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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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Tel Aviv-Erbil Relations: Reality or Illusion?

Tel Aviv-Erbil Relations: Reality or Illusion?

Thursday 1 December 2016
Mullah Mustafa Barzani had started a deadly and rather long war to obtain independence of Kurdistan from the central Iraqi government. The Israelis in the meantime negotiated with the Kurds, offering backing for them as they struggled to build an independent state. Mullah Mustafa Barzani welcomed t ...
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Four Reasons Divergence Could Reappear in Post-Poll Kurdish Region

Four Reasons Divergence Could Reappear in Post-Poll Kurdish Region

Monday 2 October 2017 ،
Mullah Mustafa Barzani, an earlier leader of Kurdish separatist movement. For the Barzani family the circulation of political power makes not much sense. Key party figures rose voice in challenge of Barzani continuation of rule beyond his legal term in office two years ago, but he quietened them wh ...
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Iraq, Possible Options for PM, President, Parliament Speaker Posts

Iraq, Possible Options for PM, President, Parliament Speaker Posts

Monday 20 December 2021 ،
Mullah Bakhtiari. Adnan Mufti is a leader in the PUK and a former speaker of the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional parliament. Also, Hekmat Mohammad Karim, known as Mullah Bakhtiar, is the head of the political office of the PUK. In addition to these two options, the PUK is likely will nominate new candidat ...
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Iraq’s Moving To Rebuild Air Force With Non-American Fighter Jets

Iraq’s Moving To Rebuild Air Force With Non-American Fighter Jets

Wednesday 9 February 2022 ،
Mullah Mustafa Barzani during the 1960s and 1970s civil war. But following the start of the Iran-Iraq war in 1980, the Iraqi air force became increasingly important and was involved in various operations during the eight years of the war.  The Iraqi air force reportedly had about 500 operation ...
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Iraqi Kurdistan’s Brewing Grand Crisis: Aspects, Roots

Iraqi Kurdistan’s Brewing Grand Crisis: Aspects, Roots

Saturday 24 December 2022 ،
Mullah Mustafa Barzani and Ibrahim Ahmad who divided the KDP in 1964. The decision has caused historical, ideological, geographical, and even lingual differences. Now Masrour Barzani and Qubad Talabani are heirs to this dispute and the borders between the green and yellow parts of the Kurdistan regi ...
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The Barzanis and the tactic of removing traces

The Barzanis and the tactic of removing traces

Saturday 27 January 2024 ،
Mullah Mustafa Barzani, the Kurdish leader, has visited the occupied territories on at least two occasions (in 1968 and 1973), engaging in meetings with Levi Eshkol, the former Prime Minister, and senior Israeli intelligence officials.   General Meir Amit, the head of Mossad (Israeli intell ...

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Ashura ceremony in holy Mashhad

Ashura ceremony in holy Mashhad