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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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Iraq’s Currency Crisis and Al-Sudani Govt.’s Tackling Measures

Iraq’s Currency Crisis and Al-Sudani Govt.’s Tackling Measures

Saturday 31 December 2022
SCF) which calls for Iraqi government’s freedom from this restriction and foreign financial supervision. The significance of freedom from this American control would be understood further when amid intensifying competition between the US and China, and the regional tendency to expand partnersh ...
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Al-Sudani Should Know Iraq Falls Back in Instability without Iran Support: Expert

Al-Sudani Should Know Iraq Falls Back in Instability without Iran Support: Expert

Tuesday 17 January 2023 ،
SCF) after months of political stalemate and the stability in the country is a product of their efforts and Iranian support. Given the structural conditions governing Iraqi society, it was expected that after al-Sudani assumption of power, Iraq-Iran relations would see further improvement and expand ...
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Iraqi Kurdistan Region Struggling amid Internal Disputes, Supreme Court Ruling

Iraqi Kurdistan Region Struggling amid Internal Disputes, Supreme Court Ruling

Sunday 29 January 2023 ،
SCF) — in opposition to the Kurdish reaction described the Supreme Court as a “safety valve” that protects democracy and popular unity.  In the middle of such situation, it seems that threatening to wreak the political process would not work for the Kurdish leaders and the Ku ...
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Challenge of Sainte Laguë Method in Iraq Election Law

Challenge of Sainte Laguë Method in Iraq Election Law

Friday 24 February 2023 ،
SCF pushes for election law amendments but there are opposition from the independents and Sadrists. Alwaght- Iraqi political groups are at loggerheads over election law amendments these days, a challenge emerging after year-long tensions over election of president and formation of a new government a ...
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Al-Kadhimi’s Tehran Visit: Addressing Security and Political Cases

Al-Kadhimi’s Tehran Visit: Addressing Security and Political Cases

Saturday 25 February 2023 ،
SCF) — of assisting the US assassination of Iran’s General Qassem Soleimani and Iraq’s Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, two top regional anti-terror commanders. The SCF has recently tried to issue an arrest warrant against him and try him on the charge of involvement in the assassination cas ...
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Iraq’s PM Al-Sudani Crackdown on Corruption

Iraq’s PM Al-Sudani Crackdown on Corruption

Tuesday 7 March 2023 ،
SCF), has the backing of this powerful alliance in advancing his anti-occupation agenda. The Shiites have the majority of the parliament and they also want to deal with the corruption cases of al-Kadhimi government so that they can patch things up and gain the public support. They know that the cont ...
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American Ambassador to Iraq Under Scrutiny for Suspicious Interventionist Activities

American Ambassador to Iraq Under Scrutiny for Suspicious Interventionist Activities

Wednesday 8 March 2023 ،
SCF) figures with the American ambassador. In their online campaign, Sadrists mock a behavioral contradiction shown by SCF leaders compared to their past anti-American stances, especially under Sadrist-backed PM Mustafa al-Kadhimi government whose close ties to the Americans after assassination of t ...
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Covert, Overt Goals of US Def. Sec. Visit to Iraq

Covert, Overt Goals of US Def. Sec. Visit to Iraq

Saturday 11 March 2023 ،
SCF), the Iraqis expect him to do the job. But it seems that he is waking a path similar to his predecessor.  One of the demands of the SCF from al-Sudani was to conclude the case of American assassination of the resistance commanders and expel the US. The PM is under pressure from the resista ...
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Iraq’s General Amnesty Law Causing Heated Debate Over its Coverage Range

Iraq’s General Amnesty Law Causing Heated Debate Over its Coverage Range

Thursday 20 April 2023 ،
SCF), Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), Sunni Sovereignty Bloc and Al-Azm Alliance, and Christian Babylon Movement are in favor of the motion.  Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, a member of the Judicial Commission of the parliament, in an interview with Al-Sumaria N ...
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Is Al-Sadr Close to Ending Political Self-Isolation?

Is Al-Sadr Close to Ending Political Self-Isolation?

Tuesday 16 May 2023 ،
SCF) that now holds the parliamentary majority.  The activity of this new movement revolves around discontentment with the setting of new wages by the government and may expand to protests against the ruling political coalition and the government of Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani. The ...

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Palestinians Protest near Nablus against Return of Settlers to Homesh

Palestinians Protest near Nablus against Return of Settlers to Homesh