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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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Will Iraqi Kurds Finally Abandon Seeing US As Grand Savior?

Will Iraqi Kurds Finally Abandon Seeing US As Grand Savior?

Wednesday 24 June 2020
Halabja village and live-buried thousands of civilians, the American administration at the time took no moves to protect the Kurds despite clear evidence of crimes against them. Finally, under the international public opinion pressure, a no-fly zone, which covered the area north of the 36th parallel ...
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Iran FM Reproaches ‘Shameless’ suppliers of Saddam’s WMDs on Anniv. of Halabja Massacre

Iran FM Reproaches ‘Shameless’ suppliers of Saddam’s WMDs on Anniv. of Halabja Massacre

Tuesday 16 March 2021 ،
Halabja,” Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted on Monday. “Some care not to remember—those in the west who provided Saddam with the deadly chemicals,” he added. “Over 5,000 innocent civilians were gassed to death. Still want to talk about ‘malign regional behavior&rsquo ...
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Ankara, Its New Colonialist Approach

Ankara, Its New Colonialist Approach

Thursday 3 June 2021 ،
Halabja, Sulaymaniyah, Mosul and Kirkuk, in Syria parts of Aleppo, Idlib, Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor provinces, parts of other neighbors, namely Bulgaria, Greece, Georgia, Armenia, the Azerbaijan and even Iran, including the cities of Mako and Chaldoran in the north of West Azerbaijan province, will be p ...
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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 ،
Halabjay.  Continuing his coup-like actions, Bafel ordered closure of media outlets affiliated with Lahur, including IPLUS TV channel that was on its test broadcasting. The PUK's official media removed co-leader title for Bafel and called him secretary-general of the party. Also, with a de ...
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Inter-Kurdish Struggle Over Iraq Presidency: Will KDP-PUK Agreements End?

Inter-Kurdish Struggle Over Iraq Presidency: Will KDP-PUK Agreements End?

Monday 17 January 2022 ،
Halabja provinces, from the rest of Kurdistan. Furthermore, increasing pressure from KDP on the PUK can end the traditional inter-Kurdish deal on administration of the Kurdish affairs in the Iraqi scene. 
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Iraqi Kurdistan’s Brewing Grand Crisis: Aspects, Roots

Iraqi Kurdistan’s Brewing Grand Crisis: Aspects, Roots

Saturday 24 December 2022 ،
Halabja, Garmian and Raprin.  Such financial problems originate from structural issues. The Kurdistan region is mainly dependent on a number of sources of income, the most important of which is oil. Oil has been distributed between KDP and PUK. Although the majority of these sources are under ...
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13,000 Iranians Killed by West’s Chemical Arms Supplied to Ex-Iraqi Dictator: Official

13,000 Iranians Killed by West’s Chemical Arms Supplied to Ex-Iraqi Dictator: Official

Saturday 18 March 2023 ،
Halabja town in the Kurdistan region also left some 5,000 civilians dead and around 10,000 others injured, the Iranian judiciary official said.  “For the attention of the so-called advocates of human rights: This is also a crime against humanity. Please, deal with it!” Gharibabadi ...
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‘Israel Chose Expansion over security’: Noam Chomsky Q&A

‘Israel Chose Expansion over security’: Noam Chomsky Q&A

Sunday 9 April 2023 ،
Halabja massacre, chemical weapons, killing hundreds of thousands of Iranians. The US was delighted, supported him right through. So now, history is reconstructed so that we were trying to ‘save Iraqis’ from the person we were strongly supporting. Iraqis were not exactly clamouring for ...
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Iran: Halabja Tragedy Exposed West’s Double Standard on Human Rights

Iran: Halabja Tragedy Exposed West’s Double Standard on Human Rights

Friday 15 March 2024 ،
Halabja in 1988 is a bitter example of the West's double standard policies on human rights. Kan'ani made the remarks in a post on his official X account on Friday on the occasion of the 36th anniversary of the chemical attack on Halabja by former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. On March 16, ...
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What Are the Security and Political Objectives of Barzani’s Visit to Tehran?

What Are the Security and Political Objectives of Barzani’s Visit to Tehran?

Wednesday 8 May 2024 ،
Halabja. The bastion of the KDP is the capital Erbil, and the party holds the two provinces of Erbil and Duhok that start from north of Suleimaniya to the Turkish border. The two parties struggle for influence in other areas, and armed clashes are common between them.  In recent years, the pol ...

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