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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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Operation True Promise and the Hellish Israeli Night
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Operation True Promise and the Hellish Israeli Night

Monday 15 April 2024
Kataib Hezbollah in a statement announced start of the operation and warned the US that its positions will be struck should it assist the Israeli occupation.  Iran's massove operation was welcomed by the Palestinian resistance factions. Hamas announced that Iran's military attack was a ...
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Why’s Tel Aviv Announced Hamas Comdr. Assassination Simultaneous with Tehran and Beirut Assassinations?
Analysis

Why’s Tel Aviv Announced Hamas Comdr. Assassination Simultaneous with Tehran and Beirut Assassinations?

Saturday 3 August 2024 ،
Kataib Hezbollah of Iraq, named Ahmed Najm Abdul Zahra, nicknamed Abu Hassan al-Maliki, was assassinated by airstrikes of US forces on a Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) base in Babil province of Iraq. Three other members of Iraq's Kataib Hezbollah, Hussein Karim Kadhem al-Daraji, Haider Hassan ...
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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 ،
Kataib Hezbollah brigades, responded to this message by reiterating support for Syria and saying: Our power will severely target you, your mercenaries, and your foreign supporters. He also stated: We are aware that this terrorist group has reached an agreement with the Zionist regime against the Sy ...
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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 ،
Kataib Hezbollah Hezbollah Al-Nujaba  Kataib Sayyed Al-Shuhada Asaib Ahl-Haq In addition, there are smaller groups that launch attacks on the American forces in Iraq. These groups seriously joined the anti-occupation battle in two periods, one after the assassination of anti-terror commande ...
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Iraq’s PMF Law: Gradual Integration or Maintaining Its Independence?
Analysis

Iraq’s PMF Law: Gradual Integration or Maintaining Its Independence?

Sunday 13 April 2025 ،
Kataib Hezbollah, Nujaba, Asaib Ahl Al-Haq, Badr, and others. These groups are not ready to lay down arms against common enemies like Israel and the US.  Political officials in Baghdad are well aware of consequences of firing over 220,000 PMF forces and stripping them of their rights. They kno ...
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Iraqi PM’s Meeting with Syria’s Al-Jolani: Secret Diplomacy or Strategic Mistake?
Analysis

Iraqi PM’s Meeting with Syria’s Al-Jolani: Secret Diplomacy or Strategic Mistake?

Tuesday 22 April 2025 ،
Kataib Hezbollah, explicitly called on the government to present a specific timetable for the withdrawal of American forces and threatened that if the al-Sudani's regional independent approach continues, they will withdraw their vote of confidence to him.  This opposition stems in particul ...
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Forbidden Relation? Iraqis Angry as Govt. Invites Syria’s Al-Sharaa
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Forbidden Relation? Iraqis Angry as Govt. Invites Syria’s Al-Sharaa

Sunday 27 April 2025 ،
Kataib Hezbollah, accusing al-Sharaa of leading terrorist groups. Yousef al-Kalabi, an envoy from the ruling Shiite Coordination Framework (SCF) in the Iraqi parliament, said that the Iraqi parliament's protest action against the government's reception of Al-Sharaa comes by more than 50 memb ...
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What’s behind the US Designation of Iraqi Resistance Groups as Terrorists?
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What’s behind the US Designation of Iraqi Resistance Groups as Terrorists?

Monday 22 September 2025 ،
Kataib Sayyed Al-Shohada, Ansarullah Al-Awfiya, and Kataib Imam Ali. It claimed the banned groups were involved in attacks on the US embassy in Baghdad and the military bases hosting the American forces and Western coalition and have used pseudonyms or proxy groups to conceal their role. The Depar ...
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Disarming Iraq’s Resistance: A US Pipe Dream
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Disarming Iraq’s Resistance: A US Pipe Dream

Monday 22 December 2025 ،
Kataib Hezbollah Iraq issued its own statement opposing disarmament, stressing that full sovereignty and security are prerequisites for any such move. The statement said resistance is a legitimate right and that weapons will remain in the hands of the group’s fighters. Any talk of an agreemen ...
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What Are the Consequences of US Kidnapping Iraq’s Resistance Commander?
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What Are the Consequences of US Kidnapping Iraq’s Resistance Commander?

Tuesday 19 May 2026 ،
Kataib Hezbollah resistance group, and transferred him to New York. In a statement, the FBI alleged al-Saedi plotted three attacks against Jewish schools and synagogues in the US.  The Justice Department further claimed that the resistance commander faces six terrorism-related charges tied to ...

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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.