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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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Iraqi President Slams Kurdistan Referendum as Provocative, Unilateral
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Iraqi President Slams Kurdistan Referendum as Provocative, Unilateral

Tuesday 17 October 2017
Constitution. Since Monday Iraqi forces have launched large-scale operations to retake disputed area from KRG militias, known as Peshmerga. Disputed regions label covers some parts of Kirkuk, Diyala, Nineveh and Saladin provinces on which the Iraqi government and Kurds struggle for control and dem ...
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How Op to Free Disputed Areas from Kurdish Militias Works for Iraq’s Benefits
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How Op to Free Disputed Areas from Kurdish Militias Works for Iraq’s Benefits

Wednesday 18 October 2017 ،
Kirkuk operation comes as a last option, after Baghdad efforts for peaceful solution were apparently thwarted by Kurdistan’s Barzani. Alwaght- Despite a wide range of internal, regional, and international opposition, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) held a referendum on independence late on S ...
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Turkey’s EU Bid Between European Rejection, Approval
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Turkey’s EU Bid Between European Rejection, Approval

Saturday 21 October 2017 ،
The bloc is yet to accept Turkey as a member due to discrepancies, however it knows that Ankara is a weighty bidder. Alwaght- Since foundation of the modern Turkey by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, being a European nation has been a Turkish dream. The will was an open demand in 1987, the year Ankara said it ...
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Bahrain Rulers Take Protesting Civilians to Military Court
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Bahrain Rulers Take Protesting Civilians to Military Court

Sunday 22 October 2017 ،
The ruling monarchy in Bahraini has referred a group of civilians to a military court, state media said Sunday, Alwaght- The west-backed Bahraini regime has referred a group of civilian protesters to a military court, state media said Sunday, months after a constitutional amendment expanded the cour ...
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Kurdish Region Defeated, Divided: Who Is Traitor?
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Kurdish Region Defeated, Divided: Who Is Traitor?

Tuesday 24 October 2017 ،
Barzani accuses PUK of betraying the Kurds after Kirkuk loss, but the Kurdish party defends the de-confliction decision as in best interests of the Kurdish people. Alwaght- In past few days, the two major political factions of Iraq's Kurdistan region, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the ...
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No Justice Expected for Bahraini Civilians Charged in Military Court: HRW
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No Justice Expected for Bahraini Civilians Charged in Military Court: HRW

Friday 27 October 2017 ،
A telecom engineer abducted by security forces a year ago will be among the first Bahraini civilians to face a military court under an April 2017 constitutional amendment Alwaght- A telecom engineer abducted by security forces a year ago will be among the first Bahraini civilians to face a mili ...
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Iraqi Government Forces Control Kurdistan Borders after Deal
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Iraqi Government Forces Control Kurdistan Borders after Deal

Saturday 28 October 2017 ،
Iraqi forces have peacefully taken control of all border crossings ringing the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government after an agreement with Kurdish authorities. Alwaght- Federal Iraqi forces have peacefully taken control of all border crossings ringing the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (K ...
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Why Syrian Govt. Considers Kurds’ Autonomy Demand Negotiable?
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Why Syrian Govt. Considers Kurds’ Autonomy Demand Negotiable?

Monday 30 October 2017 ،
Syrian FM last month talked of Damascus readiness to discuss more powers to the Syrian minority that accounted for 15 percent of pre-conflict Syrian population. Alwaght- The Syrian Kurds are now one of the main forces influencing the course of battlefield developments in Syria. Since March 2016, the ...
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Dreams of Iraqi Kurdistan Region’s Secessionist President Die
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Dreams of Iraqi Kurdistan Region’s Secessionist President Die

Monday 30 October 2017 ،
Opposition parties call for Barzani to leave office to allow an interim government to come to existence. Alwaght- After two months of dispute between the central Iraqi government and the Kurdish regional government in north over the late September secession referendum, the Kurdistan Regional Governm ...
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Spain’s Top Court Nullifies Catalonia Independence Declaration
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Spain’s Top Court Nullifies Catalonia Independence Declaration

Tuesday 31 October 2017 ،
Constitutional Court has nullified Catalonia’s declaration of independence, announced by the region’s government on Friday Alwaght- Spain's Constitutional Court has nullified Catalonia’s declaration of independence, announced by the region’s government on Friday, the court spoke ...

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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.