Iraq’s PMF in Trump’s Game with IranTrump set dissolution of Iraq’s PMF as a precondition for talks with Iran, but the fact is that this voluntary force is deep-rooted in Iraq.
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.
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.
Shiites, the Sunnis, and Druze, and over half of the Christians were absent. Only one Muslim member of parliament out of 64 attended the meeting.
In fact, not only the majority of the parliamentary factions did not welcome this meeting, but also even the opposition parties boycotted it, an is ...
Shiites Shiite Coordination Framework (SCF), the Sunnis, and the Kurds, which made presenting all three plans in parliament at once necessary and interdependent.
The most important draft law that sparked widespread controversy in parliament and among civil society organizations, between supporters ...
Shiites from Parachinar.
On Friday, a large number of locals attended the funeral of the victims and held demonstrations demanding that the provincial and central governments of Pakistan stop the ongoing atrocities against the people of Parachinar.
On Monday, after a week, the death toll in the co ...
Shiites in Afghanistan
Another important issue is that Iran tries to convince the Taliban to quit its crackdown on other ethnic groups since pressures can lead to ethno-sectarian clashes and bring forth political and economic challenges to the country and even spark a civil war. Though the Ta ...
Shiites but also from ethnic and religious minorities is one of the protective shields of the PMF against pressures.
5. Maneuverablity against political pressures
Despite the political pressures calling for dissolution or integration, the PMF has managed to maintain its role and positi ...
Shiites were carried out in the past, this issue has recently become a major security challenge. The Islamabad-based Pakistan Institute of Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS) on Sunday reported that the country witnessed a sharp increase in militant attacks in January 2025, which is a 42 percent i ...
Shiites in this region. It is likely that the Syrian rebel groups are trying to embroil Hezbollah into these conflicts, and the recent aggressions by the HTS are also aimed at this. The Syrian groups suffered heavy blows from Hezbollah forces in the Syrian civil war, and now that they have come to p ...
Shiites), but also is part of the identity and culture of resistance in Lebanon.
The funeral of these two prominent figures is also an opportunity to remember the historical role of the resistance in defending Lebanon against Israeli aggression and supporting the rights of the Lebanese people ...
Shiites a man as popular and influential as Nasrallah.
In a report on the late leader of Hezbollah, Aljazeera suggested that during his 32 years as chief of Hezbollah, he grew into one Lebanon's most powerful men and transformed Hezbollah from a simple militia in 1980s into the highest ar ...
Shiites and the violence has reached its peak recently.
Also, the political and ideological approach of the HTS motivated the group to take steps to consolidate power in Syria, which triggered a revolt against this group in costal areas. On the other hand, we are witnessing very extensive int ...