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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 New PM-Designate’s Chances, Challenges To Form Govt.
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Iraqi New PM-Designate’s Chances, Challenges To Form Govt.

Saturday 11 April 2020
Dawa Party. Before his appointment for the post, he served several months as an advisor at the agency. After holding the post, he tried to reform the nation’s security and intelligence structures, separating politics from security affairs.  According to the Iraqi Nasim al-Jonoub news out ...
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Why Does Violence Continue In Afghanistan Even After Deal With Taliban?
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Why Does Violence Continue In Afghanistan Even After Deal With Taliban?

Tuesday 30 June 2020 ،
Dawa al- Quran, Asia Al-Qaeda, Al-Qaeda in South Asia, Mujahedeen Party, Mullah Nazir-led Taliban, Tahreek-e-Taliban of Pakistan, Islamic Jihad Movement, Islamic Jihad Movement of Bangladesh, Lashkar Jahangoy, Mujahedeen Movement, Jaysh Mohammad, Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, Tariq Gaydar Group, Jammat Ahrar, ...
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Protest, Boycott, Diplomatic Rebuke Intensify over Macron’s Anti-Islam Comments
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Protest, Boycott, Diplomatic Rebuke Intensify over Macron’s Anti-Islam Comments

Tuesday 27 October 2020 ،
Dawa Party strongly condemned Macron’s comments against Islam and demanded that he apologize. In a provocative move that hurt the feelings of Muslims, Macron “has defended publication of caricatures offending Prophet Muhammad and said France would not give them up under the pr ...
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US Choking Criticism of Israel at UNSC: China
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US Choking Criticism of Israel at UNSC: China

Monday 17 May 2021 ،
Dawa Party, expressed support for the Palestinian people during a televised program and said Baghdad would never normalize its relations with the Israeli regime. Influential Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr addressed the regional Arab states, including the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, who last yea ...
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Widely Censured Erbil Conference Ends in Tough Lessons, Consequences for Organizers
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Widely Censured Erbil Conference Ends in Tough Lessons, Consequences for Organizers

Thursday 30 September 2021 ،
Dawa Party and State of Law Coalition led by former PM Nouri al-Maliki stated that we strongly condemn the conference of a group that only represent themselves not the real will of the Iraqis.  Normalization with the usurping Zionist enemy is a crime under the Iraqi Penal Code, and the judicia ...
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Iraq Street Protest Duel: Where Is Al-Sadr Taking Iraq?
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Iraq Street Protest Duel: Where Is Al-Sadr Taking Iraq?

Monday 15 August 2022 ،
Dawa Party and National Wisdom Movement to the site of the protests around Green Zone. The SCF supporters also held demonstrations in other parts of Iraq, including Basra and Mosul.  Now here is a question: Can street duel of the supporters of the opposite sides cause al-Sadr to change his beh ...
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Kurds Double-Edged Sword Determining Erdogan’s Win or Loss
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Kurds Double-Edged Sword Determining Erdogan’s Win or Loss

Sunday 30 April 2023 ،
Dawa party, which could work to his advantage in the upcoming elections.  Kurds not united  Though presence of the six opposition parties in a coalition built a consensus against Erdogan, it seems that only the HDP backs the six-party alliance and other Kurds are still undecided about en ...
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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 ،
Dawa Party, Babylonian Movement, and others oppose continuation of the party’s control over these regions.  Abbas told Al-Arabi Al-Jadeed that Bashiqa region is ruled by the KDP since 2003 and the former manager of this region who is a KDP member is apparently an administratively-failed ...
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Iraq SCF’s Hat- trick in Political Game
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Iraq SCF’s Hat- trick in Political Game

Wednesday 4 December 2024 ،
Dawa Party and a supporter of the law reform, explained the reason for this by stating that “75 percent of the current MPs support voting to amend the law,” adding: “The proposed amendment does not contradict Article 41 of the Constitution, which recognizes the rights of every reli ...
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Al-Maliki’s Comeback to Iraq’s PM Post
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Al-Maliki’s Comeback to Iraq’s PM Post

Sunday 25 January 2026 ،
Dawa Party Al-Maliki, in addition to leading the Dawa Party and the State of Law Coalition, previously served as PM of Iraq for eight years. Born on June 20, 1950, al-Maliki has deep historical roots, as his grandfather, Muhammad Hassan Abu al-Muhasnees, was a leader in the May 20 Revolution agains ...

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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.