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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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Iraqi National Security Advisor’s Iran Visit Smells American Pressure
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Iraqi National Security Advisor’s Iran Visit Smells American Pressure

Tuesday 12 November 2024
Baghdad stresses on the protection of the security of Iran. He said that Iraq considers Iran's security its security and considers any destabilizing actions against Tehran will be met with reactions of the central government and the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). Al-Aarji also revie ...
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Erdogan Made Strategic Mistake Green Lighting Offensive on Aleppo
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Erdogan Made Strategic Mistake Green Lighting Offensive on Aleppo

Thursday 5 December 2024 ،
Baghdad have recognized the danger of the offensive on Aleppo to Iraq's national security and have emphasized their full support for Damascus and their standing by the Syrian military. Erdogan’s fresh bet on the already losing horse not only will not secure his aims, but also with uprooti ...
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Iraq, the Resistance Camp’s Trump Card in Rejuvenated Syria Conflict
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Iraq, the Resistance Camp’s Trump Card in Rejuvenated Syria Conflict

Saturday 7 December 2024 ،
Baghdad as a new destination of his diplomatic tour.  Araqchi's presence in Baghdad was to participate in a trilateral meeting with the foreign ministers of Syria and Iraq, which reflects the common sense of threat felt by the three countries by the new round of terrorist and armed movemen ...
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Who’s Al-Jolani and What’s His Role in Syria Future?
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Who’s Al-Jolani and What’s His Role in Syria Future?

Sunday 8 December 2024 ،
Baghdadi, the leader of ISIS terrorist organization.  In April 2013, al-Baghdadi abruptly announced that his group was cutting ties with Al-Qaeda and establishing his own new organization in Syria. In his first television interview in 2014, al-Jolani told Aljazeera that Syria should be govern ...
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Barzani’s Initiative for Future of Syrian Kurds: Aims and Challenges
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Barzani’s Initiative for Future of Syrian Kurds: Aims and Challenges

Tuesday 21 January 2025 ،
Baghdad in this regard, and in recent weeks, there have been interactions and negotiations between them and the Syrian Kurds that could have an impact on the course of developments in the country. In the first step, Hamid al-Darbandi, an envoy of Massoud Barzani, the head of the Kurdistan Democrati ...
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The US and Iraq’s PMF: A Battle Beyond Iraqi Borders
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The US and Iraq’s PMF: A Battle Beyond Iraqi Borders

Sunday 2 February 2025 ،
Baghdad to dissolve the effective anti-terror voluntary force or at least full integration of it in the regular army.  Pressures and challenges  The Iraqi government is constantly under international and regional pressures to dissolve the PMF or integrate them into the security ministrie ...
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Iran’s Top Security Official Pledges Full Support for Iraq in Meeting with Hashd al-Sha’abi Chief
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Iran’s Top Security Official Pledges Full Support for Iraq in Meeting with Hashd al-Sha’abi Chief

Tuesday 18 February 2025 ،
Baghdad. Ahmadian reaffirmed Iran’s strong support for Iraq, highlighting the close and brotherly ties between the two nations. The meeting also addressed common security threats facing both countries, particularly the resurgence of terrorist groups like ISIS. Despite its defeat in Iraq and S ...
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Iraq’s Security Riddle and Risk of Repeat of a Historic Mistake
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Iraq’s Security Riddle and Risk of Repeat of a Historic Mistake

Tuesday 18 February 2025 ،
Baghdad have another aspect and it is the push to maintain the American military presence in Iraq beyond October 2025 deadline.  A senior Iraqi national security official held that he had emphasized in a government meeting that this time, the request for the withdrawal of the United States and ...
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Stripped of Excuse, Will Turkey Remove Forces from Iraq after PKK Disarming?
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Stripped of Excuse, Will Turkey Remove Forces from Iraq after PKK Disarming?

Wednesday 14 May 2025 ،
Baghdad a lever to press Turkey to remove its forces from Iraqi soil. Alwaght- The announcement of official dissolution of Turkey's Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) has focused the eyes on the developments in Iraq. Before this and in the past 10 years, the Turkish military bombed northern Iraq unde ...
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Hamas Rejects Abbas’s Call to Disarm Under Israeli Occupation
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Hamas Rejects Abbas’s Call to Disarm Under Israeli Occupation

Sunday 18 May 2025 ،
Baghdad, Abbas urged Hamas to hand over its weapons to the Palestinian Authority and warned of existential threats to the Palestinian cause. He called for an Arab plan to stop Israeli attacks and pledged institutional reforms within the PA. His comments come amid escalated Israeli military activity ...

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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.