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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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Map of  Latest Battlefield Developments in Syria and Iraq on

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Israeli-Emirati Security and Military Cooperation from Yemen to Sudan
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Israeli-Emirati Security and Military Cooperation from Yemen to Sudan

Wednesday 5 November 2025
Hadibu. The runways on Abd al-Kuri and Samha, the latter of which remains under construction, are exceptionally rudimentary. They are bare strips of pavement, completely lacking support infrastructure, hangars, or operational facilities. These bases put under their operation and surveillance cover ...
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Iraq Vote Results and Resistance Factions’ Position in Next Parliament
Analysis

Iraq Vote Results and Resistance Factions’ Position in Next Parliament

Saturday 15 November 2025 ،
Hadi al-Amiri's Badr Organization also holds 18. On the other hand, local lists such as Services and Wasit Ajmal collectively won 9 seats. Emerging coalitions like Al-Asas and Ashraqat Kanoon each took 8 seats. The Service coalition, which is oriented Determination list, won 6 seats, and the Ri ...
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Iraqi Resistance Groups’ Growing Role in Regional Conflict: Why and How?
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Iraqi Resistance Groups’ Growing Role in Regional Conflict: Why and How?

Tuesday 7 April 2026 ،
Hadid-110 drone striking at a target. These attacks were launched in retaliation for recent airstrikes by American fighter jets on Public Mobilization Forces (PMF) positions. On Monday, the PMF, locally called Hashd Al-Shabi, reported simultaneous US air strikes on two of its bases, stating that th ...
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Minab School Crime: Why’s US Angry with ICC Judges for Iran Visit?
Analysis

Minab School Crime: Why’s US Angry with ICC Judges for Iran Visit?

Saturday 18 July 2026 ،
Haditha massacre in 2005: On November 2005 and after death of a US Marine in a roadside bomb, the US Marines entered Haditha town, massacring 25 innocent Iraqi civilians, mainly women and children. It made one of the biggest criminal investigations of the US military in Iraq war. Despite charges bei ...
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Al-Hayya Elected Leader of Hamas: Continuing Sinwar’s Path or Starting a New Chapter?
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Al-Hayya Elected Leader of Hamas: Continuing Sinwar’s Path or Starting a New Chapter?

Saturday 25 July 2026 ،
Hadith sciences from the University of Jordan in 1989. He completed his PhD in the same field at Sudan’s International University of the Quran and Islamic Sciences in 1997. He entered the resistance ranks against Israeli occupation in the early 1990s and spent three years in Israeli prisons. ...
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Iraq’s Marathon to Break Out of Cabinet Posts Uncertainty
Analysis

Iraq’s Marathon to Break Out of Cabinet Posts Uncertainty

Monday 10 August 2026 ،
Hadi, a member of the SCF, has recently reported the bloc's intention to determine the vacant posts of the government. Forces of this coalition will meet on Thursday to discuss five key cases, he said. The meeting, however, seems to have been postponed. Abdul Hadi told Al-Maalouma news website ...
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US Play with Withdrawal Card: Retreat from Iraq under Banner of Strategy Shift
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US Play with Withdrawal Card: Retreat from Iraq under Banner of Strategy Shift

Sunday 6 September 2026 ،
Hadi al-Amiri, has held a series of closed-door meetings with armed groups in recent days. Operating under the mandate of the State Administration Coalition and the Shia Coordination Framework (SCF), the committee is backing Prime Minister Ali al-Zaydi’s push to bring all weapons under state c ...
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Amending Iraq’s PMF Law: Change of Structure or Nature?
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Amending Iraq’s PMF Law: Change of Structure or Nature?

Sunday 13 September 2026 ،
Hadi al-Amiri, secretary-general of Iraq's Badr Organization, told tribal leaders at a meeting that we will pass the Popular Mobilization Forces law. We have discussed this with the prime minister, and he supports it. Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaydi once again stressed that the measure sits a ...
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Iran Flights Embargo and Test of Iraq’s Sovereignty
Analysis

Iran Flights Embargo and Test of Iraq’s Sovereignty

Monday 28 September 2026 ،
Hadi al-Amiri (whose Badr Organization counts Transport Minister Wahhab Salman Mohammed al-Hasani, the official overseeing the aviation file, among its ranks), Sheikh Akram al-Kaabi, secretary-general of the al-Nujaba Movement, and Hussein al-Mousawi, the movement’s deputy secretary-general fo ...
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US Military Withdrawal not End of US Iraq Presence, Iran Needs Long-term Iraq Strategy: Expert
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US Military Withdrawal not End of US Iraq Presence, Iran Needs Long-term Iraq Strategy: Expert

Saturday 3 October 2026 ،
Hadi Afghahi in an interview with Alwaght pointed to the American military withdrawal from Iraq, saying that this is not an end to the American presence in Iraq and that Washington will seek to maintain influence in this country through political, economic, security, and cultural paths. 2003 invasi ...

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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.