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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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Baghdad’s Oil Victory over Erbil: Aspects and Implications
Sunday 2 April 2023
Kirkuk to Ceyhan. In these years, the Kurds used the money to run the region. But this issue has become a fundamental challenge between Baghdad and Erbil. The political negotiations between the two sides had failed to settle the dispute.
Iraq is OPEC’s second largest oil producer, expor ...
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What’s behind US Suspicious Movements in Ein Al-Asad Base?
Tuesday 2 May 2023
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Kirkuk, two in Anbar, and one in Tikrit. So far, only Taji base was evacuated and the rest are operating under the control of the Americans.
Ein al-Asad operates as the command center and after the Iranian missile strikes in 2020 in retaliation of assassination of General Soleimani, new reinf ...
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Years after ISIS Obliteration, Thousands of Iraqis Remain Domestically Displaced
Wednesday 26 July 2023
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Kirkuk, Nineveh, and Maysan. On the other hand, Nineveh plain is located on a strategic line that links Iran and Syria via Iraq, and therefore, the interests of foreign actors like Iran and the US are tied in Iraq. Since the defeat of terrorists, the US by all means, from airstrikes on Abu Kamal-Qai ...
Analysis
Baghdad-Erbil Dispute Over Makhmur
Tuesday 24 October 2023
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Kirkuk and other areas into the autonomous Kurdistan region, a move strongly opposed to by Baghdad.
Armed clashes between the army and Kurds occurred in Makhmur in 2017, when Iraqi government forces launched a surprise attack on the region in response to the Kurdistan region holding an illega ...
Analysis
Will Kirkuk Reembrace Security after Recent Provincial Election?
Sunday 24 December 2023
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Kirkuk has been immersed in insecurity for years as Erbil and central government disagree over its rule. But rays of hope can emerge after provincial elections. Alwaght- On Monday, Iraq held provincial council elections after a decade, and millions of Iraqis voted to elect their representatives in l ...
Analysis
What Do New Equations of Iraqi Political Puzzle Signal?
Wednesday 27 December 2023
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Kirkuk
Another significant issue in recent Iraq vote is the successful arrangement of election in Kirkuk after nearly two decades with the highest national turnout rate of 66 percent.
The oil-rich Kirkuk with a mixed population of Kurds, Arabs, and Turkmens is a province that has been ...
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KDP Suffers Big Blow as Patriotic Union Secures Kirkuk Governor Post
Wednesday 21 August 2024
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Kirkuk is seen a big blow to the Kurdistan Democratic Party that claims dominance in Iraqi Kurdistan. Alwaght- Iraq's Kirkuk province, which over the past two decades has been one of the politically challenging regions of Iraq and Kurdish partisan clashes have led to constant instability in this ...
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Iraq SCF’s Hat- trick in Political Game
Wednesday 4 December 2024
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Kirkuk province, where there is disagreement over its federal administration between the central government in Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government in the north.
This legal trade-off, given the great importance of the laws proposed in this agreement package for each of the three Shii ...
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Iraq, the Resistance Camp’s Trump Card in Rejuvenated Syria Conflict
Saturday 7 December 2024
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Kirkuk and Mosul of Iraq.
By building over 130 military bases in various parts of northern Iraq, Turkey has already seized Iraqi territory and it rejects to withdraw despite several Baghdad complaints to the international organizations.
Therefore, the Iraqi officials should take danger ...
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Will ISIS Resurge as a Threat?
Tuesday 31 December 2024
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Kirkuk and Diyala.
The CTS held that in this operation, it destroyed 22 terrorist shelters and 5 tunnels and seized large amounts of explosives and suicide belts.
After receiving detailed information about the presence of ISIS elements in the Hamrin Mountains, security and military forces launched ...
