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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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13,000 Iranians Killed by West’s Chemical Arms Supplied to Ex-Iraqi Dictator: Official
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13,000 Iranians Killed by West’s Chemical Arms Supplied to Ex-Iraqi Dictator: Official

Saturday 18 March 2023
Iran’s top human rights official has deplored the European Parliament’s resolution over the suspected poisoning of some students in Iranian schools, emphasizing that thousands of Iranians lost their lives as a result of the West’s chemical weapons supplied to the deposed Ba’ath regime of Iraq during the 1980-1988 imposed war on Iran.
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Kata’ib Hezbollah Warns US of Direct Confrontation If Resistance Groups Targeted in Iraq
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Kata’ib Hezbollah Warns US of Direct Confrontation If Resistance Groups Targeted in Iraq

Sunday 26 March 2023
Iraqi resistance group Kata’ib Hezbollah warned American forces of "direct confrontation", saying its forces will take the US troops by surprise and deliver them a stinging blow if they launch attacks similar to air strikes in neighboring Syria against the positions of resistance forces in Iraq.
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Iraq Condemns Turkey Attack on Sulaymaniyah Airport
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Iraq Condemns Turkey Attack on Sulaymaniyah Airport

Saturday 8 April 2023
Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid condemned the recent shelling of Sulaymaniyah airport in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region by the Turkish military, calling on Ankara to cease hostilities and apologize for bombarding the area.
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US Following ‘Divide, Steal’ Policy in Iraq and Syria
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US Following ‘Divide, Steal’ Policy in Iraq and Syria

Wednesday 19 April 2023
The Americans are a source of trouble for Iraq, Syria, and Turkey as they support illegal activities in two Arab countries.
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Iraq’s General Amnesty Law Causing Heated Debate Over its Coverage Range
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Iraq’s General Amnesty Law Causing Heated Debate Over its Coverage Range

Thursday 20 April 2023
Opponents of the law argue that the amnesty can release dangerous terrorists and bring back threats to the country.
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Iraq’s Water Crisis: Will PM Al-Sudani Succumb to Turkish Ransom Seeking?
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Iraq’s Water Crisis: Will PM Al-Sudani Succumb to Turkish Ransom Seeking?

Wednesday 26 April 2023
Iraq is facing serious water shortage that is partly because of Turkish dam construction. The PM seeks a solution with Ankara.
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Iraqi President Visits Iran Leading High-Ranking Delegation
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Iraqi President Visits Iran Leading High-Ranking Delegation

Saturday 29 April 2023
Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid arrived in Iran’s capital Tehran and welcomed by President Ebrahim Raeisi while leading a high-ranking delegation in his first visit to the neighboring nation since taking office last year.
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Iraqi President’s Tehran Visit Was for Accelerating $20 billion Trade Target: Expert
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Iraqi President’s Tehran Visit Was for Accelerating $20 billion Trade Target: Expert

Sunday 30 April 2023
Iran and Iraqi set a $20 billion target for their trade and Iraqi president discussed ways to speed up this process.
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5,000 Operations Carried out against Occupying American Forces in Iraq: Resistance Group
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5,000 Operations Carried out against Occupying American Forces in Iraq: Resistance Group

Sunday 7 May 2023
The leader of Iraq’s Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq said the resistance group has so far carried out 5,000 operations against occupying American forces present in the Arab country.
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Iraq Water Conference, Baghdad’s Initiative to Beat Drought Challenges
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Iraq Water Conference, Baghdad’s Initiative to Beat Drought Challenges

Monday 8 May 2023
The Iraqi government hosted 3rd international water conference to warn about the water scarcity challenge and seek water management solutions.
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Iran President Urges Complete Pursuance of Anti-Terror Commanders’ Assassination Case
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Iran President Urges Complete Pursuance of Anti-Terror Commanders’ Assassination Case

Wednesday 10 May 2023
Iran President called for expeditious and complete pursuance of the case concerning Washington’s 2020 assassination of the Islamic Republic’s and Iraq’s senior anti-terror commanders, Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.
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Is Al-Sadr Close to Ending Political Self-Isolation?
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Is Al-Sadr Close to Ending Political Self-Isolation?

Tuesday 16 May 2023
Influential Iraqi cleric may want to shift his approach and return to politics a few months to early elections.
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Iraqi Fencing Team Quit World Cup to Avoid Competing against Israel
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Iraqi Fencing Team Quit World Cup to Avoid Competing against Israel

Monday 22 May 2023
Iraq’s national fencing team withdrew from the 2023 International Fencing Federation (FIE)’s Senior World Cup in the Turkish port city of Istanbul in order to refrain from facing Israeli regime’s fencers.
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Thousands of Yazidis Remain Displaced Amid Baghdad-Erbil Gaps
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Thousands of Yazidis Remain Displaced Amid Baghdad-Erbil Gaps

Tuesday 23 May 2023
Ways to return of Yazidis to their homes remain closed as central Iraqi government and Kurdistan region remain divided on ending Sinjar crisis.
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Iraq Launches $17bln Road, Rail Project to Link Asia, Europe
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Iraq Launches $17bln Road, Rail Project to Link Asia, Europe

Sunday 28 May 2023
Iraq launched a $17 billion project on Saturday to link a major commodities port on its southern coast by rail and roads to the border with Turkey, in a move designed to transform the country’s economy after decades of war and crisis.

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Palestinians Protest near Nablus against Return of Settlers to Homesh

Palestinians Protest near Nablus against Return of Settlers to Homesh