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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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Iran's War on ISIS: The Right War on Terrorism

Iran's War on ISIS: The Right War on Terrorism

Tuesday 10 February 2015
KRG) Masoud Barzani praised the Islamic republic for being the first country to aid Iraqi Kurds and to supply them with arms to fight Takfiri ISIS militants. Even the new American ambassador in Baghdad Stuart Jones had hailed Iran for playing and important role in the fight against ISIS. Addit ...
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ISIS used chemical arms against Iraq forces in Tikrit
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ISIS used chemical arms against Iraq forces in Tikrit

Sunday 5 April 2015 ،
KRG) reported that the terrorist group had used chlorine gas in their explosive devices against the Peshmerga fighters in northern Iraq in January. Iraqi officials and Kurds fighting in Syria have given similar reports about the use of chemical weapons by ISIS terrorists. In October 2014, Iraqi ...
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Barzani in Washington: Iraqi Kurdistan's Statehood or Federalization
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Barzani in Washington: Iraqi Kurdistan's Statehood or Federalization

Wednesday 6 May 2015 ،
KRG) President Massoud Barzani met with US President Barack Obama, US Vice President Joe Biden, and other high rank US officials during his visit to Washington. Alwaght- Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) President Massoud Barzani met with US President Barack Obama, US Vice President Joe Biden, ...
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Two-Year Transitional Government: A Way out of Presidential Crisis in Iraqi Kurdistan

Two-Year Transitional Government: A Way out of Presidential Crisis in Iraqi Kurdistan

Sunday 16 August 2015 ،
KRG Presidency and the Committee of Ministers Two important and somewhat new advisory posts in the Kurdistan region were the 'Chief of Staff to the Presidency of the Kurdistan Regional Government' and the 'Committee of Ministers'. These two posts have also become one of the major i ...
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Peshmerga Forces liberate Villages in Kirkuk, Iraq from ISIS
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Peshmerga Forces liberate Villages in Kirkuk, Iraq from ISIS

Thursday 27 August 2015 ،
KRG) said in a statement that Peshmerga fighters launched their offensive at dawn on Wednesday with some 2,000 soldiers targeting the villages held by ISIS terrorist group on the south of the northern oil-rich city of Kirkuk. The assault was carried out on the Daquq and Tuz Khormato frontlines with ...
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Four Challenges Threatening Iraqi Kurdistan Region's Existence
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Four Challenges Threatening Iraqi Kurdistan Region's Existence

Thursday 15 October 2015 ،
KRG) spokesman Safeen Dizayee said:  This has all accumulated into a dire situation...If this continues and the price of oil keeps dropping, it’s going to create more problems for us. These woes have been exacerbated by the war on ISIS and a drop in oil prices. The crises must not be mixed ...

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Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution

Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution