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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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Syrian Army Foils ISIS Attack on Military Airport

Syrian Army Foils ISIS Attack on Military Airport

Sunday 23 October 2016
Hawijah Al-Saqr. Syrian army has been fighting foreign-backed terrorist and militant groups since 2011 when they first appeared in the country. 
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11 Dead in Explosions in Iraq

11 Dead in Explosions in Iraq

Monday 14 November 2016 ،
Hawijah, located about 282 kilometers north of the capital, two civilians were killed and seven others injured in a bomb explosion that targeted displaced families. An improvised explosive device also went off in farming lands southwest of the city of Baqubah, located some 50 kilometers northeast o ...
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ISIS Tortures, Rapes Sunni Women in Iraq: HRW

ISIS Tortures, Rapes Sunni Women in Iraq: HRW

Monday 20 February 2017 ،
Hawijah, said the terrorists told her that she was an apostate because her husband had earlier fled the town, forcing her to marry the local terrorist leader. She told the HRW that the terrorists blindfolded, beat her with plastic cables, suspended her by her arms for some time and then raped her a ...
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Iraqi Army, Popular Forces in Tal Afar Anti-ISIS Operation

Iraqi Army, Popular Forces in Tal Afar Anti-ISIS Operation

Thursday 3 August 2017 ،
Hawijah and the surrounding area.
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Iraqi Forces Advance in Offensive to Liberates Hawija from ISIS

Iraqi Forces Advance in Offensive to Liberates Hawija from ISIS

Thursday 21 September 2017 ،
Hawijah liberation operation, Lieutenant General Abdul Amir Yarallah, announced in a statement on Thursday that the units of the 9th Armored Division as well as the 2nd and 11th brigades of the Popular Mobilization Forces had successfully completed the first phase of the operation to liberate Hawija ...
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Iraqi Forces Begin Second Push to Liberate Hawija Town from ISIS

Iraqi Forces Begin Second Push to Liberate Hawija Town from ISIS

Friday 29 September 2017 ،
Hawijah city from ISIS terrorist group Alwaght- Iraqi forces have launched the second phase of a large-scale operation to recapture the al-Hawija city from ISIS terrorist group. “A huge military operation has begun to liberate Hawija and its surrounding areas,” the commander of the ...
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Iraqi Army Declares Hawija Liberated from ISIS Terrorists

Iraqi Army Declares Hawija Liberated from ISIS Terrorists

Thursday 5 October 2017 ،
Hawijah,” adding, “Only the outskirts remain to be recaptured.” The premier described the latest gain as a “victory not just of Iraq but of the whole world.” The military said Hawija, located in Iraq’s oil-rich Kirkuk Province, and its surrounding areas were rec ...
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Kurdish Militias Helped 100s ISIS Terrorists Flee Hawijah before Liberation by Iraqi Forces

Kurdish Militias Helped 100s ISIS Terrorists Flee Hawijah before Liberation by Iraqi Forces

Tuesday 31 October 2017 ،
Hawijah prior to its liberation by the Iraqi military earlier this month, an Iraqi commander told. Alwaght- Kurdish militias, Peshmerga, have helped ISIS terrorists and their families escape the town of Hawijah prior to its liberation by the Iraqi military earlier this month, an Iraqi commander told ...
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Iraqi Popular Forces Find Mass Grave near Hawijah, Kirkuk

Iraqi Popular Forces Find Mass Grave near Hawijah, Kirkuk

Saturday 27 January 2018 ،
Hawijah, located 45 kilometers west of the provincial capital city of Kirkuk. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on October 5 2017 that armed forces had liberated Hawijah, driving ISIS Takfiris out of their last bastion in Kirkuk province. On January 9, Iraqi police official Omar al-Hajjar ...
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Iraq Launches Operation against ISIS near Syria Border

Iraq Launches Operation against ISIS near Syria Border

Sunday 17 May 2020 ،
Hawijah Jaloub, north of the city of Samarra. Additionally, the Iraqi fighters found another Daesh hideout in the areas of Yaserb, south of Samarra, and confiscated weapons stored there. Hashd al-Sha’abi further managed to shoot down a drone operated by Daesh militants in the city ...

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