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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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Iraqis Rally in Basra to Support Popular Forces
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Iraqis Rally in Basra to Support Popular Forces

Sunday 16 September 2018
Basra city on Saturday to express support for the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), also known as Hashd al-Shaabi. Alwaght- Hundreds of people rallied in Iraq's Basra city on Saturday to express support for the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), also known as Hashd al-Shaabi. According to Rupt ...
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Meeting Abdul Mahdi Iraq’s PM Post Hopeful
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Meeting Abdul Mahdi Iraq’s PM Post Hopeful

Friday 21 September 2018 ،
Basra demonstrations. The popular demands beside a recent statement by the Shiite Marja Ayatollah Sayyed Ali al-Sistani calling for allowing untested politicians to rule the country in the new government prompted an agreement between the victors of the election, Sadr-led Saerun and Amiri-led Fatah a ...
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Iraqi President Vows Boosting Ties with Iran despite US Sanctions
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Iraqi President Vows Boosting Ties with Iran despite US Sanctions

Saturday 17 November 2018 ،
Basra in southern Iraq was hit by violent protests, which spread to other cities this summer, partly because of a halt of imports of electricity from Iran. Iraq has rejected a US deadline to stop importing Iranian gas, warning that any halt to the supplies would create a real power crisis. Meanwh ...
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Saudi Influence Campaign in Iraq:  Grounds, Obstacles
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Saudi Influence Campaign in Iraq: Grounds, Obstacles

Saturday 6 April 2019 ،
Basra in the south, were a scene to rallies in protest against deteriorating public services. In fact, the economic aspect of the countries’ soft power on the global arena to pursue interests without force has been on top of the Saudi agenda in Iraq. This is well observable during the recent v ...
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Basra Autonomy: Challenges, Effects
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Basra Autonomy: Challenges, Effects

Monday 15 April 2019 ،
Basra province demanding for greater regional autonomy from Iraq's central government. The provincial council has recently voted to refer to a popular referendum for the matter. Iraq politicians have taken different stances towards the bid, with its supporters arguing that autonomy will help im ...
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Iraq Protests: Coup against PM Abdul Mahdi?
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Iraq Protests: Coup against PM Abdul Mahdi?

Sunday 27 October 2019 ،
Basra, Dhi Qar, Al Muthanna, Wasit, Babil, Karbala, and Diwaniya curfew was imposed. As the government is well aware of the consequences of violently dealing with the protests and has so far avoided violence as much as possible, many analysts blame the situation on the conspiracies targeting the se ...
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Anti-Government Protests Takes Turns in Iraq
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Anti-Government Protests Takes Turns in Iraq

Tuesday 26 November 2019 ،
Basra, the majority of main streets were closed, with protesters burning tires and setting traffic blockades around the city. Schools, government offices and official departments in a number of southern regions were closed as protesters declared a general and comprehensive strike for all government ...
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Iraqi Protesters Shut down Oilfield as Riots Continue
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Iraqi Protesters Shut down Oilfield as Riots Continue

Sunday 29 December 2019 ،
Basra province after blocking the main roads to Basra oilfields and preventing employees from going to work. Mass protests, which began on October 1, have been pressing the government to bring in reforms that would root out corruption and alleviate the country’s economic woes. The rallies, h ...
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Barham Salih’s Resignation Game Amid Iraq Crisis: Goals, Influences
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Barham Salih’s Resignation Game Amid Iraq Crisis: Goals, Influences

Monday 30 December 2019 ،
Basra province governor, presented by Al-Banaa Coalition as the majority bloc of the parliament, sending a letter of readiness to resign to the parliament. Referring to the three-months-long demonstrations in the country, in his letter he described the situation in Iraq as historic and sensitive, ad ...
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Messages of Storming US Embassy in Iraq
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Messages of Storming US Embassy in Iraq

Thursday 2 January 2020 ،
Basra provinces of Iraq using their agents mainly the remnants of Baathist party. Now they have contradicted themselves by accusing Iran of standing behind the US embassy attacks. In fact, Trump unconsciously confirmed that Iran’s influence in Iraq is large to an extent that it can mobilize th ...

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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