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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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Invasion Revisited: How Saudi Arabia Backed Saddam’s War on Iran?

Invasion Revisited: How Saudi Arabia Backed Saddam’s War on Iran?

Tuesday 27 September 2016
Al-Faw in Operation Wal-Fajr 8( Dawn 8), the PGCC held a meeting on March 4, 1986 and took anti-Iranian positions. Immediately, in 1987 in a pro-Saddam move Riyadh told Turkey should it cut off trade relations with Iran, the kingdom will make up for all of the economic damages that Ankara would wit ...
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Iraq’s Water Crisis: Will PM Al-Sudani Succumb to Turkish Ransom Seeking?

Iraq’s Water Crisis: Will PM Al-Sudani Succumb to Turkish Ransom Seeking?

Wednesday 26 April 2023 ،
Al-Faw Port in Basra in the south to Port of Mersin in Turkey. The railway is projected to move 3.5 million tons of goods in the first phase and 7.5 million tons in the second phase annually. The total cost of the project is expected to reach $20 billion and it stands as an alternative to the Suez C ...
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Dry Canal, Iraq’s Costly Project to Link Persian Gulf to Europe

Dry Canal, Iraq’s Costly Project to Link Persian Gulf to Europe

Tuesday 15 August 2023 ،
Al-Faw Grand Port. Al-Faw is a port city in Basra province south of Iraq and is one of the main Iraqi ports on the Persian Gulf coast.  Before his Turkey visit, al-Sudani had written in an article that said: “The Al-Faw Grand Port project includes the Dry Canal, which passes through Diwa ...
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What’s Next as Iraq Scraped Maritime Navigation Agreement with Kuwait?

What’s Next as Iraq Scraped Maritime Navigation Agreement with Kuwait?

Monday 18 September 2023 ،
Al-Faw Peninsula and extends to the territory of Iraq and is of strategic importance for Baghdad due it its proximity to Iraq’s Umm Qasr Port. This agreement led to the division of Khor Abdullah and the construction of new ports, especially the Mubarak Al Kabeer Port in Kuwait. On the banks o ...
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Mubarak Port Development, Kuwait’s Dream to Take the Pulse of Persian Gulf Trade

Mubarak Port Development, Kuwait’s Dream to Take the Pulse of Persian Gulf Trade

Tuesday 4 June 2024 ،
Al-Faw Grand Port  Mubarak Port has a direct competition with Iraq's Al-Faw Grand Port because Baghdad canceled the maritime agreement that allowed Kuwait access through the Khor Abdullah corridor, causing a dispute between the two countries.  The revival of this project comes about ...
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Ifs and Buts of Turkey-Iraq Security Agreement

Ifs and Buts of Turkey-Iraq Security Agreement

Sunday 18 August 2024 ،
Al-Faw-Turkey-Europe development road corridor.  Under this agreement, by 2025, the expansion of Al-Faw port capacity will reach 90 berths, in which case this port will surpass Dubai's Jebel Ali port as the largest container port in the region.  With the conclusion of this project, t ...
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Security, the Missing Ring in Iraq-Turkey Development Road Project

Security, the Missing Ring in Iraq-Turkey Development Road Project

Sunday 3 November 2024 ،
Al-Faw Port, the Iraq-Turkey railway connection and a 1,200-kilometer long dry channel inside Iraq, which aims to connect Asia to Europe and facilitate the transportation of goods between Europe and the Persian Gulf Arab states.  The project captures attention of (Persian) Gulf Cooperation Cou ...

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Courages Individiuals like Sinvar are on the Rise

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