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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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Al-Baghdadi May Die Due to Serious Injuries
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Al-Baghdadi May Die Due to Serious Injuries

Thursday 23 April 2015
Baaj near the village of Umm al-Rous on 18 March with a group that was with him, Iraqi official Hisham al-Hashimi told the Guardian.
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Yezidi Fighters Repel ISIS Attack, Kill 32 Terrorists
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Yezidi Fighters Repel ISIS Attack, Kill 32 Terrorists

Sunday 3 April 2016 ،
Baaj and Tal Afar. The ISIS terrorist forces have captured Sinjar in august, 2014 by carrying out suicidal operations and after retreat of the Peshmerga forces from the town. ISIS committed a big crime in Sinjar as it slaughtered hundreds of Yazidi Kurds and enslaved thousands of Yazidi women from ...
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Iraqi Popular Forces Liberate Strategic City of Baaj from ISIS
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Iraqi Popular Forces Liberate Strategic City of Baaj from ISIS

Sunday 4 June 2017 ،
Baaj From ISIS, further shrinking the northern region under the terrorist group control, the Iraqi military said on Sunday Alwaght- Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) have liberated the strategic city of Baaj From ISIS, further shrinking the northern region under the terrorist group control, th ...
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Iraqi Forces Approach Last Hideout of ISIS in Mosul
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Iraqi Forces Approach Last Hideout of ISIS in Mosul

Tuesday 6 June 2017 ،
Baaj. The Iraqi army soldiers and allied volunteer fighters have been leading a major operation to recapture the city since October 2016. They took control of eastern Mosul in January and launched the battle in the west in February. The Mosul liberation operation has taken longer than scheduled as ...
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Iran’s Quds Force Cmdr. with Syrian Forces Near Iraqi Border
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Iran’s Quds Force Cmdr. with Syrian Forces Near Iraqi Border

Tuesday 13 June 2017 ،
Baaj town near Syria border. While the Iraqi armed forces have launched large-scale operation to liberate last three remaining districts of western Mosul from ISIS, The PMF have been charged with expelling ISIS from areas west of Mosul, all the way to the Syrian border. The commander of IRGC Qu ...
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Top ISIS Terrorist Killed in Iraq’s Mosul: Police
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Top ISIS Terrorist Killed in Iraq’s Mosul: Police

Monday 9 July 2018 ،
Baaj district had killed the district’s ISIS-appointed “governor” (identified as Ahmed Farhan Hamdan al-Obaidi, a.k.a. Abu Aisha al-Turkmani) and another ISIS member (Luai Ahmed Shata). Located west of Mosul, the regional capital of Nineveh province, Al-Baaj was liberated from ISI ...

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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.