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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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Hezbollah’s Combined Operation Arbaeen with Multi-Level Aims
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Hezbollah’s Combined Operation Arbaeen with Multi-Level Aims

Tuesday 27 August 2024
Operation Arbaeen by Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, came after several weeks of strategic patience for punishment of the Israeli occupation, sending the message to the Israelis that no action against Lebanon will go unanswered within the framework of the balance of threat. Following the a ...
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Iraq’s PMF, the Ensurer of Arbaeen Congregation Security
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Iraq’s PMF, the Ensurer of Arbaeen Congregation Security

Saturday 2 August 2025 ،
Operations, last year outlined to the Iraqi news agency the PMF’s security plan for the Arbaeen: - Deployment of four brigades of the PMF in the areas of Altun Kobri to Daquq and control of Jeman to Daquq and then towards Tuz Khurma and Amerli and then to Diyala Operations Command. - Deploym ...
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Larijani’s Iraq, Lebanon Tour: Security Diplomacy to Check US Plans
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Larijani’s Iraq, Lebanon Tour: Security Diplomacy to Check US Plans

Saturday 16 August 2025 ،
Arbaeen ceremony and following the situation of Iranian pilgrims in Iraq for the religious congregation.  But the most important part of Larijani's trip was definitely the signing of the Iran-Iraq Security Cooperation MoU, which was reached between the two countries two years ago and the p ...
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Iraq’s Resistance between Maintaining Arms and Handing Them Over: Will the US Project Pan Out?"
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Iraq’s Resistance between Maintaining Arms and Handing Them Over: Will the US Project Pan Out?"

Sunday 7 June 2026 ،
Arbaeen pilligrims. Countering the American occupation For all resistance factions, staying committed until the complete end of US military occupation in Iraq is another non-negotible principle. On that front, Nazim al-Saedi traced their refusal to disarm directly back to continued US influence. H ...
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Islamic Revolution Path Continues Under New Leader: Russian Academic
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Islamic Revolution Path Continues Under New Leader: Russian Academic

Monday 6 July 2026 ،
Arbaeen of Imam Hussein. That's the image we have in mind, because all the lovers of our martyred Leader are gathering, coming not just from Iran but from neighboring and even far-flung countries, carrying his memory in their hearts. I think what one witnesses at Arbaeen, the love, the solidarit ...
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Iranian FM Condemns Joint US-Saudi Attacks on Iraqi Territory
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Iranian FM Condemns Joint US-Saudi Attacks on Iraqi Territory

Wednesday 29 July 2026 ،
Arbaeen pilgrimage processions and service stations. It described the attacks as a violation of Iraq's sovereignty and international law. The ministry argued that the strikes were aimed at escalating conflict in West Asia, expressed condolences for those killed, and reaffirmed Iran's suppor ...
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Arbaeen Under the Shadow of US Hostilities: What’s Going on in Iraq?
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Arbaeen Under the Shadow of US Hostilities: What’s Going on in Iraq?

Saturday 1 August 2026 ،
Operations Command has rolled out a multilayered security plan for the global Arbaeen pilgrimage, deploying army units, federal police, counterterrorism forces, Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) personnel, and intelligence agencies along the main routes to Karbala, Najaf, Baghdad, Babylon, and Diyal ...
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Bombing in Lebanon, Talking in Italy: Why Does Negotiating with Tel Aviv not Work?
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Bombing in Lebanon, Talking in Italy: Why Does Negotiating with Tel Aviv not Work?

Wednesday 5 August 2026 ،
Arbaeen commemoration, Qassem asserted: We believe today that direct negotiations have brought Lebanon nothing but disgrace, humiliation, failure, and endless concessions. He accused Israel of spending the past 15 months pursuing a strategy of gradually destroying the resistance, using every diaboli ...
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Hezbollah’s New Strategy for Managing Potential Tensions with New Syria
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Hezbollah’s New Strategy for Managing Potential Tensions with New Syria

Thursday 6 August 2026 ،
Arbaeen commemoration of Imam Hussein, Hezbollah Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem declared that the movement has “no objection to holding a public meeting with Syria’s leadership whenever both sides deem it appropriate,” while stressing “the importance and necessity of a ...
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An Arbaeen of Vengeance
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An Arbaeen of Vengeance

Friday 7 August 2026 ،
Arbaeen was a display of Shiite unity around one demand: Revenge for Martyred Leader Sayyed Ali Khamenei. Alwaght- This year’s Arbaeen pilgrimage took place with millions of mourners from Iraq and beyond flooding the routes to Karbala, all while West Asia remains mired in security threats, pol ...

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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.