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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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Iraq Summons US, British Ambassadors over Airstrikes on Popular Forces Positions
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Iraq Summons US, British Ambassadors over Airstrikes on Popular Forces Positions

Saturday 14 March 2020
al-Muhandis, and their companions in a US airstrike authorized by President Donald Trump near Baghdad International Airport on January 3.  
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Iraq Army Calls on Foreign Forces to Leave Following US Airstrikes
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Iraq Army Calls on Foreign Forces to Leave Following US Airstrikes

Sunday 15 March 2020 ،
al-Muhandis, and their companions in US airstrike authorized by President Donald Trump near Baghdad International Airport two days earlier. Later on January 9, former Iraqi prime minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi called on the United States to dispatch a delegation to Baghdad tasked with formulat ...
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Iraq Lodges Complaint with UNSC over US Airstrikes
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Iraq Lodges Complaint with UNSC over US Airstrikes

Wednesday 18 March 2020 ،
al-Muhandis, and their companions in a US airstrike authorized by President Donald Trump near Baghdad International Airport on January 3. The US, backed by Britain, invaded Iraq in 2003 claiming that the former regime of Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction. No such weapons, however ...
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Iran Leader Calls for ‘Jump in Production’ as Country Rings in New Year
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Iran Leader Calls for ‘Jump in Production’ as Country Rings in New Year

Friday 20 March 2020 ،
al-Muhandis and his comrades as well as the martyrs of the Kerman incident, the martyrs of the airplane incident and the martyrs on the path of health. The latter are people who achieved the high rank of death and martyrdom in the way of God while they were rendering services to patients. I would l ...
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Zarif Rejects Trump’s Claim about Possible Iran Attack on US Forces in Iraq
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Zarif Rejects Trump’s Claim about Possible Iran Attack on US Forces in Iraq

Thursday 2 April 2020 ،
al-Muhandis in a drone strike in Baghdad, sending anti-US sentiments soaring both in the two neighboring states and the entire region. “Don’t be misled by usual warmongers, AGAIN, @realDonaldTrump: Iran has FRIENDS: No one can have MILLIONS of proxies. Unlike the US — which surrep ...
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What’s Driving US Patriot Missile Deployment In Iraq?
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What’s Driving US Patriot Missile Deployment In Iraq?

Monday 6 April 2020 ،
al-Muhandis, the deputy commander of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), both of whom were marked leaders who led ISIS terrorist group obliteration operations in Iraq.  The Patriot batteries dispatch marks the latest in a series of US efforts to forge the necessary excuses to stay in ...
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Iraq’s New Choice for Prime Minister Suggests Defeat of US Pressure
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Iraq’s New Choice for Prime Minister Suggests Defeat of US Pressure

Sunday 12 April 2020 ،
al-Muhandis, the second-in-command of the PMU, or Hashd al-Sha’abi, and a number of others, targeting their vehicle in Baghdad. At the time of the attack, General Soleimani was on an official trip in the Iraqi capital at Baghdad’s request. Prior to his martyrdom, General Soleimani ...
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What’s Behind Recent ISIS Moves In Iraq?
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What’s Behind Recent ISIS Moves In Iraq?

Saturday 18 April 2020 ،
al-Muhandis in early January, the US strongly feels damages to its position in Iraq and appears to have instructed ISIS to restart its activities in Iraq.  All say no to Washington  Iraq's developments disclose the ever-growing anti-American sentiments among the Iraqi society and pol ...
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Iraqi Popular Forces Thwart Several ISIS Attacks as Report Warns of US-Saudi Plot to Revive Group
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Iraqi Popular Forces Thwart Several ISIS Attacks as Report Warns of US-Saudi Plot to Revive Group

Monday 4 May 2020 ،
al-Muhandis, alongside Iran’s top anti-terror Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, in the capital city Baghdad in January. Iraqi resistance groups have responded by vowing to take up arms against US military presence if Washington fails to comply with a parliamentary order calling for the exp ...
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How Significant Is Iraq’s PMF In Anti-ISIS Fight?
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How Significant Is Iraq’s PMF In Anti-ISIS Fight?

Tuesday 5 May 2020 ،
al-Muhandis near Baghdad airport, the Iraqi lawmakers approved a bill calling the government to expel the foreign forces from Iraq, on top of them the US troops. The Iraqis said that the expulsion will largely cut off the US intervention in their country.  Feeling the seriousness of the Iraqis ...

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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.