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Ansarullah
A Zaidi Shiite movement operating in Yemen. It seeks to establish a democratic government in Yemen.
Shiite
represents the second largest denomination of Islam. Shiites believe Ali (peace be upon him) to be prophet"s successor in the Caliphate.
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
A regional political u n i o n consisting of Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq.
Taliban
Taliban is a Sunni fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan. It was founded by Mohammed Omar in 1994.
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 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
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
Refers to a revival of the Islam throughout the world, that began in 1979 by Iranian Revolution that established an Islamic republic.
Al-Qaeda
A militant Sunni organization founded by Osama bin Laden at some point between 1988 and 1989
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Historic Jump in Iran-Iraq Energy Partnership
Saturday 19 April 2025
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Federal Reserve Bank in New York ( JP Morgan and Citi). Iraq then receives these revenues in dollars through the US Treasury.
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From Syria Oil to Iraq Gas: How’s US Seeking to Plunder Regional Energy Resources?
Sunday 25 May 2025
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Federal Supreme Court. It further stressed that natural resources belong to all Iraqis and any investment must be made through the central government and with full transparency in order to guarantee national interests.
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Can South Africa Apartheid Fall Offer Lessons to Check Israel?
Monday 2 June 2025
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World unity against Israel can make a dramatic difference, but the Western support to Israeli crimes cannot be underestimated. Alwaght- These days Gaza situation has gone beyond a crisis. UNRWA in a statement earlier last month said that the humanitarian crisis in the coastal enclave has gone beyond ...
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Tensions Again: Crisis between Baghdad and Erbil over Budget Reignites
Sunday 8 June 2025
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Federal Court against the prime minister and the ministry of finance.
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Chaos in Los Angeles as California Rises against White House
Monday 9 June 2025
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Protests are taking place in reaction to Trump’s plan to expel foreign immigrants. Alwaght- The US President Donald Trump has recently ordered 2,000 National Guard forces to suppress Los Angeles protests against the administration's immigration plan. At the same time Pete Hegseth put the Marines ...
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New PMF Law: Redefining Power in Iraq’s Security Structure
Saturday 26 July 2025
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Federal Reserve, is vulnerable to such pressures.
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Anti-Semitism Redefinition: An Instrument to Crack Down on Zionism Critics
Saturday 9 August 2025
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The new definition of anti-Semitism limits criticism against Israel and Zionism and freedom of speech in the US society and academic atmosphere. Alwaght- Nearly two years have passed since the Israeli regime’s brutal war on the besieged people of Gaza, yet the world continues to grieve the dev ...
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Tuesday 19 August 2025
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Shadow of Collapse on Iraq’s Kurdistan Region
Wednesday 27 August 2025
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The Iraqi Kurdistan region is sinking in a dangerous disunity that risks its current existence. Alwaght- Though the Iraqi Kurdistan region has long lost the fragile unity it had after the end of the civil war of the 1990s and the agreements signed between the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the ...
