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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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Security Belts from Lebanon to Syria: Objectives and Consequences of New Israeli Strategy
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Security Belts from Lebanon to Syria: Objectives and Consequences of New Israeli Strategy

Thursday 25 June 2026
Kurdish threat and Syrian affiliates of the PKK. Now, however, it may find itself facing a rival that is steadily morphing into a decisive power broker in southern Syria. At the same time, the push to dominate southern Syria and its border with Lebanon is also aimed at pressuring Hezbollah, a move ...
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Araghchi’s Iraq Visit: From Post-war Order to Tehran-Baghdad Security Cooperation
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Araghchi’s Iraq Visit: From Post-war Order to Tehran-Baghdad Security Cooperation

Tuesday 30 June 2026 ،
Kurdish opposition groups based in the Kurdistan Region in northern Iraq, formed a key pillar of the Iranian FM’s latest visit to Baghdad. Under that deal, Iraq committed to barring armed opposition groups from operating near the joint frontier, disbanding or relocating their camps, and prohi ...
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Araghchi, Barzani Emphasize Implementing Iran-Iraq Security Cooperation Memorandum
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Araghchi, Barzani Emphasize Implementing Iran-Iraq Security Cooperation Memorandum

Saturday 4 July 2026 ،
Kurdistan Region discussed ways to strengthen bilateral cooperation ALWAGHT- During talks with Iran's foreign minister, the president of Iraq's Kurdistan Region discussed ways to strengthen bilateral cooperation, including implementation of the Iran-Iraq Security Cooperation Agreement to enh ...
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Iran’s Journey Under Ayatollah Khamenei: From Isolation to Strategic Influence
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Iran’s Journey Under Ayatollah Khamenei: From Isolation to Strategic Influence

Friday 10 July 2026 ،
Kurdish opposition, US forces at Ain al-Asad, and directly against Israel in 2024—demonstrated that Iran's missile force had moved from symbolic deterrence to credible combat capability, backed by underground missile cities designed for survivability. Drones became the second major pillar ...
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US Ground Offensive likely, Trump’s Ultimate Strategy Is Containing China: Expert
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US Ground Offensive likely, Trump’s Ultimate Strategy Is Containing China: Expert

Thursday 16 July 2026 ،
Kurdistan region, as well as those around southeast Iran, are training and gearing up for a ground invasion simultaneously with the large-scale American attacks. So, the current threat is serious and the armed forces and responsible institutions should watch the American and Israeli moves closely an ...
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Ditching Its S-400s, What Will Turkey Do with Defense Challenges against Rivals?
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Ditching Its S-400s, What Will Turkey Do with Defense Challenges against Rivals?

Wednesday 22 July 2026 ،
Kurdish militant groups. It was the first time a NATO member had purchased Russia’s most advanced air-defense system, a move the West saw as a troubling signal of Ankara drifting toward Moscow and cracking the alliance’s security unity. Ankara, for its part, was determined to show that ...
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From Oil to Development Road: Obstacles Ahead of Major Iraq-Turkey Agreements
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From Oil to Development Road: Obstacles Ahead of Major Iraq-Turkey Agreements

Tuesday 4 August 2026 ،
Kurdistan region remains the biggest obstacle ahead of implementation of this agreement. Those disputes, centered on who holds the authority to export Kurdish crude and how the proceeds get divvied up, have repeatedly choked or halted shipments along the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline.  In 2023, Baghd ...
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Iraq’s Marathon to Break Out of Cabinet Posts Uncertainty
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Iraq’s Marathon to Break Out of Cabinet Posts Uncertainty

Monday 10 August 2026 ،
Kurdish parties to arrange a parliament meeting to vote on new ministers to allow al-Zaydi to continue with a full cabinet nearly four months after start. 
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Iraq Disarming Project: End of a Security Order or Start of Home Confrontation?
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Iraq Disarming Project: End of a Security Order or Start of Home Confrontation?

Tuesday 11 August 2026 ،
Kurdish parties would not just sit this out as spectators. They will probably endorse the principle of a state weapons monopoly, but they will also demand that this policy not be wielded selectively against any single political current. In other words, to maintain their political support, Baghdad mu ...
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Iraq’s Weapons Restriction: A Project with Aspects beyond Simply Disarming Resistance Groups
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Iraq’s Weapons Restriction: A Project with Aspects beyond Simply Disarming Resistance Groups

Saturday 15 August 2026 ،
Kurdistan region's Peshmerga paramilitary forces, to armed groups affiliated with political factions and tribes. From this perspective, al-Zaydi government's project is not a simple operation for disarming a number of armed groups, but an effort to redefine the relation of the government wi ...

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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.