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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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Russia Slams UK PM’s ’Circus in Parliament’ on Skripal Poisoning Case

Russia Slams UK PM’s ’Circus in Parliament’ on Skripal Poisoning Case

Monday 12 March 2018
Sergey Skripal, a former Russian intelligence official, and his daughter. Alwaght- Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has rebuked ‘circus show’ comments of UK Prime Minister Theresa May on the poisoning of Sergey Skripal, a former Russian intelligence official, and his ...
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Russia Vehemently Rejects British Allegations of Nerve Agent Attack on Skripal

Russia Vehemently Rejects British Allegations of Nerve Agent Attack on Skripal

Thursday 15 March 2018 ،
Sergey Kalashnikov said, “The West has launched a massive operation in order to kick Russia out of the UN Security Council,” Kalashnikov said. “Russia is now a very inconvenient player for the Western nations and this explains all the recent attacks on our country.” The Sen ...
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US, Britain Wary of Russia’s Comeback at Global Scene

US, Britain Wary of Russia’s Comeback at Global Scene

Friday 16 March 2018 ،
Sergey Lavrov told the forum Russia - A Country of Opportunities, that Russia’s comeback to the world scene as an equitable partner that defies dictating and ultimatums causes a nervous reaction from the West. There has been a very nervous reaction to Russia’s comeback as an equitable p ...
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Tit for Tat: Russia to Expel 60 US Diplomat, Close Consulate in St. Petersburg

Tit for Tat: Russia to Expel 60 US Diplomat, Close Consulate in St. Petersburg

Friday 30 March 2018 ،
Sergey Lavrov vowed on Thursday Moscow will expel sixty US diplomats and close the country’s consulate in St. Petersburg, in retaliation for the mass expulsion of Russian diplomats triggered by the US and UK following alleged poisoning of a Russian former double agent in Britain. Alwaght- Russian Fo ...
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Russian FM Censures West for Arm-Twisting Countries Over Skripal Saga

Russian FM Censures West for Arm-Twisting Countries Over Skripal Saga

Thursday 5 April 2018 ،
Sergey Lavrov says the West ignored international law and employed arm-twisting tactics against many countries in order to get them to expel Russian diplomats. Russia’s top diplomat noted that the West was staging blatant political provocations in order to further demonize Russia. The Skripa ...
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Russia to Consider Further US Sanctions as ’Declaration of Economic War’: Premier

Russia to Consider Further US Sanctions as ’Declaration of Economic War’: Premier

Friday 10 August 2018 ،
Sergey Skripal and his daughter in the UK. Medvedev said Moscow would take economic, political or other retaliatory measures against the United States if Washington targeted Russian banks.  Washington and London have repeatedly accused Moscow of orchestrating the attack using the Ru ...
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Austria-Russia Spat over Espionage Allegation

Austria-Russia Spat over Espionage Allegation

Friday 9 November 2018 ،
Sergey Skripal and his daughter were targeted by nerve agent. The US and more recently the Netherlands have also accused the Kremlin of orchestrating similar attacks. Moscow has long been pressured by the West over a series of issues, including the 2014 reintegration of the Crimean Peninsula, and ...

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