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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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Future of PMF, Dependence on Parliamentary Bargaining
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Future of PMF, Dependence on Parliamentary Bargaining

Wednesday 15 July 2015
Salim al-Jubouri, the speaker of the Iraqi parliament said that the parliament sessions will be resumed in 1 July, with discussions on important laws, especially the National Guard law. This promise was eventually fulfilled on 3 July, and debates over the law were resumed. On 9 July, Talal Khudair ...
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Iraq’s Parliamentary Crisis; Domestic Issue or Foreign Plot?
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Iraq’s Parliamentary Crisis; Domestic Issue or Foreign Plot?

Saturday 30 April 2016 ،
Salim al-Jubouri being the speaker of the country’s parliament have practically hampered the process of verification of the newly presented candidates and protracted a 10-day schedule for approval process of new ministers to over a month. Why are some of the country’s politicians fuelin ...
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Iraq’s Political Game after Parliament Close-Down
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Iraq’s Political Game after Parliament Close-Down

Saturday 21 May 2016 ،
Salim al-Jubouri remains the speaker of the parliament. Also the Kurds set their own precondition as they demanded that there should be an agreement between the parliament’s factions before holding the general session of the parliament. They also asked for provision of security of Iraq general ...
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Iraq’s Al-Hashd Al-Watani Forces; Troublemaker for Mosul Liberation?
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Iraq’s Al-Hashd Al-Watani Forces; Troublemaker for Mosul Liberation?

Tuesday 21 June 2016 ،
Salim Al-Jubouri took over the post. In past two years, Atheel al-Nujaifi has made efforts to attract foreign support and aids and with help of Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Kurdish region’s government to form a political and military force all to, as much as he would be able, seize the ...
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Sexual Jihad Creates Controversy in Iraq
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Sexual Jihad Creates Controversy in Iraq

Monday 15 August 2016 ،
Salim al-Jubouri, the speaker of the Iraqi parliament, has reacted to, in a smooth way, the comments made by the governor of Nineveh. Al-Jubouri has said that he denounced any insult to the residents of Nineveh province. He also called on all sides to watch their remarks as Mosul recapture operation ...
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Iraq’s Autonomous Sunni Region: What are the Hurdles ahead?
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Iraq’s Autonomous Sunni Region: What are the Hurdles ahead?

Thursday 25 August 2016 ،
Salim al-Jubouri, the speaker of the parliament, was supported by the Iraqi Islamic Party and members of other Sunni groups. - The geographic conditions The Sunni-inhabited regions and provinces including Nineveh, Al Anbar, and Salaheddin are neighbors to each other but are located in considerabl ...

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Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution

Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution