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Ansarullah
A Zaidi Shiite movement operating in Yemen. It seeks to establish a democratic government in Yemen.
Shiite
represents the second largest denomination of Islam. Shiites believe Ali (peace be upon him) to be prophet"s successor in the Caliphate.
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
A regional political u n i o n consisting of Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq.
Taliban
Taliban is a Sunni fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan. It was founded by Mohammed Omar in 1994.
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 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
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
Refers to a revival of the Islam throughout the world, that began in 1979 by Iranian Revolution that established an Islamic republic.
Al-Qaeda
A militant Sunni organization founded by Osama bin Laden at some point between 1988 and 1989
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With Parl. Speaker Al-Halbousi Removed by Supreme Court, Should Iraqis Expect New Political Crisis?
Monday 20 November 2023
SCF) denied that the ruling was politically-motivated and rejected postponing the elections, and the bloc has already started its negotiations with Sunni rivals of al-Halbousi including Azem, Al-Siyadah, and Al-Hal.
Saad al-Malabi, a member of the State of Law coalition led by ex-PM Nouri al- ...
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Iraq’s Provincial Council Elections Kick Off
Monday 18 December 2023
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SCF), the two Kurdish parties of Kurdistan Democratic Party and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, and the Sunni alliances of Progress and Azem.
Intense election in the absence of Sadrist Movement
In the current period of provincial council elections, an important development is the absence ...
Analysis
What Do New Equations of Iraqi Political Puzzle Signal?
Wednesday 27 December 2023
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SCF) took the lead in the recent elections with three electoral lists, boosting its power in this country of 43 million population.
In the meantime, the attention-grabbing point is that al-Halbousi’s decisive victory certainly presented the traditional Sunni forces with a serious challe ...
Analysis
Alarm of War between US and Iraqi Resistance Sounds: Have US Measures Been Deterrent?
Tuesday 2 January 2024
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SCF) which is the top enemy to the American occupation, something putting the PM in a dire dilemma. Experts maintain that al-Sudani is now in a tough situation. If he chooses the US, he will lose his place in the eyes of the people and the resistance groups. If he picks the resistance groups, he may ...
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The Barzanis and the tactic of removing traces
Saturday 27 January 2024
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Parliament passing a law in late 2017, deeming the public display of the Zionist regime's flag a criminal offense.
The criminalization of ties with the Zionist regime resurfaced in 2022, underscoring ongoing disagreements between the region and the central government concerning the undisclosed ...
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Formation of European Coalition in the Red Sea; Uncalculated Conflict with Ansarullah
Tuesday 20 February 2024
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Parliament.
France and Italy currently maintain military ships in the area, and Belgium and Germany have also announced their intention to dispatch warships to partake in the European Union mission. In early February, a German frigate was dispatched to join the European Union mission.
An EU offici ...
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What Are the Security and Political Objectives of Barzani’s Visit to Tehran?
Wednesday 8 May 2024
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SCF) at a critical juncture for the Kurdistan region. Political experts believe that Barzani's consultations with senior Iranian officials show the will of both sides to strengthen bilateral relations and can draw a new landscape for the expansion of bilateral cooperation.
Strengthening bilater ...
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Iraq SCF’s Hat- trick in Political Game
Wednesday 4 December 2024
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SCF), the Sunnis, and the Kurds, which made presenting all three plans in parliament at once necessary and interdependent.
The most important draft law that sparked widespread controversy in parliament and among civil society organizations, between supporters and opponents, was the proposal to amen ...
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Will ISIS Resurge as a Threat?
Tuesday 31 December 2024
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SCF) in Iraq and political analysts believe that Baghdad officials need to be conservative about interaction with al-Jolani and the HTS as the new rulers of Syria are yet to adopt an approach on the security of the Syria-Iraq borders.
Since al-Jolani at the beginning of the Syrian war was one ...
Analysis
The US and Iraq’s PMF: A Battle Beyond Iraqi Borders
Sunday 2 February 2025
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SCF) such as Haider al-Abadi and Nouri al-Maliki, on the blacklist. They even informed al-Sudani that possible Israeli and American military strikes against the bases and weapons depots of these groups are not unlikely.
Another Iraqi official with knowledge of the negotiations with the American sid ...
