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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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Two Rockets Hit Baghdad’s Green Zone near US Embassy

Two Rockets Hit Baghdad’s Green Zone near US Embassy

Tuesday 24 September 2019
Baghdad, security and diplomatic sources said on Monday. Alwaght- Two rockets have hit the Green Zone of Iraq's capital, a fortified area in central part of Baghdad, security and diplomatic sources said on Monday. No casualty or damage has been reported so far following the Monday attacks. A f ...
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Marching Continues Less than a Week to Arabaeen

Marching Continues Less than a Week to Arabaeen

Monday 14 October 2019 ،
Baghdad and a couple of other cities. They are now showing signs of relaxing as the “uniting” ceremony arrives. Iraqis say foreign-backed elements have taken advantage of the situation to bring back violence and terrorism to the country while the people’s demands are purely econom ...
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11 US Troops Injured in Iran Retaliatory Attack in Iraq despite Earlier Denials

11 US Troops Injured in Iran Retaliatory Attack in Iraq despite Earlier Denials

Saturday 18 January 2020 ،
Baghdad. ISIS delighted about Soleimani assassination' Many observers have highlighted that Washington's provocations in Iraq, notably the assassination of Gen. Soleimani, benefits ISIS in Iraq. Earlier this week, the leading US daily New York Times said that the assassination had de ...
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How Significant Is Iraq’s PMF In Anti-ISIS Fight?

How Significant Is Iraq’s PMF In Anti-ISIS Fight?

Tuesday 5 May 2020 ،
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 in their intenti ...
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Protest, Boycott, Diplomatic Rebuke Intensify over Macron’s Anti-Islam Comments

Protest, Boycott, Diplomatic Rebuke Intensify over Macron’s Anti-Islam Comments

Tuesday 27 October 2020 ،
Baghdad, in the latest display of anger in the Muslim world over the images and Macron’s comments. The demonstrators also held up posters showing caricatures of the European leader and chanted slogans in support of the Prophet. “These ( Macron’s) statements jeopardize global ...
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Over 10 Iraqi Popular Forces Killed in Militants’ Ambush in Tikrit

Over 10 Iraqi Popular Forces Killed in Militants’ Ambush in Tikrit

Sunday 24 January 2021 ،
Baghdad. One of the PMF officers, named Abu Ali al-Maliki, told AFP that the attack targeted the organization's Brigade 22. He said the brigade commander was among those killed before reinforcements from the federal police came to the unit’s aid. PMF security sources said the total toll ...
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Rocket Attack on US Military in Iraq’s Erbil Kills One, Injures Six

Rocket Attack on US Military in Iraq’s Erbil Kills One, Injures Six

Tuesday 16 February 2021 ،
Baghdad. The Monday attack was the deadliest one to hit US-led forces for almost a year in Iraq, where tensions have escalated between US forces, their Iraqi and Kurdish allies on one side and the resistance groups fighting the US occupiers on the other. Anti-American sentiments have been running ...
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US Military bases, Troops Come under Attack in Syria, Iraq

US Military bases, Troops Come under Attack in Syria, Iraq

Sunday 5 December 2021 ،
Baghdad. They were targeted along with their companions on January 3, 2020, in a terrorist drone strike authorized by former US president Donald Trump near Baghdad International Airport. Two days after the attack, Iraqi lawmakers approved a bill that requires the government to end t ...
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Over 50 Martyred in ’Terrorist Attacks’ Near Martyr Soleimani’s Tomb in Kerman, Iran

Over 50 Martyred in ’Terrorist Attacks’ Near Martyr Soleimani’s Tomb in Kerman, Iran

Wednesday 3 January 2024 ،
Baghdad. Head of Iran’s Emergency Medical services Miadfar told Tasnim news agency  at least 53 people have lost their lives and 71 were injured.   The blasts were caused by terrorist attacks, Iran state media quoted a local official in the Kerman province as saying.
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IRGC Missile Strikes Caused a Hellish Night for Mossad and ISIS

IRGC Missile Strikes Caused a Hellish Night for Mossad and ISIS

Tuesday 16 January 2024 ،
Baghdad security deal, including refusal of some Kurdish militias to lay down arms or retreat from their positions.  Kurdish leaders hide behind central government under the excuse of violation of Iraqi sovereignty while over the past year they have failed to comply to the terms of the securit ...

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