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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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US Forces Withdrawal from Iraq: Why Are Kurds Worried?
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US Forces Withdrawal from Iraq: Why Are Kurds Worried?

Tuesday 1 September 2026
Iraqi Kurdistan region's officials. Kurdistan's Rudaw news network reported that the BBC, citing some American officials, reported on Saturday that Pentagon has notified the Kurdish leaders that it will not extend its agreement with Peshmerga Ministry that will expire September 30. The rep ...
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Bombing of Weddings, the US’s Fixed Pattern of Crimes in the Region
Analysis

Bombing of Weddings, the US’s Fixed Pattern of Crimes in the Region

Saturday 5 September 2026 ،
Iraqi village of Makr al-Deeb, near the Syrian border. Local officials and survivors reported that a US strike hit a wedding celebration, killing between 42 and 45 people, including women and children. What made this incident particularly explosive, however, was the US military's response. It f ...
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US Play with Withdrawal Card: Retreat from Iraq under Banner of Strategy Shift
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US Play with Withdrawal Card: Retreat from Iraq under Banner of Strategy Shift

Sunday 6 September 2026 ،
Iraqi officials suggested an accelerated process of exit of the American military. In this connection, security sources of Iraq said that the US continues to exit from Harir air base in Iraq's Kurdistan region and they are slated to evacuate by September 30. The high-alert status at the Harir ...
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Amending Iraq’s PMF Law: Change of Structure or Nature?
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Amending Iraq’s PMF Law: Change of Structure or Nature?

Sunday 13 September 2026 ،
Iraqi resistance groups and the way of their organization is growing, the draft law of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) has once again become one the most controversial legislation cases and the political parties in the parliament are set to discuss it in parliamentary meetings.  Member o ...
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Peshmerga Unification Project: End of a Partisan Military or Start of Redefining Kurdistan Region’s Power?
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Peshmerga Unification Project: End of a Partisan Military or Start of Redefining Kurdistan Region’s Power?

Tuesday 22 September 2026 ،
Iraqi official institutions more than ever and transfer the cost and responsibility of saving this structure from shoulder of Washington to Baghdad and Erbil. The coincidence of this process with the end of presence of the US occupation forces in Iraq has doubled the significance of the matter. Gr ...
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Shalamcheh and Chazabeh Crossings: How’s Border Closure Impacting Iran-Iraq Trade?
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Shalamcheh and Chazabeh Crossings: How’s Border Closure Impacting Iran-Iraq Trade?

Tuesday 22 September 2026 ،
Iraqi borders these days.  Iraq closed its land borders with Iran on Saturday, shutting down the Shalamcheh and Chazabeh crossings and suspending flights from Basra to Iran. Iraq's Security Media Center announced that relevant security agencies have launched administrative and security re ...
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Fate of Washington-Erbil Security Pact: The Trump-Kurds Equation
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Fate of Washington-Erbil Security Pact: The Trump-Kurds Equation

Saturday 26 September 2026 ،
Iraqi government, something sending Kurdish officials highly worried. Alwaght- Reports suggest the US President Donald Trump is mulling ending the security and military support to Iraqi Kurdistan's Peshmerga forces, and if implemented, the plan would mean that the US forces will move out of Kurd ...
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Iranian Flight Suspension Tests Iraq’s Sovereignty Amid US Pressure
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Iranian Flight Suspension Tests Iraq’s Sovereignty Amid US Pressure

Saturday 26 September 2026 ،
Iraqi airports should be viewed as more than a matter of aviation or economic policy ALWAGHT- Iraqi political analyst Mohammad Mazaheri stated that the halt in Iranian commercial flights to Iraqi airports should be viewed as more than a matter of aviation or economic policy. In his assessment, the s ...
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Iran Flights Embargo and Test of Iraq’s Sovereignty
Analysis

Iran Flights Embargo and Test of Iraq’s Sovereignty

Monday 28 September 2026 ،
Iraqis as incalculated and naive, Iraqi government submitted to US order to ban Iranian flights. Alwaght- After Washington launched a fresh propaganda campaign against Iran’s aviation industry spearheaded by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent who called on Wednesday for all countries to halt fli ...
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Second Sayyed Nasrallah Anniversary: Display of Loyalty to Resistance Legacy
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Second Sayyed Nasrallah Anniversary: Display of Loyalty to Resistance Legacy

Monday 28 September 2026 ،
Iraqi parliament member who attended, said: We will not forget the martyr Nasrallah’s support for the Iraqi people in difficult times. We are here to honor this noble martyr and to affirm that we stand with the Islamic resistance in Lebanon.  In Tunisia, a gathering was likewise held to ...

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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.