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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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Why Is Trump Seeking Lower Oil Prices?
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Why Is Trump Seeking Lower Oil Prices?

Monday 1 October 2018
The US president attacks the OPEC members accusing them of keeping the oil prices high.
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Iran Targets Ringleaders of Ahvaz Terror Attack in Syria
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Iran Targets Ringleaders of Ahvaz Terror Attack in Syria

Monday 1 October 2018
Iran struck the gatherings of the ringleaders responsible the recent terror attack in the southwestern Iranian city of Ahvaz with several surface-to-surface ballistic missiles in an area east of the Euphrates in Syria.
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US Blockade of Russia Equal to ’Declaration of War’: Senator
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US Blockade of Russia Equal to ’Declaration of War’: Senator

Monday 1 October 2018
Head of the Russian Senate’s Information Policy Committee says the US attempts to block Russia’s trade would amount to a declaration of war.
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UK FM Likens EU to Soviet Russia, Prison
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UK FM Likens EU to Soviet Russia, Prison

Monday 1 October 2018
British Foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt lashed out at the European Union comparing the block to the Soviet Union and accusing it of becoming “a prison”.
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China Cancels Security talks with US amid Rising Tensions
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China Cancels Security talks with US amid Rising Tensions

Monday 1 October 2018
China has canceled an important annual security meeting with the US that had been planned for October, a senior US official said on Sunday.
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Indian Army Shoots at Chopper of Kashmiri Premier
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Indian Army Shoots at Chopper of Kashmiri Premier

Monday 1 October 2018
The prime minister of Pakistani-administered Kashmir region said Indian troops have opened fire on his helicopter near the disputed de facto border in the Himalayan region.
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Militant Refuse to Implement Russia-Turkey Deal on Syria’s Idlib
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Militant Refuse to Implement Russia-Turkey Deal on Syria’s Idlib

Monday 1 October 2018
Turkish-backed militants in Syria refused to withdraw from a demilitarized zone in Syria’s Idlib and opposed the deployment of Russian troops to the area.
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It Is Impossible for Any Country to Trust US: Turkish President
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It Is Impossible for Any Country to Trust US: Turkish President

Monday 1 October 2018
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan criticized as the wrong path the US using of threatening and blackmail instead of dialogue.
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Iran FM Blames US, Its Persian Gulf Allies for West Asia Crises
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Iran FM Blames US, Its Persian Gulf Allies for West Asia Crises

Tuesday 2 October 2018
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Tehran will not negotiate with Washington as long as it sees no reliability on the US.
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Oil Prices to Reach $100, OPEC Unable to Prevent It: Analyst
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Oil Prices to Reach $100, OPEC Unable to Prevent It: Analyst

Tuesday 2 October 2018
Oil prices will likely reach $100 per barrel before year-end and OPEC has no leverage to prevent such a scenario, an analyst has warned.
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Iran’s Rial Regains 25 Percent of Its Lost Values in Hours
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Iran’s Rial Regains 25 Percent of Its Lost Values in Hours

Tuesday 2 October 2018
Iran’s national currency Rial gained as much as 25 percent to 135,000 per dollar on Monday sending individual owners of the US currency to foreign currency markets on night to sell their dollars
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Yemen Missile Advances Beginning to Hurt Arab Coalition
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Yemen Missile Advances Beginning to Hurt Arab Coalition

Tuesday 2 October 2018
The Yemenis every now and then hit the Saudi and Emirati cities in response to the Saudi-UAE coalition that targets civilians.
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Trump Says ’Tariff King’ India Wants Trade Deal with US
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Trump Says ’Tariff King’ India Wants Trade Deal with US

Tuesday 2 October 2018
Expanding trade wars with countries across the world, US president Donald Trump has slammed India as for imposing "tremendously high tariffs" on American products and clinging to the “privilege” of trading with the US.
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No Secret that Saudi Regime Supports Terrorism: Iran Envoy
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No Secret that Saudi Regime Supports Terrorism: Iran Envoy

Tuesday 2 October 2018
No Secret that Saudi Regime Supports Terrorism: Iran Envoy

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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.