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Khaldoun Ibrahim Mohammed Albu - Mohammed ( born ___MASK29___ in Iraq ) is an Iraqi footballer . He is a defensive midfielder who currently plays for Naft Al - Wasat SC in Iraq Premier League , and is a member of the Iraq national football team . His older brother is Ous Ibrahim , also a national player . The Circassians ( Circassian :  , " Adygekher ") are a Northwest Caucasian ethnic group native to Circassia , many of whom were displaced in the course of the Russian conquest of the Caucasus in the 19th century , especially after the Russian  Circassian War in ___MASK50___ . In its narrowest sense , the term " Circassian " includes the twelve Adyghe ( Circassian :  , " Adyge ") tribes ( three democratic and nine aristocratic ), i . e . Abzakh , Besleney , Bzhedug , Hatuqwai , Kabardian , Mamkhegh , Natukhai , Shapsug , Temirgoy , Ubykh , Yegeruqwai , and Zhaney , each one represented by a star on the green - and - gold Circassian flag . However , due to Soviet administrative divisions , Circassians were also designated as the following : " Adygeans " ( Adyghe in Adygea ), " Cherkessians " ( Adyghe in Karachay - Cherkessia ), " Kabardians " ( Adyghe in Kabardino - Balkaria ), " Shapsugians " ( Adyghe in Krasnodar Krai ) although all the four are essentially the same people residing in different political units . The Iraq Football Association is the governing body of football in Iraq , controlling the Iraqi national team and the Iraq Super League . The Iraqi Football Association was founded in ___MASK11___ and has been a member of FIFA since ___MASK67___ , the Asian Football Confederation since 1970 , and the Sub - confederation regional body West Asian Football Federation since 2000 . Iraq also is part of the Union of Arab Football Associations and has been a member since 1974 . The Iraqi team is commonly known as " Usood Al - Rafidain ", which literally meaning " Lions of Mesopotamia ". Kuwait ('), officially the State of Kuwait ('), is a country in Western Asia . Situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf , it shares borders with Iraq and Saudi Arabia . , Kuwait has a population of ___MASK4___ . 2 million people ; 1 . 3 million are Kuwaitis and 2 . 9 million are expatriates . Expatriates account for 70 % of the population . Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ , who serves as the focal point for the religion . It is the world ' s largest religion , with over ___MASK52___ . ___MASK4___ billion followers , or 33 % of the global population , known as Christians . Christians believe that Jesus is the Son of God and the savior of humanity whose coming as the Messiah ( the Christ ) was prophesied in the Old Testament . Baghdad is the capital of the Republic of Iraq . The population of Baghdad , , is approximately ___MASK88___ . 216 . 040 making it the largest city in Iraq , the second largest city in the Arab world ( after Cairo , Egypt ), and the second largest city in Western Asia ( after Tehran , Iran ). The West Asian Football Federation ( WAFF ), founded in ___MASK34___ , is an association of the football playing nations in Western Asia . Its founding members are Iran , Iraq , Jordan , Lebanon , Palestine and Syria . In 2009 , three more associations joined the federation : Qatar , United Arab Emirates and Yemen . Four other nations of Western Asia : Bahrain , Kuwait , Oman and Saudi Arabia joined in 2010 . Iran left the federation on 10 June 2014 with the creation of Central Asian Football Federation . The Yazidis ( also Yezidis , " Êzidî ") are an ethnically Kurdish religious community or an ethno - religious group indigenous to northern Mesopotamia ( see also Ezidkhan ) who are strictly endogamous . Their religion , " Yazidism " is linked to ancient Mesopotamian religions and combines aspects of Zoroastrianism , Islam , Christianity and Judaism . Yazidis who marry non - Yazidis are automatically considered to be converted to the religion of their spouse and therefore are not permitted to call themselves Yazidis . They live primarily in the Nineveh Province of Iraq . Additional communities in Armenia , Georgia , Turkey , Iran , and Syria have been in decline since the 1990s as a result of significant migration to Europe , especially to Germany . The Yazidis ' cultural practices are observably Kurdish , and almost all speak Kurmanji ( Northern Kurdish ). The Soviet Union considered the Yazidis to be Kurds , as does Sharaf Khan Bidlisi ' s " Sheref - nameh " of ___MASK71___ , which cites seven of the Kurdish tribes as being at least partly Yazidi , and Kurdish tribal confederations as containing substantial Yazidi sections . Ous Ibrahim Mohammed Albu - Mohammed ( born