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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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What’s behind Severely-Censored Jeddah Blasts?
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What’s behind Severely-Censored Jeddah Blasts?

Sunday 23 June 2019
ISIS terrorist group claimed the responsibility for the attack. Four of the gunmen were killed without and only three officers were reportedly injured. Such attacks very fast spread through official news outlets and social media accounts. This may direct to the notion that the Jeddah attacks have be ...
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Iraqi-Syrian Border’s Geopolitical Riddle
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Iraqi-Syrian Border’s Geopolitical Riddle

Thursday 2 July 2020 ،
ISIS was announced obliterated in Iraq in 2017, terrorism and protection of the country’s borders against threats posed by remnants of the terrorist group remain a significant issue for Baghdad.  Even in the post-ISIS period, the shared borders with Syria are of great sensitivity to all ...
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What is the Purpose of the Codename "Coup in Iraq"?
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What is the Purpose of the Codename "Coup in Iraq"?

Saturday 10 October 2020 ،
ISIS and the capture of parts of its territory by the terrorist group. In fact, the emergence and beginning of ISIS has become a turning point in the developments in Iraq, and in the last few years, which is referred to as the post-ISIS era, we are witnessing the beginning of a new era in Iraq&rsquo ...
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Zarif’s Baghdad Visit: Polishing Unbreakable Iran-Iraq Alliance
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Zarif’s Baghdad Visit: Polishing Unbreakable Iran-Iraq Alliance

Tuesday 27 April 2021 ،
ISIS emerged in their country and the Americans refused to help in early stages of anti-terror war in violation of a 2008 security pact with Iraq.  Given this level of pressure on Baghdad and such policies by the anti-Iranian camp, Zarif's visit to Baghdad in the current context is express ...
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Hazaras in Afghanistan: Victims of Genocide as World Turns Blind Eye
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Hazaras in Afghanistan: Victims of Genocide as World Turns Blind Eye

Wednesday 9 June 2021 ،
ISIS terrorist group claimed responsibility for much of the anti-Hazara attacks, many believe the attacks on this ethnic group have intricate dark aspects.  According to some Afghan experts, some terrorist movements seeking to wage a religious war in Afghanistan are committing massacres of Haz ...
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Iraqi-Saudi Security Cooperation: Is Unity of Opposites Possible?
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Iraqi-Saudi Security Cooperation: Is Unity of Opposites Possible?

Sunday 16 January 2022 ،
ISIS period?  Joint council formation and its goals  The joint political, security, and military council followed a new trend of closeness between the two countries in 2020. In fact, the Saudi government's serious effort to get closer to Iraq began when Riyadh hosted a meeting with I ...
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Iraq Arrests US Mercenary Tied to Baghdad Airport Attack
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Iraq Arrests US Mercenary Tied to Baghdad Airport Attack

Sunday 30 January 2022 ،
ISIS terrorists In another development, the Iraqi Air Force F-16 fighter jets carried out a series airstrikes on northeast Diyala Province, killing nine ISIS terrorists. The militants were behind the January 21 attack on an Iraqi army outpost near the town of al-Udhaim (also known as al-Azim) that ...
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Regional Commemorations Renew Popular Faith to Gen. Soleimani’s Path
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Regional Commemorations Renew Popular Faith to Gen. Soleimani’s Path

Thursday 4 January 2024 ،
ISIS terrorist group.  Al-Maliki, for his part, described the assassination of the top commanders of battle against ISIS as the “collapse of all the values of the international community”, stressing that the US president’s supervision of this crime at the Baghdad airport redu ...
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The Barzanis and the tactic of removing traces
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The Barzanis and the tactic of removing traces

Saturday 27 January 2024 ،
ISIS and the turbulent security, political, and social situation in Iraq after this event, the reality becomes completely clear to any external observer that the Islamic Republic of Iran was the first and most important regional and international player to rush to defend the territorial sovereignty ...
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What prompted Arab countries to reintroduce mandatory military service?
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What prompted Arab countries to reintroduce mandatory military service?

Tuesday 5 March 2024 ،
ISIS invasion in 2014, resulting in an unprecedented collapse. Sixty percent of Iraq's population is under 25 years old, with an estimated unemployment rate of around 36% for this age group. Hence, the approval of compulsory military service in this country appears predictable. Is mandatory mil ...

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