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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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Shahbaz Sharif Elected New Pakistan PM for Second Time
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Shahbaz Sharif Elected New Pakistan PM for Second Time

Sunday 3 March 2024
elections caused a delay on formation of a coalition government. Shehbaz Sharif is declared to have been elected the prime minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Reuters cited National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq as saying. Shehbaz, 72, who was the consensus candidate of the Pakistan Muslim ...
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Secret Mission in Beirut; Will Hochstein’s Trips Prevent War?
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Secret Mission in Beirut; Will Hochstein’s Trips Prevent War?

Wednesday 6 March 2024 ،
presidential elections. Given the current circumstances, Washington cannot afford to engage in a new regional war. Hence, America's primary objective in the region is to prevent the escalation of the ongoing conflict in Gaza. It appears that any new war in the region would significantly impact B ...
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Will Putin maintain his place in the Kremlin?
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Will Putin maintain his place in the Kremlin?

Friday 15 March 2024 ،
presidential term in order to break the record for the longest presidency. ALWAGHT- Amid the third year of conflict in Ukraine and rising tensions with Western nations, Russia is gearing up for presidential elections. Set for March 17, according to Russia's Central Election Commission, the elec ...
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Russians Begin Voting to Elect a President in Three-day Vote
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Russians Begin Voting to Elect a President in Three-day Vote

Friday 15 March 2024 ،
presidential vote to employ the latest technologies, tested during earlier lower-level polls: a three-day voting period and a remote vote.  For the first time, residents of Donbass and Novorossia will take part, according to Tass news agency.  Polling stations have already opened their d ...
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Coordinated Vandalism Acts Hit Russian Electoral Polls
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Coordinated Vandalism Acts Hit Russian Electoral Polls

Saturday 16 March 2024 ،
presidential election, with President Vladimir Putin contending against three opponents. The voting will span three days until Sunday, and this will mark the first Russian presidential election since the 2020 constitutional reform. The reform had imposed a limit of two terms for any president. This ...
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Russia Voter Turnout in Presidential Election Rises to 65%: Election Commission
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Russia Voter Turnout in Presidential Election Rises to 65%: Election Commission

Monday 18 March 2024 ،
presidential election stood at 65.05% as of 12:50 p.m. Moscow time on Sunday, according to live update from the Russian Central Election Commission, according to Tass news agency.  [Voter turnout] as the election is going on: 65.05%, data on the information board of the election authority read ...
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Erdoğan’s AKP Suffers Historic Defeat in Turkey’s Polls, CHP Leading Party after Decades
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Erdoğan’s AKP Suffers Historic Defeat in Turkey’s Polls, CHP Leading Party after Decades

Tuesday 2 April 2024 ،
presidential election last year. Alwaght- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has suffered its worst election defeat since coming to power two decades ago, while the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) has emerged as the country ...
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US Show-off with Gaza Pier: Why’s the So-called Aid Plan Doomed to Failure?
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US Show-off with Gaza Pier: Why’s the So-called Aid Plan Doomed to Failure?

Sunday 19 May 2024 ،
presidential elections. At the same time, Washington has provided the Israelis with billions of dollars in aid as well as weapons for their war on Gaza, and building a pier for Gaza at the same time as shipping weapons for the genocidal war on Gaza makes no sense. Palestinians reject the US move: I ...
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Iran Sets June 28 for Snap Presidential Election
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Iran Sets June 28 for Snap Presidential Election

Tuesday 21 May 2024 ،
presidential election less than a day after a helicopter crash led to passing of President Sayyed Ibrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and a number of other companions in a mountainous areas in northwest of the country.  The decision came out of a meeting of Vice President ...
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Iran Inaugurates New Parliament
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Iran Inaugurates New Parliament

Monday 27 May 2024 ،
presidential elections on June 28 after a helicopter crash killed President Ibrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and a number of others.  The first meeting of the new Parliament kicked off on Monday morning with high-ranking officials, including acting president Mohammad M ...

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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