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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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American Ambassador to Iraq Under Scrutiny for Suspicious Interventionist Activities

American Ambassador to Iraq Under Scrutiny for Suspicious Interventionist Activities

Wednesday 8 March 2023
Nouri al-Maliki-led State of Law bloc, asked the government to take a clear stance against these moves by the American ambassador and her “blatant interventions” in Iraq’s home affairs.  Saud Al-Saadi, the head of the Legal Faction, the political branch of the Iraqi Hezbollah ...
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Albania PM Warns to Expel Anti-Iran MKO If The Terrorist Group Uses Country’s Soil for War

Albania PM Warns to Expel Anti-Iran MKO If The Terrorist Group Uses Country’s Soil for War

Sunday 2 July 2023 ،
Nouri al-Maliki. The European country is estimated to have been accommodating some 3,000 members of the terror cult since 2016. The European Union, Canada, the United States, and Japan had previously listed the MKO as a terrorist organization. In 2012, the group was taken off the U ...
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How’s US Control Over Iraq’s Oil Revenues Troublesome to Iraqis?

How’s US Control Over Iraq’s Oil Revenues Troublesome to Iraqis?

Monday 17 July 2023 ،
Nouri al-Maliki and according to the resolution 1956 Iraq Development Fund was dissolved, the Fed practically maintained its control over Iraq's central bank.  Iraq's financial cycle works as follows:  1. Oil revenues are deposited in the Fed  2. Money is transferred to Ira ...
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What’s Next as Iraq Scraped Maritime Navigation Agreement with Kuwait?

What’s Next as Iraq Scraped Maritime Navigation Agreement with Kuwait?

Monday 18 September 2023 ،
Nouri Maliki, approved an agreement that would determine the status of shipping in Khor Abdullah to end the long-running border dispute with Kuwait. The agreement, however, has always faced widespread criticism and objection on the Iraqi political stage.  Coming only two months after Kuwaiti F ...
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With Parl. Speaker Al-Halbousi Removed by Supreme Court, Should Iraqis Expect New Political Crisis?

With Parl. Speaker Al-Halbousi Removed by Supreme Court, Should Iraqis Expect New Political Crisis?

Monday 20 November 2023 ،
Nouri al-Maliki, held that the removal of al-Halbousi from his position will not postpone or change the date of the elections, because the date has been set and will not be influenced by any internal or external conditions.  But certainly, in the coming days and weeks, the encounter of ranks o ...
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What Do New Equations of Iraqi Political Puzzle Signal?

What Do New Equations of Iraqi Political Puzzle Signal?

Wednesday 27 December 2023 ،
Nouri al-Maliki.  The Progress Party ranked first in Baghdad with over 132,000 votes, followed by We Construct Alliance that harvested 131,000 votes, and State of Law with 130,000. As a result, all three parties won 9 seats in the Baghdad provincial Council, but in total, the Shiite Coordinati ...
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Regional Commemorations Renew Popular Faith to Gen. Soleimani’s Path

Regional Commemorations Renew Popular Faith to Gen. Soleimani’s Path

Thursday 4 January 2024 ،
Nouri al-Maliki delivered speeches.  Faleh Al-Fayadh said that General Soleimani and Al-Muhandis had “high sincerity.” He added that Iran played an important role in supporting Iraq in the war with the ISIS terrorist group.  Al-Maliki, for his part, described the assassinatio ...
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Will Al-Sadr Re-embrace Anti-American Struggle? Evidence and Motivations

Will Al-Sadr Re-embrace Anti-American Struggle? Evidence and Motivations

Sunday 28 January 2024 ،
Nouri al-Maliki was setting a precise and staged schedule for the US withdrawal.  He maintained his anti-American approach after rise of ISIS terrorist group, and al-Sadr several times called for end of presence of US-led international coalition in Iraq, stressing that the Iraqis themselves ca ...
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Al-Sadr’s Comeback with New Political Look: Signs and Reasons

Al-Sadr’s Comeback with New Political Look: Signs and Reasons

Monday 13 May 2024 ،
Nouri al-Maliki. He retreated from his decision a month later, however.  At that time, al-Sadr justified his stance shift in a statement: Although I am now inclined to retire and isolate myself from society, I could not remain silent in the face of this good and believing crowd rising up.  ...
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Iraq’s Grand Faw Port Project and Iranian Opportunities

Iraq’s Grand Faw Port Project and Iranian Opportunities

Wednesday 18 September 2024 ،
Nouri al-Maliki announced a major project to build Faw port, but the instability and financial burden of the war against ISIS terrorist group put the project on the back burner. Therefore, this project, which started in 2013, did not make much progress until 2019. Under Prime Minister Mustafa al-Ka ...

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