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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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Kurdish Stalemate: Baghdad Preconditions, Erbil Predicament

Kurdish Stalemate: Baghdad Preconditions, Erbil Predicament

Wednesday 27 December 2017
Fuad Masum sent separate letters to Iraqi PM, KRG PM, and the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, asking them to push for immediate start of the Iraqi-Kurdish talks, although the current shape of the equations indicates that the negotiations will be too difficult. Now the dominant que ...
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Iraq Not Launching Pad for Aggression against Iran: president

Iraq Not Launching Pad for Aggression against Iran: president

Saturday 7 April 2018 ،
Fuad Masum said no decision has been made over hosting US permanent military bases, emphasizing that Baghdad will not allow for the country to turn into a launch pad for any military aggression against neighboring Iran. Alwaght- Iraqi President Fuad Masum said no decision has been made over hos ...
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Bomb Attack Kills Four Popular Forces amid Iraq’s Election

Bomb Attack Kills Four Popular Forces amid Iraq’s Election

Saturday 12 May 2018 ،
Fuad al-Masum also cast his vote at a polling station inside Royal Tulip al-Rasheed Hotel in Baghdad’s heavily-fortified Green Zone. This is an important day in Iraq's history,” Vice President Nuri al-Maliki, head of the State of Law Coalition, told reporters as he cast his vote. R ...
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Who Is Possible Kurdish Pick for Iraq President Post?

Who Is Possible Kurdish Pick for Iraq President Post?

Tuesday 7 August 2018 ،
Fuad Masum also of PUK, who took office on July 24, 2014. But Iraq’s fourth parliamentary election was held in a time while Talabani is dead and Barzani is no longer the president of the KRG, a situation apparently rendering the past agreements senseless. Analysts wonder if the KDP, which sec ...
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Iraqi Parties’ Polarity: Damaging to Iraq, Advantageous to US

Iraqi Parties’ Polarity: Damaging to Iraq, Advantageous to US

Friday 24 August 2018 ،
Fuad Masum have emphasized the need for the parliament to hold its first session and pick its speaker and launch the constitutional process of the government formation. The heads of the victorious lists— Saeroon, Nasr, Al-Hikmah, and Wataniya— held a meeting on Sunday to discuss an acco ...
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Iraqis Hold Protest to Slam US Interference in Govt. Formation

Iraqis Hold Protest to Slam US Interference in Govt. Formation

Saturday 1 September 2018 ،
Fuad Masum called on the Iraqi parliament to hold a session on Sept. 3. The US, backed by the UK, invaded Iraq in 2003 under the pretext that the former regime of Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction. No such weapons, however, were ever found in the country. More than one million I ...
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Iraqi Politics Back On Track as President Elected

Iraqi Politics Back On Track as President Elected

Thursday 4 October 2018 ،
Fuad Masum. Alwaght- The Iraqi parliament finally on Tuesday elected the Kurdish politician Barham Salih as the new president, after two days of debate among the various political factions. According to the Iraqi constitution, the president of the country is elected by the lawmakers. Since fall of t ...
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How is Zebari Ban by Federal Court in Iraq Significant?

How is Zebari Ban by Federal Court in Iraq Significant?

Thursday 17 February 2022 ،
Fuad Masum was elected president. In 2018 and months after Talabani's death, a dispute erupted between the two parties. However, Barham Salih was elected in a competition against Masum.  A big new dispute erupted after recent elections, held on October 10 last year, between the two parties ...
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No Deal with PUK: Barzani Nominates New Figure for Iraq Presidency

No Deal with PUK: Barzani Nominates New Figure for Iraq Presidency

Saturday 19 February 2022 ،
Fuad Hussein, are among those who can be considered as the second-degree members of the KDP. But the nomination of a third-rate figure like Ahmad Khaled is a political move to get rid of any pressures concerning the performance of the candidate named by the Barzanis.  The Barzanis are resolved ...
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Why’s Barzani Seeking Salih Removal from Iraqi Presidency at any Cost?

Why’s Barzani Seeking Salih Removal from Iraqi Presidency at any Cost?

Tuesday 8 March 2022 ،
Fuad Masum from Salih in 2018. Since then, KDP leaders have openly expressed their anger at the loss to the PUK, and now they seem to be more eager to take revenge on Salih than to take over the presidency.  2. KDP leaders more than once objected to Salih decisions in Baghdad, arguing that he ...

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