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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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Moscow Four-party Meeting Signals Turkey-Syria Détente now at Advanced Stage

Moscow Four-party Meeting Signals Turkey-Syria Détente now at Advanced Stage

Thursday 11 May 2023
Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and the People’s Defense Units (YPG), but the Syrian authorities consider such claims as illegitimate excuses for occupation.  Though Turkey insists it is serious about détente, it continues to back Idlib-based terrorist groups and this poses a seriou ...
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Turkish Elections Runoff Scenarios

Turkish Elections Runoff Scenarios

Thursday 18 May 2023 ،
Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). In a gathering, he showed hundreds of thousands of his supporters a video claiming that a PKK commander was singing the opposition’s campaign song.  Soner Cagaptay, the Beyer Family Fellow and director of the Turkish Research Program at The Washingto ...
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Turkey’s Third-Place Candidate Endorses Erdogan ahead of Runoff

Turkey’s Third-Place Candidate Endorses Erdogan ahead of Runoff

Tuesday 23 May 2023 ،
Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, and a timeline for the expulsion of millions of refugees, including nearly 3.7 million Syrians. Erdogan, meanwhile, told CNN International in an interview that he would not bend to such demands. “I’m not a person who likes to negotiate in su ...
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F-16s, Ending Canada’s Arms Embargo Win Erdogan’s Approval for Sweden NATO Bid

F-16s, Ending Canada’s Arms Embargo Win Erdogan’s Approval for Sweden NATO Bid

Wednesday 12 July 2023 ،
Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) supporter, launching investigations against terror funding and closely working with Turkish security agencies to establish a desk to track activities in Sweden of people linked to the Kurdish armed group. Erdogan was close to giving a final green light. Bu ...
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Suicide Bomber Targets Heart of Ankara: Turkey’s Minister

Suicide Bomber Targets Heart of Ankara: Turkey’s Minister

Sunday 1 October 2023 ،
Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and the Syrian Kurdish militia YPG. The PKK denied any involvement.  
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Turkey Attacks PKK in Northern Iraq after Ankara Suicide Attack

Turkey Attacks PKK in Northern Iraq after Ankara Suicide Attack

Monday 2 October 2023 ،
Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in northern Iraq following a suicide attack on a government building in capital Ankara. Alwaght- Turkey says its warplanes have carried out raids on targets linked to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Iraq following a suicide attack on a government bui ...
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Baghdad-Erbil Dispute Over Makhmur

Baghdad-Erbil Dispute Over Makhmur

Tuesday 24 October 2023 ،
Kurdistan region of Iraq and the central government in Baghdad, in recent months security differences have overshadowed their bilateral ties. On Sunday, minor clashes occurred between the Iraqi army and the Kurdish Peshmerga forces over control of checkpoints near Makhmur camp for the Kurdish refuge ...
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PKK Kills Turkish Soldier at a Northern Iraq Military Base

PKK Kills Turkish Soldier at a Northern Iraq Military Base

Sunday 18 February 2024 ،
Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), blacklisted as a terrorist organisation by Ankara and its Western allies, according to private Turkish television station NTV. A retaliatory military operation is underway in the area, the authorities said. Attacks on Turkish military bases in northern Iraq in D ...
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The joint and dangerous conspiracy of Turkey, Israel, America, and Erbil against Iraq

The joint and dangerous conspiracy of Turkey, Israel, America, and Erbil against Iraq

Tuesday 12 March 2024 ،
Kurdistan region is complicit and involved in a conspiracy with America, Israel, and the Turkish government The anticipation is that the central government will not remain entirely silent regarding this Turkish action; however, ultimately, two statements are released. It could be argued that the Kur ...
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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 ،
Kurdistan visited Tehran to discuss security and other issues and to use Iran’s influence for interests of Kurdistan region. Alwaght- Iraqi Kurdistan region's President Nechervan Barzani on Sunday arrived in Tehran heading a high-ranking delegation. He met with top Iranian officials including Pr ...

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Farmers in Poland are on the streets again to protest EU agricultural policies

Farmers in Poland are on the streets again to protest EU agricultural policies