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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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In Epicentre of Turkey Quakes, Survivors Indifferent to Upcoming Polls

In Epicentre of Turkey Quakes, Survivors Indifferent to Upcoming Polls

Monday 8 May 2023
Kurds and Alevis, a religious minority that professes a heterodox Islam, which counts, among its members, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the main opposition candidate in the 2023 presidential election. At a street corner, two construction workers are busy renovating a shop on the ground floor of a b ...
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Turkish Elections Runoff Scenarios

Turkish Elections Runoff Scenarios

Thursday 18 May 2023 ،
Kurds. Ogan, who won 5 percent of the votes, announced in his first statement after the elections that he would ally with Kilicdaroglu only if the HDP is removed from the political system.  In the meantime, Erdogan is seizing the opportunity, and to block such a scenario, he is maneuvering on ...
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Thousands of Yazidis Remain Displaced Amid Baghdad-Erbil Gaps

Thousands of Yazidis Remain Displaced Amid Baghdad-Erbil Gaps

Tuesday 23 May 2023 ،
Kurds, Erbil leaders need to abandon their ambitions and cooperate with Baghdad over the refugee return. Given the experience of the PMF in fighting the terrorists, if Erbil shows green light to the entry of popular forces to Sinjar, PKK will be obliterated in the city in a short time. With security ...
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Should We Expect Changes to Erdogan’s Policies in New Period?

Should We Expect Changes to Erdogan’s Policies in New Period?

Wednesday 31 May 2023 ،
Kurds and the moderates. Regionally, the Arab states have managed to overcome part of the contentious cases in the Arab world, mainly Qatar and Syria, and this curtails Turkey's power to maneuver in the Arab world compared to the past, and Erdogan's push to maintain military adventures in Sy ...
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Tahrir Al-Sham Terrorist Group Re-branding for Closeness to the West

Tahrir Al-Sham Terrorist Group Re-branding for Closeness to the West

Wednesday 31 May 2023 ،
Kurds and the US are seeking to establish an autonomous government away from the control of the central government in the north, and the new scheme of the White House can send the Kurds more determined to continue their course, because they are serving as the US leverage against Damascus.  The ...
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Astana Initiative Repurposed: Main Goal Ending Turkish, US Occupation

Astana Initiative Repurposed: Main Goal Ending Turkish, US Occupation

Friday 23 June 2023 ،
Kurds and the central government and Ankara and Damascus, is the illegal military presence of the US. Bogdanov, also Russia's special representative of the country's president in the Middle East and Africa, described the US as the main obstacle to an agreement between the Kurds and the centr ...
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Why’s US Deploying Air Defenses to Iraq’s Kurdistan Region?

Why’s US Deploying Air Defenses to Iraq’s Kurdistan Region?

Tuesday 27 June 2023 ،
Kurds comes while the US at the peak of the battle against ISIS terrorist group declined to provide weapons to Baghdad, paving the way for seizure of cities by the terrorist group. Washington provided a number of outdated F-16 fighter jets only when the terrorists were losing the war in later 2015. ...
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Erbil-Baku Relations Boost Coming against Backdrop of Iranian Reservations, Concerns

Erbil-Baku Relations Boost Coming against Backdrop of Iranian Reservations, Concerns

Sunday 23 July 2023 ،
Kurds with a population of 300,000 are the biggest racial minority in Armenia, and Azerbaijani media frequently air programs of alleged Armenian abuses of this minority.  In examination of bilateral economic goals, it should be taken into account that the Kurdish government will certainly face ...
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Years after ISIS Obliteration, Thousands of Iraqis Remain Domestically Displaced

Years after ISIS Obliteration, Thousands of Iraqis Remain Domestically Displaced

Wednesday 26 July 2023 ،
Kurds, and Yazidis.  After the Iraqi forces regained control of Nineveh and its plains after the defeat of the terrorists, the Kurdish forces affiliated with the KDP gradually began to retreat, but after the operation of the Iraqi forces in October 2017 following the Kurdish independents refer ...
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SCF Mediating to Settle Baghdad-Erbil Oil Disputes

SCF Mediating to Settle Baghdad-Erbil Oil Disputes

Thursday 10 August 2023 ،
Kurds before the formation of any government, but so far no agreement has been reached between Baghdad and Erbil. Vian Sabri said that the Kurds are worried that the SCF will not commit to issues they agreed on concerning budget and oil and gas sales before the formation of the government.  It ...

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More Than 110 Dead, 150 Injured in Iraq Wedding Inferno

More Than 110 Dead, 150 Injured in Iraq Wedding Inferno