Is Lebanon on the Verge of New War?The Israeli regime continues to violate last year truce with Hezbollah, triggering speculations that it intends a fresh war.
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.
Sunni factions objecting to its content, and the parties supporting the law have described these objections as “unfounded.”
Key points of new draft law: A step beyond the 2016 recognition
If passed, the law would replace the existing Popular Mobilization Forces Law of 2016, which aims ...
Sunni, Yazidi, and Christian units are part of the PMF, each playing a role in Iraq’s defense network in different regions of the country.
Today, the PMF has transformed from a popular mobilization force into an official organization. In 2016, the Iraqi parliament passed a law integrating the ...
Sunni, Christian, and Druze. This composition is superficially a sign of national unity, but in critical moments, it can become the army's Achilles' heel.
The army's Shia part would not fight Hezbollah and even other religious and sectarian parts would not join an anti-Hezbollah positio ...
Sunni political forces view the American presence as a vehicle maintaining domestic and regional security.
At the end, Mr Masoumi highlighted the national Iraqi will for US withdrawal, adding that the future of presence or exit depends not only on official deals of 2025 and 2026, but also on the ba ...
Sunni factions.
Currently, the majority of Maronite Christian seats in parliament are held by the faction of Samir Geagea, the head of the Lebanese forces who is a staunch opponent of Hezbollah. However, the upcoming election could give Christian groups allied with Suleiman Frangieh, who are closer ...
Sunni regions.
The State of Law Coalition led by ex-PM Nouri al-Maliki has entered the electoral race. The Al-Sadiqoon bloc, the political wing of Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq led by Qais al-Khazali, has also launched its campaign. The Wisdom Movement under Ammar al-Hakim has allied with Haider al-Abadi ...
Sunni forces and parties. In recent years, Turkey has significantly increased its interventions in Iraq's internal affairs, particularly through its illegal military presence in vast areas of the country's north. It now seeks to convert this military presence into strategic influence within ...
Sunni camp, Mohammed al-Halbousi, the former parliament speaker and leader of the Al-Taqaddum Coalition, remains a central player. Relying on his parliamentary experience and extensive political network, he is working to unite Sunni votes in Baghdad and solidify his position as the community's u ...
Sunnis, and Kurds and formed the government of current Prime Minister Mohammad Shia al-Sudani.
Learning from that experience, the election law was amended ahead of the 2023 provincial elections. A critical reform under this amendment was the reduction of electoral districts from 83 to just 18 ...
Sunnis
Today, given the importance of gaining influence and credibility among the public opinion of countries as one of the main goals of the countries in the foreign policy, especially through public diplomacy, Sawaya since the outset has focused on this aim to mend the American image and pl ...