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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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ISIS Attacks and Risks of Sectarian War in Iraq
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ISIS Attacks and Risks of Sectarian War in Iraq

Sunday 31 October 2021
Mosul and other parts from the grasp of terrorist militants. After ISIS was obliterated in 2017, the voluntary force remained at the top of a front watching movements of ISIS remnants and sleeper cells. The areas where the recent attacks took place were not attended by PMF, also called Hashed al-Sh ...
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Iraq-Hosted Old Civilizations Forum Seeks Protection to Heritage, Antiquities
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Iraq-Hosted Old Civilizations Forum Seeks Protection to Heritage, Antiquities

Tuesday 6 December 2022 ،
Mosul museum. Also some civilizational symbols were destroyed with explosives by the terrorist militias. These antiquities were historical treasures Iraq spent huge resources on to protect over centuries and were important in providing information on its ancient civilization. The developments in Ir ...
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What’s behind US Suspicious Movements in Ein Al-Asad Base?
Analysis

What’s behind US Suspicious Movements in Ein Al-Asad Base?

Tuesday 2 May 2023 ،
Mosul, three in the Kurdistan region, two in Kirkuk, two in Anbar, and one in Tikrit. So far, only Taji base was evacuated and the rest are operating under the control of the Americans.  Ein al-Asad operates as the command center and after the Iranian missile strikes in 2020 in retaliation of ...
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Thousands of Yazidis Remain Displaced Amid Baghdad-Erbil Gaps
Analysis

Thousands of Yazidis Remain Displaced Amid Baghdad-Erbil Gaps

Tuesday 23 May 2023 ،
Mosul. Also control of Sinjar means security dominance over a large part of the Iraqi-Syrian borders from Rabia to borders of northern Al Anbar. That is why after ISIS obliteration, other terrorist groups like PKK set their eyes on it. Given the fact that KRG leaders are closing their eyes to PKK cr ...
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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 ،
Mosul city as the provincial capital which fell into the hands of Takfiris in the ISIS attack in June 2014, and as a result, thousands of people in the region were displaced.  In an earlier interview with Aljazeera, al-Shomari had said that the displaced people of this region are either living ...
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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 ،
Mosul of Iraq.  By building over 130 military bases in various parts of northern Iraq, Turkey has already seized Iraqi territory and it rejects to withdraw despite several Baghdad complaints to the international organizations.  Therefore, the Iraqi officials should take danger of the evi ...
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From Damascus to Gaza: Turkish Neo-Ottomanism Vs. Axis of Resistance Discourse
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From Damascus to Gaza: Turkish Neo-Ottomanism Vs. Axis of Resistance Discourse

Sunday 2 March 2025 ،
Mosul are no secret to political observers and analysts. However, what the Turkish FM calls the high cost of supporting resistance groups is the same characteristic of the task-oriented thinking of the Iranian Islamic Revolution's discourse in terms of international and regional issues that has ...
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Stripped of Excuse, Will Turkey Remove Forces from Iraq after PKK Disarming?
Analysis

Stripped of Excuse, Will Turkey Remove Forces from Iraq after PKK Disarming?

Wednesday 14 May 2025 ،
Mosul, which are militias composed of Iraqi Yazidis and other Kurds. The most prominent of these groups are the Sinjar Protection Units, known locally as the Yazidi militia. Most of them are said to be active in Sinjar and its surroundings. Turkish presence in Iraq in figures Iraq has never approv ...
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What’s behind the Dangerous Push to Disarm Resistance Groups in Iraq?
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What’s behind the Dangerous Push to Disarm Resistance Groups in Iraq?

Tuesday 8 July 2025 ،
Mosul and Kirkuk in the future. Turkey welcomes the elimination of the PMF, as this powerful popular force has been one of the main obstacles to Turkish expansionism in Iraq. - American-Israeli joint project The US and Israel have common interests in weakening the Axis of Resistance.  Israe ...
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Iraq’s PMF, the Ensurer of Arbaeen Congregation Security
Analysis

Iraq’s PMF, the Ensurer of Arbaeen Congregation Security

Saturday 2 August 2025 ،
Mosul and then the self-proclaimed ISIS caliphate led by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, advancing to the capital Baghdad, risked seizing the capital city and desecrating the religious cities of Najaf and Karbala. In the vacuum caused by the collapse of the army, not the Western powers but an army of volunta ...

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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.