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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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Baghdad-Erbil Ties Remain Frayed by Open Oil Wound
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Baghdad-Erbil Ties Remain Frayed by Open Oil Wound

Wednesday 16 April 2025
Federal government and Kurdistan region’s road to stable relations remains hostage to unresolved oil dispute. Alwaght- The relations between Iraqi federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) over oil and the mutual charges over smuggling of this vital substance have gone frayed ag ...
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Historic Jump in Iran-Iraq Energy Partnership
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Historic Jump in Iran-Iraq Energy Partnership

Saturday 19 April 2025 ،
Federal Reserve Bank in New York ( JP Morgan and Citi). Iraq then receives these revenues in dollars through the US Treasury. Interestingly, Resolution 1483 did not mention the US Federal Reserve as the host of Iraqi funds. In fact, the resolution specifically stated that the Development Fund for I ...
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What’s Russian Role in Iran-US Nuclear Talks?
Analysis

What’s Russian Role in Iran-US Nuclear Talks?

Sunday 20 April 2025 ،
Federation is ready to do everything in its power to help resolve the situation through political and diplomatic means.” His comments came after he suggested in an interview with the state-run RIA Novosti news agency that Russia and China could serve as joint guarantors of any future agreemen ...
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Hamas Blasts US Decision to Eliminate UNRWA’s Immunity
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Hamas Blasts US Decision to Eliminate UNRWA’s Immunity

Sunday 27 April 2025 ،
Hamas slams US for stripping UNRWA immunity, accusing Washington of blatant anti-Palestinian bias ALWAGHT- Hamas slams US for stripping UNRWA immunity, accusing Washington of 'blatant anti-Palestinian bias'. Hamas has strongly condemned the US Justice Department's decision to revoke UNR ...
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Tehran Criticizes Arab League’s ‘Unacceptable’ Remarks on Three Persian Gulf Islands
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Tehran Criticizes Arab League’s ‘Unacceptable’ Remarks on Three Persian Gulf Islands

Monday 19 May 2025 ،
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson rejected the Arab League’s recent statement on the Persian Gulf islands of Abu Musa, Greater Tunb, and Lesser Tunb ALWAGHT- Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson rejected the Arab League’s recent statement on the Persian Gulf islands of Abu Musa, Great ...
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From Syria Oil to Iraq Gas: How’s US Seeking to Plunder Regional Energy Resources?
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From Syria Oil to Iraq Gas: How’s US Seeking to Plunder Regional Energy Resources?

Sunday 25 May 2025 ،
Federal Supreme Court. It further stressed that natural resources belong to all Iraqis and any investment must be made through the central government and with full transparency in order to guarantee national interests. The dispute over control of these gas fields is a continuation of the old tensio ...
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Can South Africa Apartheid Fall Offer Lessons to Check Israel?
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Can South Africa Apartheid Fall Offer Lessons to Check Israel?

Monday 2 June 2025 ،
World unity against Israel can make a dramatic difference, but the Western support to Israeli crimes cannot be underestimated. Alwaght- These days Gaza situation has gone beyond a crisis. UNRWA in a statement earlier last month said that the humanitarian crisis in the coastal enclave has gone beyond ...
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Tensions Again: Crisis between Baghdad and Erbil over Budget Reignites
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Tensions Again: Crisis between Baghdad and Erbil over Budget Reignites

Sunday 8 June 2025 ،
Federal Court against the prime minister and the ministry of finance. This stance by Erbil was taken in response to a letter from the Iraqi Minister of Finance Tayyip Sami on May 28, which stated that the ministry could no longer continue to pay the region's share of the state budget, as the re ...
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Chaos in Los Angeles as California Rises against White House
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Chaos in Los Angeles as California Rises against White House

Monday 9 June 2025 ،
Protests are taking place in reaction to Trump’s plan to expel foreign immigrants. Alwaght- The US President Donald Trump has recently ordered 2,000 National Guard forces to suppress Los Angeles protests against the administration's immigration plan. At the same time Pete Hegseth put the Marines ...
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Israel’s Costs of War on Iran
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Israel’s Costs of War on Iran

Friday 27 June 2025 ،
Federation of Labor, told Ma'ariv news that the economic shutdown caused by the war with Iran has cost the Israeli economy about 1.5 billion shekels ($294 million) per day, meaning that businesses have lost more than $3.5 billion during the 12-day war with Iran. Israeli economist Yehuda Sharoni ...

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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.