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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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SCF Mediating to Settle Baghdad-Erbil Oil Disputes
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SCF Mediating to Settle Baghdad-Erbil Oil Disputes

Thursday 10 August 2023
Kurdish delegation are also reviewing the draft oil and gas law. Erbil officials said the ball is in the court of the federal government to implement the agreements and pay the region's budget and the salaries of the Peshmerga forces, and to enforce the defense mechanism under article 140 of the ...
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Ultimatum for Iraq to Disarm Kurdish Separatists Will Not Be Extended: Iran
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Ultimatum for Iraq to Disarm Kurdish Separatists Will Not Be Extended: Iran

Monday 11 September 2023 ،
Kurdish separatist groups will not be extended. Alwaght- Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kan'ani said the ultimatum given to Iraq to disarm Kurdish separatist groups will not be extended. “Iran’s stance is completely clear. According to the agreement reached ...
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Baghdad-Erbil Dispute Over Makhmur
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Baghdad-Erbil Dispute Over Makhmur

Tuesday 24 October 2023 ،
Kurdish Peshmerga forces clashed over an evacuated PKK base. Alwaght- Despite the growing political and economic competition between the Kurdistan region of Iraq and the central government in Baghdad, in recent months security differences have overshadowed their bilateral ties. On Sunday, minor clas ...
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Will Kirkuk Reembrace Security after Recent Provincial Election?
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Will Kirkuk Reembrace Security after Recent Provincial Election?

Sunday 24 December 2023 ،
Kurdish parties Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and the Kurdistan Democratic Party, and these parties did their best to get the highest percentage of votes in the provincial council elections to advance the argument that this province is predominantly Kurdish. About 870,920 people were eligible for vot ...
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Operation at Zero O’clock
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Operation at Zero O’clock

Wednesday 17 January 2024 ،
Kurdish merchant, and injuries sustained by his family members. However, Rudaw Media Network reported that, along with Pishro Dzayi, Karam Mikhail, an Iraqi Christian merchant and associate of Dzayi, was also killed in the incident. Karam Mikhail was present at Dzayi's residence during the attac ...
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The Barzanis and the tactic of removing traces
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The Barzanis and the tactic of removing traces

Saturday 27 January 2024 ،
Kurdish rebellion, also known as the Barzani uprising against the Iraqi regime The strengthening of relations between Israel and Iraqi Kurds began with the onset of the Kurdish rebellion, also known as the Barzani uprising against the Iraqi regime, which lasted from 1961 to 1970. ALWAGHT- In the da ...
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What’s the New US Ambassador’s Mission in Iraq?
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What’s the New US Ambassador’s Mission in Iraq?

Sunday 16 June 2024 ،
Kurdish militias. Syria and Russia have repeatedly warned about intentional release of these terrorists as a security challenge related to the occupational US military presence. Claiming her intention to help Iraqi economic situation improve, Jacobsen raised the continuation of the US control over ...
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Tensions Again: Crisis between Baghdad and Erbil over Budget Reignites
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Tensions Again: Crisis between Baghdad and Erbil over Budget Reignites

Sunday 8 June 2025 ،
Kurdish political analyst Mohammad Zangeneh as saying that Baghdad told Erbil that federal oil storages have the capacity to store only 80,000 oil barrels and even for this no money is paid to Erbil and no agreement has been reached over the price. These accusations by Erbil come despite documents ...
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What’s behind the Dangerous Push to Disarm Resistance Groups in Iraq?
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What’s behind the Dangerous Push to Disarm Resistance Groups in Iraq?

Tuesday 8 July 2025 ،
Kurdish groups will increase. Possibility of Iraq becoming a stage for full-scale proxy wars: Competition between regional and global powers could turn Iraq into a scene of new proxy wars.  Conclusion The plan to disarm the resistance groups cannot be regarded an internal Iraqi security arra ...
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Haraki Tribe Rebellion: A Socio-Political Quake for Barazanis
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Haraki Tribe Rebellion: A Socio-Political Quake for Barazanis

Saturday 12 July 2025 ،
Kurdish-language Rudaw news network that “more than 200,000 barrels of oil are smuggled through tankers and unofficial ports every month.” MP Suhaila Soltani also admitted that “the profits the Barzanis make from this operation go to their own account and are in no way related to t ...

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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.