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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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How Is Iraq Reacting to Washington-Baghdad Agreement?

How Is Iraq Reacting to Washington-Baghdad Agreement?

Friday 30 July 2021
While the US says it continues its advisory presence, game-changing actors in Iraq want complete combat and non-combat forces exit. Alwaght- Seven years after US military redeployment to Iraq under the excuse of fighting the ISIS terrorist group, a statement coming out of the fourth round of the US- ...
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Along with Baghdad Election Crisis, an Inter-Kurdish Competition over Presidency Is Brewing

Along with Baghdad Election Crisis, an Inter-Kurdish Competition over Presidency Is Brewing

Saturday 13 November 2021 ،
KDP is seeking to break the tradition and take the post. But PUK does not seem to show flexibility. Alwaght- Along with the post-election crisis in central and southern Iraq, the Kurdish politics is scene to a confrontation between the two leading parties. Although in northern Iraq claims about elec ...
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Erdogan, Struggle for Way Out of Early Election Funnel

Erdogan, Struggle for Way Out of Early Election Funnel

Saturday 25 December 2021 ،
The Turkish leader counters early elections demands with rejection and currency status improvement program, but the opposition seems. Alwaght- Amid the continuous slump of the Turkish national currency lira price, early elections demand by the opposition to end two decades of Recep Tayyip Erdog ...
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Inter-Kurdish Struggle Over Iraq Presidency: Will KDP-PUK Agreements End?

Inter-Kurdish Struggle Over Iraq Presidency: Will KDP-PUK Agreements End?

Monday 17 January 2022 ،
The two major Kurdish parties are divided over who becomes Iraq president in Baghdad. Alwaght- Like the period that followed the fourth parliament election in 2018, these days a difference between Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) over who would fill the pos ...
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No Deal with PUK: Barzani Nominates New Figure for Iraq Presidency

No Deal with PUK: Barzani Nominates New Figure for Iraq Presidency

Saturday 19 February 2022 ،
Barzani insists on taking the post from Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, which traditionally holds the Iraqi presidency. Alwaght- After Iraqi Federal Court banned former foreign and finance minister Hoshyar Zebari from running for president on February 13, Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) named a new c ...
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Why’s Barzani Seeking Salih Removal from Iraqi Presidency at any Cost?

Why’s Barzani Seeking Salih Removal from Iraqi Presidency at any Cost?

Tuesday 8 March 2022 ،
Barzani knows well that after rival Talabani, Barham Salih built a leadership face for PUK and so can reunite the rival of KDP. Alwaght- On March 5, the Iraqi parliament voted to reopen the door for nominating presidential candidates. The decision came as earlier the speaker and his aides had joined ...
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Challenge of Electing President, Heavy Defeat of Sadr’s Fledgling Coalition

Challenge of Electing President, Heavy Defeat of Sadr’s Fledgling Coalition

Sunday 27 March 2022 ،
The Reconstruction of the Homeland coalition announced its existence on March 23, 2022 at a press conference by Hassan al-Azari, the head of the parliamentary faction of the Sadr faction. The coalition, which the Sadrists claim is the largest faction in Iraq’s fifth parliament, consists of the Sadr ...
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Would Kurds Strike  Deal on Iraq President Post?

Would Kurds Strike Deal on Iraq President Post?

Saturday 28 May 2022 ،
The two main Kurdish parties have been talking a solution in recent days as state political crisis continues in Iraq. Alwaght- After months of inter-Kurdish political tensions over Iraq president post, the two main Kurdish parties started moves in the past few days to settle the differences and poss ...
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Iraq Street Protest Duel: Where Is Al-Sadr Taking Iraq?

Iraq Street Protest Duel: Where Is Al-Sadr Taking Iraq?

Monday 15 August 2022 ،
The supporters of Shiite Coordination Framework now are present in Green Zone in response to rival protests. Alwaght- The ongoing several-month political crisis in Iraq and the incapablity of the political factions to settle their differences have immersed Iraq into a full-scale uncertainty, making ...
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ADL Rides Anti-Semitism Bogey again as Elon Musk Refuses to Sell Zionism

ADL Rides Anti-Semitism Bogey again as Elon Musk Refuses to Sell Zionism

Sunday 10 September 2023 ،
The US-based influential pro-Israel lobby group, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), is again in the news and again for the wrong reasons. This time because of the group’s no-holds-barred showdown with billionaire social media mogul Elon Musk. The US-based influential pro-Israel lobby group, the Anti- ...

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Farmers in Poland are on the streets again to protest EU agricultural policies

Farmers in Poland are on the streets again to protest EU agricultural policies