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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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Iraqi Popular Forces, Kurdish Peshmerga Agreed to End Tuz Khurmatu Clashes

Iraqi Popular Forces, Kurdish Peshmerga Agreed to End Tuz Khurmatu Clashes

Thursday 28 April 2016
Tuz Khurmatu with local police forces so temporarily the clashes end. Alwaght- Kurdish forces, Peshmerga, and Iraqi Popular Mobilization force have agreed to call it a draw and leave Tuz Khurmatu with local police taking temporarily the control of the disputed Tuz Khurmatu city. Accommodating diffe ...
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Turkmens Objection to Iraqi Kurdistan Region Independence Referendum

Turkmens Objection to Iraqi Kurdistan Region Independence Referendum

Wednesday 2 August 2017 ،
Tuz Khurmatu are Shiite Muslims. When autonomous Kurdish government was founded in 1991, feud between the Kurds and Turkmen deepened, making the latter fall victims to systematic policy of Kurdization that affected disputed areas including Kirkuk. The Kurds started their government in northern Iraq ...
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Iraqi Popular Forces Clash with Kurdish Militias in Disputed Tuz Khurmatu City

Iraqi Popular Forces Clash with Kurdish Militias in Disputed Tuz Khurmatu City

Saturday 14 October 2017 ،
Tuz Khurmatu city in northern province of Saladin. Alwaght- Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) clashed late on Friday with Kurdish militias, Peshmerga, in Tuz Khurmatu city in northern province of Saladin. Iraq Oil Report cited spokesman for the Tuz Khurmatu mayor as saying that State-sponsore ...

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Courages Individiuals like Sinvar are on the Rise

Courages Individiuals like Sinvar are on the Rise