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Iraq attacks kill 20 as security forces cast ballots
The bombings in Baghdad and north and west Iraq raise serious concerns about the ability of the countryâs security forces to protect voters during Wednesdayâs general election,
ISIL jihadists open new front in Baghdad push
Group inspired by Al-Qaeda
Election posters adorn Baghdad as campaigning begins
Posters went up around Baghdad and across the country as candidates vie for one of 328 parliamentary seats.
One dead as pro-, anti-Damascus gunmen clash in Beirut
AFP – A firefight between pro- and anti-Damascus factions in Beirut killed one gunman and wounded 13 Sunday, a security official said, in the latest spillover of the conflict in neighbouring Syria. The gun battle raged from 3am to 8.30am (0100 to 0630 GMT) in a poor Sunni Muslim district in the south of the …
Six members of security forces killed in Iraq
Sundayâs violence mostly targeting security forces in Sunni-majority areas killed six people, security and medical officials said.
Court acquits police officer accused of killing protesters during 25 Jan Revolution
Al-Sunni was defending himself and his workplace, says lawyer
Obama to face blunt talk in Saudi Arabia
The White House waited until Monday to confirm that Obama would indeed add an unexpected stop in Saudi Arabia onto a previously announced tour of the Netherlands, Brussels and Vatican City in March.
Baghdad attacks kill 16 as Iraq presses Anbar assault
The assassinations in particular harken back to Iraqâs brutal Sunni-Shiâa sectarian war which raged from 2006 to 2007, when corpses were often found abandoned on the streets, with the victimsâ bodies bearing signs of torture.
Bus bombing kills 22 pilgrims in southwest Pakistan
AFP â At least 22 Shiâa pilgrims returning from Iran were killed and 20 others wounded when a bomb hit a bus in the southwest Pakistan province of Baluchistan Tuesday, officials said. The attack took place at Dringhar village on the Pakistan-Iran highway some 60 kilometres (37 miles) west of Quetta, Baluchistanâs capital. âAt least …
Iraq executes 26 men, including anti-Qaeda leader
Among those executed was Adel Mashhadani, who was arrested in March 2009 and sentenced to death in November of that year for killing a young girl in a revenge attack.
Four dead in clashes in Lebanonâs Tripoli
AFP- Four people have been killed in fighting in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, where sectarian clashes linked to the Syrian conflict regularly break out, a security source said Monday. âThree people, a woman and two men, were killed in heavy clashes overnight in which heavy artillery and rockets were used,â the source told …
Syriaâs Assad slams Saudi ideology as âthreat to worldâ
The comments came amid ongoing tensions between Syria and Saudi Arabia, which are fiercely opposed to each other.
Govt troops deploy in north Yemen after ceasefire deal
They rose up in 2004 in their stronghold of Saada against the government of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, blaming it for marginalising them.
Iraq general among 15 soldiers killed in raid on Qaeda
Violence elsewhere killed five policemen, including the police chief of Al-Sharqat district northwest of Baghdad, and wounded five others, police and a doctor said.
Iran prosecutor killed in attack: Official
Sistan-Baluchestan is home to a large community of minority Sunni Muslims, unlike the rest of Shiite-dominated Iran, and the province has long played host to drug traffickers and Sunni militants.
Spate of attacks kills 47 in Iraq
One of the worst-hit neighbourhoods was Shaab in north Baghdad, where two car bombs exploded in a commercial area, killing five people and wounding at least 17.
Iraq bombs target Sunni worshippers in Baghdad
The blasts are the latest in a wave of sectarian attacks in the city
Policeman, protesters wounded in Bahrain clashes
Activists said dozens more were wounded in the clashes, but no official toll was immediately available.
Foreign minister assured of protection of Egyptians in Iraq
Iraqi foreign minister confirms protection of Egyptians after two killed in Baghdad
Update: Four Egyptian Shi’as killed by mob in Cairo
A group of Shi’a Muslims was attacked by a hostile mob in a village near Cairo
Morsiâs Syria speech angers opposition
Amr Hamzawy: Speech calculated to win Salafi support on 30 June
Morsi discusses Syria with Islamic scholars
The meeting comes on the heels of a conference held in Cairo to discuss the position of Muslim scholars on Syria
Iraq attacks kills 28
Violence has killed more than 570 people in Iraq so far in May and over 1,000 in less than two months
28 dead in Lebanon Sunni-Alawite clashes
Rocket-propelled grenades, mortars and machineguns have all been used in six days of clashes in the port city, in the deadliest violence to rock the country for years.
Israeli warplanes strike Syria: US media
CNN said US and Western intelligence agencies were reviewing information suggesting Israel had likely conducted a strike overnight on Thursday.
Bahrain Shi’as protest to demand prisoners be freed
Shi’as, inspired by the Arab Spring in 2011, have been pushing to be given a greater say in the small country’s affairs
460 people killed in bloody month for Iraq
The late-April violence was the deadliest so far linked to protests that broke out in Sunni areas of Shi’a-majority Iraq more than four months ago.
Hezbollah under pressure over Syria fighting
Lebanon’s Shi’a Hezbollah movement came under increasing pressure over accusations it is backing regime troops in Syria
Molotovs, tear gas at Bahrain F1 protest
Bahrain was rocked by month-long pro-democracy protests led by the kingdom’s Shi’as in early 2011 that were crushed with the help of Gulf troops led by Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia
Salafis protest against Shiâism in Alexandria
Warn citizens of the âthreat of Shiâism in Egyptâ