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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’s US Deploying Air Defenses to Iraq’s Kurdistan Region?
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Why’s US Deploying Air Defenses to Iraq’s Kurdistan Region?

Tuesday 27 June 2023
Anbar and Erbil, the US tries to build a shield for its bases against threats.  Though it is a low possibility the US deploys its advanced Patriot air defenses in Kurdistan region, it is predicted to deploy short-rang systems with advanced sensors and radars since this plan is essentially aime ...
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Years after ISIS Obliteration, Thousands of Iraqis Remain Domestically Displaced
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Years after ISIS Obliteration, Thousands of Iraqis Remain Domestically Displaced

Wednesday 26 July 2023 ،
Anbar’s politicians and people argue that the KDP’s obstructions are the main obstacle ahead of the return of the displaced, the KDP lawmaker in the Iraqi parliament Sharwan al-Dubarani told Al-Arabi Al-Jadeed that he blames the current displacement of the Arab residents of Rabia on the ...
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Arbaeen Trek: Iraq’s Fully Prepared to Mark World’s Largest Human Congregation
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Arbaeen Trek: Iraq’s Fully Prepared to Mark World’s Largest Human Congregation

Thursday 17 August 2023 ،
Anbar province.  The security forces have also announced an increase in the number of entrance gates to Karbala. Security check facilities and devices are supposed to be installed at the entrance of the city of Karbala to ensure the security.  Authorities of Imam Hussein and Hazerat Abba ...
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US Concealing Its Iraq Military Presence Under NATO Mission
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US Concealing Its Iraq Military Presence Under NATO Mission

Sunday 20 August 2023 ،
Anbar and Harir in Erbil. These sources claimed that the military arrangements that were observed in recent days were part of the replacement operation of the units of the US-led anti-ISIS coalition and not of the American forces that entered Iraq. The sources further said that these forces left Ira ...
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Security Agreement Implementation Brings Iraqi FM to Tehran
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Security Agreement Implementation Brings Iraqi FM to Tehran

Sunday 17 September 2023 ،
Anbar. The proposal suggests construction of housing units under the security auspices of the Iraqi government like Ashraf Camp that hosted MKO terrorists for decades in Iraq.  Over the past decade, the separatist terrorist groups have posed many threats to the territorial integrity of Iran an ...
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With Ultimatum End, How’s Disarming Separatist Terrorists on Iraqi Border with Iran Going?
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With Ultimatum End, How’s Disarming Separatist Terrorists on Iraqi Border with Iran Going?

Wednesday 27 September 2023 ،
Anbar province in western Iraq. In this proposal, it is stated that residential complexes under the supervision of Iraqi security, like the Ashraf camp that was built for the Mojadedin Khalgh Organization (MKO), will be built for these groups in Al Anbar province. An area near the town of Al Rutba i ...
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Iraqi Groups Launch Drone Strikes against US Base
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Iraqi Groups Launch Drone Strikes against US Base

Saturday 21 October 2023 ،
Anbar too. Earlier this month, Iraq’s anti-terror group Kata’ib Hezbollah threatened to target American bases in Iraq and the entire region if the United States intervened in the war that the Israeli regime started waging against the Palestinian territory of the Gaza Strip on October 7. ...
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Rockets Target Ain al-Asad Air Base Housing US Forces in Western Iraq
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Rockets Target Ain al-Asad Air Base Housing US Forces in Western Iraq

Sunday 22 October 2023 ،
Anbar, where American military forces and trainers are stationed on alleged training and advisory missions. Alwaght- A barrage of rockets has reportedly targeted Ain al-Asad air base in Iraq’s western province of Anbar, where American military forces and trainers are stationed on alleged train ...
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What Are Strategic Impacts of Iraqi Resistance’s Missile Attacks on Israeli Eliat Port?
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What Are Strategic Impacts of Iraqi Resistance’s Missile Attacks on Israeli Eliat Port?

Sunday 5 November 2023 ،
Anbar, Erbil, Baghdad, and even Syria, on Friday in a new development showing broader involvement of the Iraqi resistance groups in Gaza war, they announced firing ballistic missiles at port of Eilat in the south of the Israeli regime from a distance of 500 kilometers west of Iraq.  Claiming t ...
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With Parl. Speaker Al-Halbousi Removed by Supreme Court, Should Iraqis Expect New Political Crisis?
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With Parl. Speaker Al-Halbousi Removed by Supreme Court, Should Iraqis Expect New Political Crisis?

Monday 20 November 2023 ،
Anbar, was elected for the second time as the speaker of the Parliament in January 2022 after the early parliamentary elections held in October 2021, a position he held for the first time in 2018. Immediately after the ruling of the Supreme Court, he removed the MPs of his party from the parliament ...

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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