on ___MASK39___ ___MASK85___ in Iraq ) is an Iraqi footballer who is a full back for Duhok sc and a member of the Iraq u - 21 . Ous ' younger brother is Khaldoun Ibrahim , a member of Iraq national football team and one of the winners of the ___MASK42___ Asian Cup . Iraq (, or ; '; '), officially known as the Republic of Iraq ('; ') is a country in Western Asia , bordered by Turkey to the north , Iran to the east , Kuwait to the southeast , Saudi Arabia to the south , Jordan to the southwest , and Syria to the west . The capital , and largest city , is Baghdad . The main ethnic groups are Arabs and Kurds ; others include Assyrians , Turkmen , Shabakis , Yazidis , Armenians , Mandeans , Circassians , and Kawliya . Around ___MASK56___ % of the country ' s 36 million citizens are Muslims , with Christianity , Yarsan , Yezidism , and Mandeanism also present . The official languages of Iraq are Arabic and Kurdish . Assyria was a major Mesopotamian East Semitic - speaking kingdom and empire of the ancient Near East . It existed as an independent state from perhaps as early as the 25th century BC in the form of the Assur city - state , until its lapse between ___MASK49___ BC and ___MASK18___ BC , spanning the Early to Middle Bronze Age through to the late Iron Age . Khaldoun Ibrahim Mohammed Albu - Mohammed ( Arabic :       , born June 16 , ___MASK62___ in Iraq ) is an Iraqi footballer . He is a defensive midfielder who currently plays for Al - Talaba in Iraq Premier League , and is a member of the Iraq national football team . His older brother is Ous Ibrahim , also a national player . Arabic (' or ' ) is a Central Semitic language that was first spoken in Iron Age northwestern Arabia and is now the " lingua franca " of the Arab world . Arabic also is a liturgical language of ___MASK39___ . ___MASK88___ billion Muslims . It is one of six official languages of the United Nations . It is named after the Arabs , a term initially used to describe peoples living from Mesopotamia in the east to the Anti - Lebanon mountains in the west , and from northwestern Arabia to the Sinai in the south . The Asian Football Confederation ( AFC ) is the governing body of association football in Asia and Australia . It has ___MASK54___ member countries , mostly located on the Asian and Australian continent , but excludes the transcontinental countries with territory in both Europe and Asia  Azerbaijan , Georgia , Kazakhstan , Russia , and Turkey  which are instead members of UEFA . Three other states located along the western fringe of Asia  Cyprus , Armenia and Israel  are also UEFA members . On the other hand , Australia , formerly in the OFC , joined the Asian Football Confederation in 2006 , and the Oceanian island of Guam , a territory of the United States , is also a member of AFC , in addition to Northern Mariana Islands , one of the Two Commonwealths of the United States . Hong Kong and Macau , although not independent countries ( both are Special administrative regions of China ), are also members of the AFC . Iran (, also , ; ' ), also known as Persia , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (' ), is a sovereign state in Western Asia . It is bordered to the northwest by Armenia , the " de facto " Nagorno - Karabakh Republic , and Azerbaijan ; to the north by the Caspian Sea ; to the northeast by Turkmenistan ; to the east by Afghanistan and Pakistan ; to the south by the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman ; and to the west by Turkey and Iraq . Comprising a land area of , it is the second - largest country in the Middle East and the 18th - largest in the world . With 82 . ___MASK6___ million inhabitants , Iran is the world ' s 17th - most - populous country . It is the only country with both a Caspian Sea and an Indian Ocean coastline . The country ' s central location in Eurasia and Western Asia , and its proximity to the Strait of Hormuz , make it of great geostrategic importance . Tehran is the country ' s capital and largest city , as well as its leading economic center . The Iraq national football team ( represents Iraq in international football . It is known by its fans as " Usood Al - Rafidain " which means " Lions of Mesopotamia ". The team is controlled by the Iraq Football Association ( IFA ), which is currently a member of the Asian Football Confederation ( AFC ) as well as the following regional football confederations : West Asian Football Federation ( WAFF ), Union of Arab Football Associations ( UAFA ) and Gulf Cup Federation ( GCF ). Dohuk Football Club , officially Duhok Sports Club founded in ___MASK43___ , is an Iraqi professional football club , based in Dohuk , Iraqi Kurdistan that plays in the Iraq Division One .