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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 Kurdistan Region Oil Revenues to be Moved to Account under Federal Government Supervision
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Iraqi Kurdistan Region Oil Revenues to be Moved to Account under Federal Government Supervision

Sunday 19 March 2023
KRG) to pay salaries in 2021 and 2022 were illegal because they broke Iraq's budget law.  
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Baghdad’s Oil Victory over Erbil: Aspects and Implications
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Baghdad’s Oil Victory over Erbil: Aspects and Implications

Sunday 2 April 2023 ،
KRG) took advantage of the weakness of the central government and connected its oil fields to Fishkhabour border crossing using the existing pipeline that used to send the oil from the Iraq’s Kirkuk to Ceyhan. In these years, the Kurds used the money to run the region. But this issue has becom ...
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Iraq Condemns Turkey Attack on Sulaymaniyah Airport
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Iraq Condemns Turkey Attack on Sulaymaniyah Airport

Saturday 8 April 2023 ،
KRG), wrote in a Twitter post late on Friday that a drone attack had targeted the vicinity of Sulaymaniyah airport, but caused no damage or delays or suspension of flights. The attack came a few days after Turkey halted flights to and from Sulaimaniyah until at least July 3, blaming increased PKK a ...
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US Following ‘Divide, Steal’ Policy in Iraq and Syria
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US Following ‘Divide, Steal’ Policy in Iraq and Syria

Wednesday 19 April 2023 ،
KRG) and one of PUK leaders, in a statement rejected Erbil claims, saying that the statement was “only a party viewpoint” and could not represent the whole government position.  Barzani-controlled KDP has always had friendly and relatively tensionless ties with Ankara and thus deem ...
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Thousands of Yazidis Remain Displaced Amid Baghdad-Erbil Gaps
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Thousands of Yazidis Remain Displaced Amid Baghdad-Erbil Gaps

Tuesday 23 May 2023 ،
KRG). According to the Iraqi official, Sinjar’s stability is important and its situation is politically unpleasant for the Iraqis.  In August 2014, ISIS terrorists raided Sinjar in West of Nineveh province and killed and injured a number of Yazidis. They also displaced them from their ho ...
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Why’s US Deploying Air Defenses to Iraq’s Kurdistan Region?
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Why’s US Deploying Air Defenses to Iraq’s Kurdistan Region?

Tuesday 27 June 2023 ،
KRG) out of the plan to empower the Kurds and wrest political and security privileges from Baghdad. The deployment of air defenses comes as over the past two years, missile attacks targeted gas facilities and the US bases in the autonomous region, with Washington blaming them on resistance factions. ...
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Erbil-Baku Relations Boost Coming against Backdrop of Iranian Reservations, Concerns
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Erbil-Baku Relations Boost Coming against Backdrop of Iranian Reservations, Concerns

Sunday 23 July 2023 ،
KRG) Nechervan Barzani traveled along with a delegation of high-ranking regional officials to Azerbaijan last week. He discussed with Azerbaijani officials speeding up boost of Erbil-Baku ties and in the first step agreed to open Azerbaijan consulate in Erbil.  Barzani’s visit comes as i ...
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Years after ISIS Obliteration, Thousands of Iraqis Remain Domestically Displaced
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Years after ISIS Obliteration, Thousands of Iraqis Remain Domestically Displaced

Wednesday 26 July 2023 ،
KRG). Recently, Abdulrahim al-Shomari, the deputy governor of Nineveh, confirmed that the Kurdish Peshmerga forces are not leaving the province, warning that “if this situation continues this way, in the future we will witness escalation of tensions by the protesting people.”  Poin ...
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Iraq Agreed to Disarm, Relocate Terrorists in Kurdistan: Iranian Diplomat
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Iraq Agreed to Disarm, Relocate Terrorists in Kurdistan: Iranian Diplomat

Monday 28 August 2023 ،
KRG) of the terms of the memorandum of understanding.  Kan'ani underscored that the September 19 deadline will not be extended in any way. He said Iraqi officials as well as Special Representative for the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert ...
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Terrorists’ Presence in Iraqi Kurdistan Region at Odds with Friendly Ties: Iran FM
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Terrorists’ Presence in Iraqi Kurdistan Region at Odds with Friendly Ties: Iran FM

Tuesday 12 September 2023 ،
KRG) of the terms of the agreement. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman, Nasser Kan'ani, said on Monday that the deadline will not be extended in any way, noting that the Iraqi government has taken measures to implement the deal. For his part, Talabani hailed Iran's continuous support ...

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