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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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Three Rockets Hit US Embassy in Baghdad
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Three Rockets Hit US Embassy in Baghdad

Monday 27 January 2020
Moqtada al-Sadr called on Iraqis to stage a million-strong, peaceful, unified demonstration to condemn the American presence and its violations. Also on Friday, a senior official of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) issued a statement warning the US president to voluntarily order the wi ...
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Iraq’s Sadr Revise Decision to Boycott Elections
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Iraq’s Sadr Revise Decision to Boycott Elections

Saturday 28 August 2021 ،
Moqtada al-Sadr announced on Friday that he will take part in October general election, reversing a decision last month to boycott the poll. Alwaght- Iraq's influential cleric Moqtada al-Sadr announced on Friday that he will take part in October general election, reversing a decision last month ...
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Iran to Resume Nuclear Talks in Brussels on Thursday
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Iran to Resume Nuclear Talks in Brussels on Thursday

Monday 18 October 2021 ،
Moqtada al-Sadr emerged as the largest bloc in the house. People marched along the streets in the eastern suburb of Hussainiyah in the capital Baghdad and condemned the results of the parliamentary election as “fraudulent.” Security forces were later deployed to the area to disper ...
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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 ،
Moqtada al-Sadr's disregard for the proposals of the Shiite Coordination Framework (SCF) for negotiation to reach an agreement has caused the all-Shiite bloc to call for its supporters to take to the streets for sit-ins for protection of legal frameworks in reaction to Sadrists.  Aysa ...
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Nation-Wide Curfew Lifted in Iraq as Sadr Urges Followers to Withdraw
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Nation-Wide Curfew Lifted in Iraq as Sadr Urges Followers to Withdraw

Tuesday 30 August 2022 ،
Moqtada al-Sadr called on his supporters to withdraw from the streets, after a day of deadly clashes in the capital, Baghdad. Alwaght- Iraqi government lifted on Tuesday a nation-wide curfew after powerful cleric Moqtada al-Sadr called on his supporters to withdraw from the streets, after a day of d ...
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Sadr Will Not Return to Politics Again: Pundit
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Sadr Will Not Return to Politics Again: Pundit

Saturday 3 September 2022 ،
Moqtada Sadr had announced many times in the past that he would withdraw from politics, but had returned again, is there a possibility that he will return to the political arena this time?   Muqtada Sadr recently announced in his statement that he will not return to power and also apologized ...
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Taliban in Center of Blame for Negligence for Anti-Shiite Attacks
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Taliban in Center of Blame for Negligence for Anti-Shiite Attacks

Monday 3 October 2022 ،
Moqtada al-Sadr, the leader of Iraq's Sadrist Movement, brazenly blamed the Taliban group for successive explosions targeting the country's Shiites. The Shiites of other Islamic countries also expressed their concern about this issue on social networks and declared the Taliban responsible fo ...
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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 ،
Moqtada al-Sadr. After he announced his retirement from political life last year, al-Sadr asked his supporters to boycott the elections.  Responding to questions by his supporters about participating in the elections, the powerful cleric noted that one of the most important characteristics tha ...
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Will Al-Sadr Re-embrace Anti-American Struggle? Evidence and Motivations
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Will Al-Sadr Re-embrace Anti-American Struggle? Evidence and Motivations

Sunday 28 January 2024 ،
Moqtada al-Sadr played the role of a prominent political and religious leader in the developments of Iraq in recent years, in the early years after the military occupation of Iraq by the US, al-Sadr became the spearhead of the military struggle against the occupiers by founding a militant group call ...
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Way of Al-Aqsa: This Year’s Arbaeen Procession Embraces Palestinian Liberation Agenda More Than Ever
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Way of Al-Aqsa: This Year’s Arbaeen Procession Embraces Palestinian Liberation Agenda More Than Ever

Tuesday 13 August 2024 ،
Moqtada al-Sadr said.  The oppression of Palestinian nation is inspired by the oppression of Imam Hussain (peace be upon him), he added.  Arabaeen, the best opportunity to counter Israeli criminals For Shiites, Muharram mourning and Arbaeen procession are not just marking a religious ri ...

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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