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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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Turkish Military Advances Deep into Northern Iraq: Aspects and Ramifications

Turkish Military Advances Deep into Northern Iraq: Aspects and Ramifications

Tuesday 9 July 2024
Kurdistan and forced the evacuation of hundreds of villages.  According to Al-Arabi Al-Jadeed report, Turkey's operations have begun near Kani Masi and Mount Matina in Dohuk province. Turkish soldiers with heavy weapons have set up several checkpoints, especially near the villages of Balav ...
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US Military Presence in Iraq to Be Officially Ended Soon

US Military Presence in Iraq to Be Officially Ended Soon

Monday 12 August 2024 ،
Kurdish region, is scheduled to begin in September 2025, according to the sources. The withdrawal from the Kurdistan Region is planned for September 2026.
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Ifs and Buts of Turkey-Iraq Security Agreement

Ifs and Buts of Turkey-Iraq Security Agreement

Sunday 18 August 2024 ،
Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) on the list of banned groups. Draft of this security pact was finalized last week, while the issue of security cooperation and efforts to sign a comprehensive agreement regarding the most important security concerns of the two countries was one of the main issues of th ...
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KDP Suffers Big Blow as Patriotic Union Secures Kirkuk Governor Post

KDP Suffers Big Blow as Patriotic Union Secures Kirkuk Governor Post

Wednesday 21 August 2024 ،
Kurdistan Democratic Party that claims dominance in Iraqi Kurdistan. Alwaght- Iraq's Kirkuk province, which over the past two decades has been one of the politically challenging regions of Iraq and Kurdish partisan clashes have led to constant instability in this oil-rich province, these days ha ...
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Abu Zandain Crossing Opening Failure First Test of Erdogan’s Syria Diplomacy

Abu Zandain Crossing Opening Failure First Test of Erdogan’s Syria Diplomacy

Wednesday 28 August 2024 ،
Kurdish-majority militant group known as the Syrian Democratic Forces and backed by the US.  The terrorist groups living in the occupied areas in Idlib and its surroundings, who consider the reopening of Abul-Zandain crossing as part of the de-escalation process between Turkey and Damascus and ...
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KRG Pledges to Iran to Tackle Threats: Envoy

KRG Pledges to Iran to Tackle Threats: Envoy

Sunday 15 September 2024 ،
Kurdistan Region of Iraq will never be used to threaten the Islamic Republic ALWAGHT- The Iranian ambassador to Baghdad stated that Iran has received assurances that the territory of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq will never be used to threaten the Islamic Republic. Mohammad Kazem Al-e Sadeq praised ...
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Arab or Israeli? Arab Satellite Channels Serving Israeli Agenda

Arab or Israeli? Arab Satellite Channels Serving Israeli Agenda

Monday 21 October 2024 ،
Kurd who fled Syria to the Netherlands upon war eruption.  BNA: Bahraini News Agency. It was launched in 1976 with a priority to publish reports against the Shiite majority of the country and the revolutionary movement in the tiny Persian Gulf monarchy.  ABA: Founded in 2017 by Turkey-ba ...
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Can Ankara and PKK Find Common Path to Peace?

Can Ankara and PKK Find Common Path to Peace?

Tuesday 5 November 2024 ،
Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). As a political partner of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the government, Bahceli proposed that the PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan who has been in the Turkish prison since 1991 go to the parliament and deliver an address. This suggestion came as a day before, the ...
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Why’s Deir Ez-Ezor Becoming Hot Spot for Syria Crisis Actors

Why’s Deir Ez-Ezor Becoming Hot Spot for Syria Crisis Actors

Sunday 10 November 2024 ،
Kurdish-majority Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have started since last summer and have re-ignited in recent days. In this connection, a field source in Deir Ez-Zor said that the SDF on Thursday targeted Kornish Al-Mayadeen area on the western bank of the Euphrates River, where the Syrian governmen ...
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Iraqi National Security Advisor’s Iran Visit Smells American Pressure

Iraqi National Security Advisor’s Iran Visit Smells American Pressure

Tuesday 12 November 2024 ،
Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). Al-Aarji also reviewed the security agreement between the two countries with Ali Akbar Ahmadian, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, and emphasized on accelerating the process of implementing the terms of the agreement, especially prev ...

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