" Treating of terrorist organizations by the Iraqi Press: an analytical study of Alzaman and Asabah news"

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This study examined the analysis of the main and sub-frameworks, which were employed by the two Iraqi newspapers Al Sabah (state-owned) and Alzaman(private), in dealing with the acts of terrorist organizations in Iraq, as well as the demonstration pathways that they used, through a qualitative analysis of the treatment, and conducted by those newspapers on the level of materials (opinion, news) in the same matter. "
The study belongs to the descriptive research field, using the descriptive and analytical survey methodology for news materials and opinion materials of the study papers, and the study data were compiled through the Qualitative content analysis during the extended time period of the analytical study and for a seasonal period (three months) Complete, beginning 1/1/2017 to 31/3/2017 M. The study found that:
)a) The newspaper Al-Zaman has relied on four security and military frameworks for dealing with terrorist organizations in Iraq, supported it with nine arguments, adopted five political frameworks and supported with nine arguments, adopted a single economic framework and supported with three arguments, and finally adopted and supported four social frameworks with 10 arguments.
)b) Al-Sabah newspaper dealt with the acts of terrorist organizations using five main frameworks: security, military, political, economic, social and cultural, in which 14 sub-theses were presented and supported by 26 prove pathways.
)C( Security, political and social frameworks are the most frequently employed by the two study papers in dealing with the acts of terrorist organizations in Iraq. This is a natural consequence of the security chaos in Iraq and the spread of armed groups, all of which are the result of some of them, and the umstability of the political situation entails the chaos of the security situation and the consequent breakdown of social conditions.