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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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French Forces Sighted Alongside US Troops in Syria’s Manbij

French Forces Sighted Alongside US Troops in Syria’s Manbij

Friday 4 May 2018
Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which seeks to Kurdish secession from Turkey. The US and French troops are also in Turkey illegally to prop up Kurdish militants who also seek to break away from Syria thus creating a conflict of interest between the three NATO allies. Syria has demanded that the ...
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Barzanis’ Tactics for KDP Win in Iraq’s Parliamentary Elections

Barzanis’ Tactics for KDP Win in Iraq’s Parliamentary Elections

Sunday 6 May 2018 ،
Kurdistan region, are intensifying their competition to win maximum seats in the Council of Representatives. This year’s elections will see nearly 88 political alliances racing for 328 seats. Meanwhile, in the semi-autonomous Kurdish region in the north of the country, which includes the thre ...
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What Is Behind Barzani’s Baghdad Visit?

What Is Behind Barzani’s Baghdad Visit?

Saturday 24 November 2018 ،
Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and the leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) on Thursday and the meeting with the officials there, on top of them the new Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi. Barzani as the architect and implementer of the referendum plan was subject to the highest level o ...
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Iraq’s Kurdistan Region Sells Oil to Israeli Regime at Wide Discounts: Paper

Iraq’s Kurdistan Region Sells Oil to Israeli Regime at Wide Discounts: Paper

Monday 18 March 2019 ،
Kurdistan region is secretly selling oil to Israel Israeli regime at heavily discounted prices, Al-Araby Al-Jadeed reported. Alwaght- Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region is secretly selling oil to Israel Israeli regime at heavily discounted prices, Al-Araby Al-Jadeed reported. The London-ba ...
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Saudi Trouble-Making Mediation in Syria

Saudi Trouble-Making Mediation in Syria

Monday 17 June 2019 ،
Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), a group Ankara brands terrorist. On the other hand, Turkey along with its push for the buffer zone on its southern borders with Syria sets its eyes on the Syrian oil which is abundant there. US- Arab role-playing in Syria a dual-edged sword The US President Do ...
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Iraqi Kurdistan Preventing Displaced Arab Residents Home: HRW

Iraqi Kurdistan Preventing Displaced Arab Residents Home: HRW

Saturday 7 September 2019 ،
Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is preventing some 4,200 displaced Arab residents from returning to 12 villages liberated from terrorists, the Human Rights Watch has warned on Friday. Alwaght- Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is preventing some 4,200 displaced Arab residents from ...
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Al-Abadi’s Revelations About US Treachery Give New Iraqi Govt. Precious Lessons

Al-Abadi’s Revelations About US Treachery Give New Iraqi Govt. Precious Lessons

Saturday 23 May 2020 ،
Kurdistan region from Iraq. At that time, he adopted stances relatively intimate and convergent with the US strategy.  At that time, he appeared to be seeking to retake the premiership again by garnering the US support, though he now says this was simply an accusation by his political opponent ...
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Security Agreement Implementation Brings Iraqi FM to Tehran

Security Agreement Implementation Brings Iraqi FM to Tehran

Sunday 17 September 2023 ،
Kurdistan region. Alwaght- A week after the magnificent Arbaeen ceremony that was a harbinger of historical unity and friendship of the two nations of Iran and Iraq, on Wednesday Iraqi Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein in a surprise visit arrived in Tehran to discuss bilateral issues.  Before his ...
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Iran urges Iraq to uphold the agreement regarding terrorists based in the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) area

Iran urges Iraq to uphold the agreement regarding terrorists based in the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) area

Wednesday 29 May 2024 ،
Kurdistan Region. During a meeting in Tehran on Wednesday with Iraqi Minister of Interior Abdul Amir al-Shammari, Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri underscored the necessity for collaborative efforts against terrorist and secessionist factions in the K ...
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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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