Two Blasts Signal Deadly Game in South AsiaThe Pakistan and India blasts suggest that a new wave of instability is in the making, raising concerns about broader insecurity.
Araghchi Set for Official Visit to FranceIranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi is set to visit France this week for discussions on bilateral relations and regional and international developments
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 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 ...
Sunni turnout
In the Sunni-majority regions, the bitter experience following fall of Mosul to ISIS terrorist group in 2014 gave rise to a feeling of need for a profound review to the popular vision to the politics. Many Sunni citizens found out that self-marginalization has weakened their pos ...
Sunnis secure 77 seats
The Sunnis, which have support of the foreign sides, in this vote pushed hard to upgrade their status in the new parliament, but they finally secured only 77 seats. These seats are distributed among several coalitions and lists that have votes in the Sunni-majority provinces ...
Sunni world, securing a symbolic platform like the F-35 is a game-changer for the Saudis. It serves as tangible proof of their superior standing in Washington and solidifies their role as US's strategic anchor in the Islamic world. While Turkey has long sought to project influence through its NA ...
Sunnis, and other minorities have historically coexisted in a delicate balance. Each group has held a stake in the social, political, and economic fabric, and maintaining this demographic tapestry has been key to social stability and preventing sectarian or ethnic conflict.
However, the al-Jolani r ...