Glossary and abbreviations
Each term of the glossary and each definition begin with a capital letter. Borders of the glossary are transparent.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ACLED | Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project |
| Asayish | Internal security and intelligence services of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq |
| CJTF-OIR | Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve |
| CTS | Counter Terrorism Services |
| DTM | IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix |
| ERW | Explosive Remnants of War |
| Fasliya | A practice of trading women/girls to settle tribal disputes |
| FGM/C | Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting |
| Ghasl al-yar | Shame-washing; action taken, such as honour killing, to remove shame |
| HTS | Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham |
| IDP | Internally Displaced Person |
| IED | Improvised Explosive Device |
| Ikhbar | A tribal procedure aimed at reporting a relative with perceived affiliation to ISIL |
| IRGC | Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps |
| IRGC – QF | Quds Forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps of Iran |
| ISF | Iraqi Security Forces |
| ISIL | Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant; also known as Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the Islamic State (IS), or Daesh |
| ISW | Institute for the Study of War |
| FP | Federal Police |
| Jaafari school | School of Islamic jurisprudence |
| KDP | Kurdistan Democratic Party |
| KH | Kata’ib Hezbollah (Battalions of the Party of God); Iranian-backed Shia militia that is part of the Popular Mobilisation Units. KH was designated by the US as a terrorist organisation on 2 July 2 009. |
| KRG | Kurdistan Regional Government |
| KRI | Kurdistan Region of Iraq |
| KSF | Kurdish Security Forces |
|
KSS Mudawana |
Kata’ib Sayyid Al-Shuhada Personal Status Code |
| Mukhtar | Local community leader |
| PDS | Public Distribution System card for food assistance |
| Peshmerga | Military forces of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq Kurdistan |
| PKK | Kurdistan Workers’ Party. The PKK is on the European Union’s list of designated groups which have been involved in terrorism, as well as being listed as a terrorist organisation by Türkiye, the United States, and Australia. |
| PMF | Popular Mobilization Forces or Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), also called Al-Hashd Al-Shaabi in Arabic |
| PUK | Patriotic Union of Kurdistan |
| Tabriya | A tribal procedure aimed at disowning a person, e.g., in cases of affiliation with ISIL |
| UNHCR | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
| UNAMI | United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq |
| USDOS | US Department of State |
| UXO | Unexploded Ordnance |
| YBS | Sinjar Resistance Units |