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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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Shadow of Collapse on Iraq’s Kurdistan Region
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Shadow of Collapse on Iraq’s Kurdistan Region

Wednesday 27 August 2025
salaries, massive executive corruption, and restriction of they politics have accumulated social discontent. This discontent has now erupted in the form of protests and local resistance.  3. Impact of recent crises The fresh developments have left key consequences on the region's politica ...
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Syria’s Post-Assad Economy: Dim Prospects Despite Alluring Promises
Analysis

Syria’s Post-Assad Economy: Dim Prospects Despite Alluring Promises

Sunday 7 September 2025 ،
salaries for public employees and retirees by 200 percent, setting the minimum monthly wage at 750,000 Syrian pounds—roughly $68. Yet the measure has done little to ease the financial strain on the employees. Most workers in both the public and private sectors still cannot cover their monthly ...
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What’s behind the US Designation of Iraqi Resistance Groups as Terrorists?
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What’s behind the US Designation of Iraqi Resistance Groups as Terrorists?

Monday 22 September 2025 ،
salaries—to entities under the ministry of defense. Resistance losing strategic patience with the US Recent American measures could bear serious consequences on the ground and backfire to the US aims. So far, the resistance groups have adopted a strategy of patience and restraint in the fac ...
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Baghdad-Erbil Oil Exports Deal: From Home to Regional and International Geopolitical Impacts
Analysis

Baghdad-Erbil Oil Exports Deal: From Home to Regional and International Geopolitical Impacts

Sunday 5 October 2025 ،
salaries. The July agreement stipulates that Erbil will deliver all oil produced from its fields—approximately 230,000 barrels per day—to SOMO. In return, Iraq's ministry of finance will pay the region $16 per barrel, either in cash or in kind, as stipulated by the amended budget la ...
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Iraq’s Foreign Debts: A Burdensome Legacy and a Challenge ahead of Al-Sudani’s Govt.
Analysis

Iraq’s Foreign Debts: A Burdensome Legacy and a Challenge ahead of Al-Sudani’s Govt.

Wednesday 22 October 2025 ،
salaries, benefits, and subsidies, generating no future returns. This debt is not creating jobs or productive projects; it is merely keeping the country afloat. Economic consequences of foreign currency debts  The accumulation of the foreign currency debts has brought massive consequences to ...
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Iraq’s Elections Important, Carry Surprises: Expert
Interview

Iraq’s Elections Important, Carry Surprises: Expert

Tuesday 4 November 2025 ،
salaries are distributed monthly. These payments come from oil revenues, which are first deposited in the United States Federal Reserve Bank before being transferred to Iraq on a monthly basis. Therefore, if the economic lever were activated against Baghdad, meaning that these dollar transfers were ...
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Tehran Meeting Further Step to Address Afghanistan Challenges
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Tehran Meeting Further Step to Address Afghanistan Challenges

Monday 15 December 2025 ،
salaries, providing basic public necessities, and reviving critical infrastructure, could be alleviated. For this reason, Afghanistan’s neighbors at the Tehran meeting reiterated their call for the West to lift sanctions and unfreeze Afghan assets. Alleviating the economic crisis and improvin ...
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Manpower Shortage May Cause "Complete Paralysis" in Israeli Army
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Manpower Shortage May Cause "Complete Paralysis" in Israeli Army

Tuesday 30 December 2025 ،
salaries. Military personnel shortage in figures New figures show that the Israeli army is facing human sources crisis. Home polls suggest that, due to a severe army personnel shortage, the number of officers and non-commissioned officers (NCOs) intending to remain in the military has sharply decl ...
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Iraq’s Govt. Formation in Deadlock as Kurds Wrestle over Post of President
Analysis

Iraq’s Govt. Formation in Deadlock as Kurds Wrestle over Post of President

Saturday 7 February 2026 ،
salaries of employees who have not received their last two salaries for 2025 and more than 30 months of salaries over the past decade. Since the establishment of the legislative and executive branches in 1992, Iraqi Kurdistan has never experienced such a delay in forming its local government, a gove ...
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Is Saudi Arabia Re-trying a Failed Project against Yemen’s Ansarullah?
Analysis

Is Saudi Arabia Re-trying a Failed Project against Yemen’s Ansarullah?

Sunday 8 February 2026 ،
salaries of Yemeni forces and employees of its allied government. $1 billion of this amount is designated for southern forces previously funded by the UAE. In this regard, Yemen’s Saudi-aligned Information Minister, Moammar Al-Eryani, stated: “Saudi Arabia has cooperated with us and exp ...

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Commemorating the 36th anniversary of the passing of Imam Khomeini (RA), the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Commemorating the 36th anniversary of the passing of Imam Khomeini (RA), the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran.