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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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Russian Republics Free to Decide on Islamic Headscarves: Kremlin

Russian Republics Free to Decide on Islamic Headscarves: Kremlin

Saturday 1 April 2017
VTsIOM) showed on Jan. 31. One in two respondents (50 percent) back lifting the ban on wearing hijabs so that children from Muslim families could study calmly, the pollster said. Some 37 percent of Russians strongly oppose the proposal, saying it is impossible to lift the ban on hijabs. The figure ...
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Russia-US Relations at Lowest Ebb

Russia-US Relations at Lowest Ebb

Tuesday 18 April 2017 ،
VTsIOM showed on Monday that the percentage of Russians who hold a negative view of Trump has jumped to 39 from seven per cent in a month, and that feelings of distrust and disappointment towards him have grown too. Afghanistan Russia and the US are at odds over Afghanistan with Washington accusin ...
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Moscow Police Detain 600 Activists Protesting Rejected City Election Candidates

Moscow Police Detain 600 Activists Protesting Rejected City Election Candidates

Saturday 3 August 2019 ،
Moscow police has detained at least 600 people on Saturday in a crackdown on opposition activists who gathered for protest “walks” in objection to some candidates being excluded from the upcoming council election. Alwaght- Moscow police has detained at least 600 people on Saturday in a crackdown on ...
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Will Putin maintain his place in the Kremlin?

Will Putin maintain his place in the Kremlin?

Friday 15 March 2024 ،
VTsIOM, approximately 79% of Russians plan to vote for Putin. Roughly 112 million Russians aged 18 and older are eligible to vote. Russian citizens living abroad, numbering in the millions, can cast their votes from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to California in the United States, through embass ...
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Coordinated Vandalism Acts Hit Russian Electoral Polls

Coordinated Vandalism Acts Hit Russian Electoral Polls

Saturday 16 March 2024 ،
Russian elections started on Friday amid growing Moscow tensions with the West. Alwaght- A series of sabotage incidents has hit the Russian electoral polls, propelling the government to label it an act of terrorism and prompting law enforcement interference.  With the kick-off of the Russian e ...

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Farmers in Poland are on the streets again to protest EU agricultural policies

Farmers in Poland are on the streets again to protest EU agricultural policies