،
naval forces in the Mediterranean. “We are conducting a mass airstrike campaign against Islamic State targets in Syria. We have now doubled the number of sorties, which is allowing us to conduct operations throughout the length and breadth of the country,” Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said during ...
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France Eyes Russia Security Cooperation after Paris Terror Attacks
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France Eyes Russia Security Cooperation after Paris Terror Attacks

Sunday 22 November 2015 ،
naval group, consist of an aircraft carrier and frigates, will soon enter your area of operation. It is necessary to establish direct contact with the French and work with them as allies”, said President Putin, addressing the captain of the Russian cruiser Moskva, which is stationed for operation in ...

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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.