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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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Four Challenges Threatening Iraqi Kurdistan Region's Existence

Four Challenges Threatening Iraqi Kurdistan Region's Existence

Thursday 15 October 2015
Barzani's refusal to stand down after his term expired on August 19, exploiting fear of ISIS.   Parliament speaker (and Gorran member) Yousef Mohammed called the move a coup against the legitimacy of the parliament and a dangerous development for the political process in Kurdistan. Publ ...
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Kirkuk Annexation Could Deal Blow to Iraqi Kurds’ Independence Bid

Kirkuk Annexation Could Deal Blow to Iraqi Kurds’ Independence Bid

Wednesday 6 September 2017 ،
Barzani and other Kurdish leaders insisted that the oil-rich province of belong to Kurdistan region and Erbil had no plans for negotiating the case with Baghdad, calling the northern province the inseparable part of territories under control of the KRG. Reports suggest that the Kurdish regions is p ...
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What’s Next for  Patriotic Union of Kurdistan after Talabani’s Death?

What’s Next for Patriotic Union of Kurdistan after Talabani’s Death?

Wednesday 11 October 2017 ،
Barzani-led KRG.   Under the new conditions, the near future might bear tough competition between the two factions over the leadership of the party. Even a new split is likely.   Another point in relation to the future of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan is its ties and also ri ...
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How Serious Is Iraqi Kurdistan about Reviewing Ties with Washington?

How Serious Is Iraqi Kurdistan about Reviewing Ties with Washington?

Monday 13 November 2017 ،
Barzani signals closeness to Russia after US failure to back Kurdish independence bid, something analysts call a warning message rather than a real intention. Alwaght- After a string of developments including the independence referendum, the Iraqi army and Popular Mobilization Forces' operation ...
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Why IS Russia Supporting Syrian Kurds?

Why IS Russia Supporting Syrian Kurds?

Sunday 10 December 2017 ،
Barzani about the possible revision of the Erbil relations with Washington after the failure of the independence referendum and simultaneously showing will to move close to Moscow even stirred more pessimism of the Syrian Kurds to the American plans for the future of Syria. Russians are well aware ...
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Iraqi Kurds And US Expulsion Riddle

Iraqi Kurds And US Expulsion Riddle

Tuesday 21 January 2020 ،
Barzani, the former president of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) met the US Consul General in Erbil Steve Fagin and talked about the recent bill. Nechervan Barzani, the current president of the KRG, in recent comments tacitly opposed the American pullout from Iraq claiming that this will str ...
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Will Iraqi Kurds Finally Abandon Seeing US As Grand Savior?

Will Iraqi Kurds Finally Abandon Seeing US As Grand Savior?

Wednesday 24 June 2020 ،
Barzani arrived in Baghdad for a two-day visit to talk with the central government officials.  Aside from the discussions Barzani had with the prime minister, the president, and parliament speaker, his meeting with Hadi al-Amiri, the head of the Fatah parliamentary coalition, was important. Th ...
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PUK Power Struggle: Where Is the Iraqi Kurdish Party Heading?

PUK Power Struggle: Where Is the Iraqi Kurdish Party Heading?

Saturday 7 August 2021 ،
Barzani, since the mid-1990s over financial resources and how to govern the autonomous government, and a period of civil war broke out between the two mainstream groups in Kurdistan. After the end of the civil war, the autonomous region was officially divided into two administrative districts, one u ...
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The Barzanis and the tactic of removing traces

The Barzanis and the tactic of removing traces

Saturday 27 January 2024 ،
Barzani uprising against the Iraqi regime The strengthening of relations between Israel and Iraqi Kurds began with the onset of the Kurdish rebellion, also known as the Barzani uprising against the Iraqi regime, which lasted from 1961 to 1970. ALWAGHT- In the days following the missile strike carri ...

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