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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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Why’s Iran No Longer Accepting Afghan Immigrants?
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Why’s Iran No Longer Accepting Afghan Immigrants?

Wednesday 16 July 2025
Saddam of Iraq waged against neighboring Iran. However, over the part few months and amid the security developments in Iran followed by Israeli aggression, the Iranian officials have made a different decision on Afghan immigrants. Now Iran’s official policy is end of Afghans’ presence a ...
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Shadow of Collapse on Iraq’s Kurdistan Region
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Shadow of Collapse on Iraq’s Kurdistan Region

Wednesday 27 August 2025 ،
Saddam Hussein’s regime to help him push back PUK forces and reclaim Erbil. The clashes dragged on until September 1998, when the two sides, under US mediation and pressure, finally signed a peace deal. That agreement has long since lost its teeth as a mechanism for resolving disputes. The po ...
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Iraq’s Election Atmosphere Overshadowed by Massive Candidate Disqualifications
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Iraq’s Election Atmosphere Overshadowed by Massive Candidate Disqualifications

Wednesday 10 September 2025 ،
Saddam Hussein before the US invasion of the country in 2003. In many instances, even open investigations or unproven allegations have been deemed sufficient for exclusion. The current number of disqualifications has surpassed the record set in the 2010 election, where nearly 499 candidates were ba ...
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Iranian Commander Says Israel Relies on US And NATO Support to Sustain Its War
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Iranian Commander Says Israel Relies on US And NATO Support to Sustain Its War

Wednesday 24 September 2025 ،
Saddam’s war on Iran and Israel’s assault, arguing that global powers armed both enemies. He said Iran’s struggle is not against “small enemies” but against global arrogance. Even after the Iraq war, he added, enemies resorted to sanctions, cultural warfare, and psychol ...
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Blair, a War Criminal Named for Trump’s Gaza Administration
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Blair, a War Criminal Named for Trump’s Gaza Administration

Thursday 2 October 2025 ،
Saddam Hussein’s Iraq. A year later, under his leadership, Britain joined NATO airstrikes against Yugoslavia. In 2000, he deployed troops to intervene in Sierra Leone’s civil war, and in 2001, after the September 11 attacks, backed American’s invasion of Afghanistan. A tarnished p ...
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Baghdad-Erbil Oil Exports Deal: From Home to Regional and International Geopolitical Impacts
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Baghdad-Erbil Oil Exports Deal: From Home to Regional and International Geopolitical Impacts

Sunday 5 October 2025 ،
Saddam Hussein's regime in 2003, Erbil began building its own energy infrastructure and started connecting oilfields to the Ceyhan pipeline via new links it constructed. This move allowed the semi-autonomous region to export oil largely independent of Baghdad. This approach by the Kurds stirred ...
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Shadow Man: What’s behind US Envoy’s Activism in Iraq?
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Shadow Man: What’s behind US Envoy’s Activism in Iraq?

Monday 10 November 2025 ،
Saddam Hussein’s Baath regime, Sunnis enjoyed a privileged position, and many tribal leaders continue to blame Washington for their community’s current situation. Against this backdrop, Sawaya’s mission in Iraq is to rebuild Sunni trust and align them with US policies, a strategy a ...
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Israel’s Creeping Influence in Central Asia a Threat to Iran’s Security Interests
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Israel’s Creeping Influence in Central Asia a Threat to Iran’s Security Interests

Wednesday 12 November 2025 ،
Saddam Hussein during the 1991 Persian Gulf War, Israel's past failures in engaging the Muslim world, and a general unfamiliarity with the region. However, over time, these assumptions shifted. The primary catalyst for Israel's strategic reassessment was its confrontation with the Resistanc ...
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What Does High Iraq Election Turnout Mean?
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What Does High Iraq Election Turnout Mean?

Wednesday 12 November 2025 ،
Saddam Hussein, reflecting a decline in public trust in the political system and growing popular disillusionment with the effectiveness of successive governments. Accordingly, this report will examine the main reasons for the increased participation, its political and social consequences, including ...
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Iraq Resistance Gained further Weight, US Failed Despite $2b Spending in Vote: Expert
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Iraq Resistance Gained further Weight, US Failed Despite $2b Spending in Vote: Expert

Tuesday 18 November 2025 ،
Saddam Hussein fell in 2003. These elections saw a rise in turnout rate after rounds of downward trend. The increase was reported 15 percent compared to the last election and it is expected that Iraqi election situation will influence the elections in other regional countries, and actually this incr ...

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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.