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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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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
Mohammed Shia al-Sudani is making moves to quickly send a committee to identify the administrative challenges and find solutions to them in Bashiqa.  This is yet another promise from the Iraqi officials to thousands of displaced people who are fed up with these promises and who, angry and frus ...
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SCF Mediating to Settle Baghdad-Erbil Oil Disputes
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SCF Mediating to Settle Baghdad-Erbil Oil Disputes

Thursday 10 August 2023 ،
Mohammed Shia al-Sudani and the head of Fatah parliamentary block Hadi al-Amiri the disputed case.  Al-Amiri’s office stated that the meeting, mediated by Shiite Coordination Framework (SCF), discussed the country's latest developments, elections, government performance, and the impl ...
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Dry Canal, Iraq’s Costly Project to Link Persian Gulf to Europe
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Dry Canal, Iraq’s Costly Project to Link Persian Gulf to Europe

Tuesday 15 August 2023 ،
Mohammed Shia al-Sudani during his Turkey visit in March. Through this project, Iraq actually aspires to become an Asia-Europe transportation hub through developing Al-Faw Grand Port. Al-Faw is a port city in Basra province south of Iraq and is one of the main Iraqi ports on the Persian Gulf coast.& ...
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Arbaeen Trek: Iraq’s Fully Prepared to Mark World’s Largest Human Congregation
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Arbaeen Trek: Iraq’s Fully Prepared to Mark World’s Largest Human Congregation

Thursday 17 August 2023 ،
Mohammed Shia al-Sudani also emphasized on successful security and service arrangements to ensure security of the world's largest religious congregation in the city of Karbala.  Reports say that the Iraqi government this year has adopted a special initiative that will see it providing free ...
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Iraq Executes Three ISIS Terrorists for 2016 Bombing that Killed Hundreds
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Iraq Executes Three ISIS Terrorists for 2016 Bombing that Killed Hundreds

Tuesday 29 August 2023 ،
Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said on Monday that the hangings were carried out on Sunday night and Monday morning, but did not name those executed or provide details about when they were sentenced. The attack took place early on July 3, 2016, in Baghdad’s Karrada shopping area when it was filled w ...
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Iraq Expects Over 30 Million Arba’een Pilgrims This Year: Karbala Governor
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Iraq Expects Over 30 Million Arba’een Pilgrims This Year: Karbala Governor

Tuesday 5 September 2023 ،
Mohammed Shia al-Sudani directly supervises the successful holding of the Arba’een commemoration. Four million Iranians in Iraq Iran’s Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi said that nearly 3,800 million Iranians have so far passed the border with neighboring Iraq and that more than 2,300 mil ...
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Shalamcheh-Basra Railway, Missing Linking Ring for East-West Connection
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Shalamcheh-Basra Railway, Missing Linking Ring for East-West Connection

Wednesday 13 September 2023 ،
Mohammed Shia al-Sudani and Iran’s Vice President Mohammed Mokhber last week set the foundation for the rail route of the Shalamcheh Border Crossing for this old project to be concluded as fast as possible.  According to Iranian officials, this is part of a strategic plan of the two coun ...
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What’s Next as Iraq Scraped Maritime Navigation Agreement with Kuwait?
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What’s Next as Iraq Scraped Maritime Navigation Agreement with Kuwait?

Monday 18 September 2023 ،
Mohammed Shia al-Sudani for strengthening ties to the (Persian) Gulf Cooperation Council members and also given the bloc’s supportive resolution to Kuwait, new negotiations for addressing Iraqi concerns about fishing and trade are likely to form. A negotiated new deal then will go to the Iraqi ...
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Iraq’s Provincial Council Elections Kick Off
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Iraq’s Provincial Council Elections Kick Off

Monday 18 December 2023 ،
Mohammed Shia al-Sudani in a letter to the security force thanked them for “securing the election at all of its stages”, adding: “We emphasize your freedom. By participating in the special vote in the provincial council elections, no one has the right to interfere in determining th ...
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What Do New Equations of Iraqi Political Puzzle Signal?
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What Do New Equations of Iraqi Political Puzzle Signal?

Wednesday 27 December 2023 ،
Mohammed Shia al-Sudani is tasked. Additionally, the results can chart a roadmap for future of political alliances to pave their way to the next parliamentary election.  Surprises by al-Halbousi and resistance forces  The results of provincial councils bore some surprises, with the most ...

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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