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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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KRG Pledges to Iran to Tackle Threats: Envoy
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KRG Pledges to Iran to Tackle Threats: Envoy

Sunday 15 September 2024
Iraq will never be used to threaten the Islamic Republic ALWAGHT- The Iranian ambassador to Baghdad stated that Iran has received assurances that the territory of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq will never be used to threaten the Islamic Republic. Mohammad Kazem Al-e Sadeq praised the positive outcome ...
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Can Ankara and PKK Find Common Path to Peace?
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Can Ankara and PKK Find Common Path to Peace?

Tuesday 5 November 2024 ،
Iraqi territory. The government claims that these attacks have practically grounded PKK and made it lose its operational forces, but the elements of the PKK every now and then carry out surprise operations against the military, causing casualties.  In the meantime, Alwaght has talked to former ...
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Why’s Deir Ez-Ezor Becoming Hot Spot for Syria Crisis Actors
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Why’s Deir Ez-Ezor Becoming Hot Spot for Syria Crisis Actors

Sunday 10 November 2024 ،
Iraqi border, and with an area of ​​about 33,000 square kilometers, it has a population of more than 1 million. Deir Ez-Ezor connects the two neighbors of Syria and Jordan and borders the five provinces of Homs, Hama, Raqqa, Hasakah, and Rif Dimashq. Additionally, the province hosts one of the grou ...
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Iraqi National Security Advisor’s Iran Visit Smells American Pressure
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Iraqi National Security Advisor’s Iran Visit Smells American Pressure

Tuesday 12 November 2024 ،
Iraq is under pressure by US to stay away from the Israeli-Iranian confrontation, but it is inevitabley involve because Israel used its airspace to attack Iran. Alwaght- In the continuation of the active Iranian diplomatic traffic in recent days, in an important development, Tehran hosted Iraqi Nati ...
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Iraq SCF’s Hat- trick in Political Game
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Iraq SCF’s Hat- trick in Political Game

Wednesday 4 December 2024 ،
Iraqi members of parliament these days are taking steps towards an important law that not only can make the current period a golden one for settling the internal differences and localizing the structure of customary laws in Iraq after 2003, but also highly influence the next year elections. The age ...
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New Syria: Permanent or Temporary Victory for Erdogan?
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New Syria: Permanent or Temporary Victory for Erdogan?

Wednesday 11 December 2024 ،
Iraq and Syria using the conflicts of armed groups is still on the table of the Turkish leader, and perhaps the instability in Syria will once again push Ankara leaders to its enforcement.  The joy of Turkish nationalist parties over the developments in Aleppo, which was once the most importan ...
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Golan-Euphrates Corridor: Tel Aviv’s Big Leap to ’Greater Israel’ Project
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Golan-Euphrates Corridor: Tel Aviv’s Big Leap to ’Greater Israel’ Project

Thursday 19 December 2024 ،
Iraqi borders, but it may have serious challenges ahead. Alwaght- The massive Israeli aggression on Gaza and Lebanon over the past year and recently on Syria shows that the Israeli leaders have evil plans for West Asia region and find the chaos in Syria the best opportunity to realize a long-chased ...
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Iran Places High Value on its Relationship with Iraqi Kurdistan
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Iran Places High Value on its Relationship with Iraqi Kurdistan

Tuesday 24 December 2024 ،
Iraqi Kurdistan Region, welcomed Faramarz Asadi, the newly appointed Consul General of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Erbil. During the meeting, Nechirvan Barzani assured the new consul general of full support from the Kurdistan Regional authorities to facilitate his mission, according to local Ir ...
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Over 100 Dead as US and Turkish Proxies Clash in Syria
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Over 100 Dead as US and Turkish Proxies Clash in Syria

Sunday 5 January 2025 ،
Iraq. Turkish Defense Minister Yaşar Guler recently announced plans to disarm SDF militants and transfer their weapons to Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which currently governs parts of Syria. The situation is further complicated by international involvement. Germany and France, representing the EU, h ...
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Barzani’s Initiative for Future of Syrian Kurds: Aims and Challenges
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Barzani’s Initiative for Future of Syrian Kurds: Aims and Challenges

Tuesday 21 January 2025 ،
Iraqi government is most concerned about the return of instability to Syria, the leaders of Iraqi Kurdistan region in Erbil have pursued parallel diplomacy independent of Baghdad in this regard, and in recent weeks, there have been interactions and negotiations between them and the Syrian Kurds that ...

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Palestinian prisoner exchange operation under strict security measures

Palestinian prisoner exchange operation under strict security measures