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Baghdad Blasts Kill 27 As Iraq Forces Battle ISIS In Mosul
Two bombings killed at least 27 people and wounded more than 115 in Baghdad, officials said Tuesday, as Iraqi forces fight to retake the last ISIS held areas of Mosul.
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At Least 27 Dead In Baghdad Bombings: Officials
At least 27 people were killed and more than 100 wounded in two bombings in Baghdad, security and medical officials said on Tuesday.
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Suicide Bomber Kills 16 At Baghdad Ice Cream Shop
A suicide bombing at a popular Baghdad ice cream shop killed at least 16 people, officials said Tuesday, an attack claimed by the ISIS.
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Gunmen Kill 5 Shiites Muslims In Pakistan's Karachi
Pakistani police say gunmen have opened fire on a congregation of a minority Shiite sect, killing five people and wounding two.
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ISIS Bombings Near Syria Shiite Shrine Kill 71
An AFP photographer said the explosions damaged the facade of a nearby building, scorching all of its six storeys.
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Nigerian Military Under Scrutiny After Shiite Group Clashes
Officially, there's been no death toll from two days of clashes between Nigerian troops and a Shiite Muslim group in the northern city of Zaria last month.
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5 Facts About Sunnis And Shiites That Help Makes Sense Of The Saudi-Iran Crisis
The execution of Shiite cleric Nimr Baqr al-Nimr by Saudi Arabia has sparked a furor in the Middle East along sectarian lines. In Iran, the regional Shiite superpower, the Sunni embassy was ransacked and burned. The Saudi kingdom and a number of its Sunni allies have cut or downgraded diplomatic relations with Tehran. In a number of Sunni-majority ...
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40 Arrested Over Saudi Embassy Attack: Iran
An Iranian official today said 40 people have been arrested after Saudi Arabia's embassy was attacked and set on fire following outrage at the kingdom's execution of a Shiite cleric.
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Hezbollah Chief Denounces Paris Attacks
Hassan Nasrallah, chief of Lebanon's powerful Shiite Muslim movement Hezbollah, strongly condemned Saturday the Islamic State group's attacks in Paris that killed at least 129 people.
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1 Killed,80 Wounded in Rare Attack on Bangladesh Shiites
At least one person was killed and nearly 80 wounded today in a bomb attack outside the main Shiite site in the Bangladeshi capital as thousands gathered for the annual Ashura procession, police said.
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Islamic State Gunman Kills 5 at Shi'ite Centre in Saudi Arabia
A gunman shot and killed five people in an attack on a Shi'ite Muslim meeting hall in Saudi Arabia on Friday before being shot dead by police, Saudi-owned Al Arabiya TV said, in an attack claimed by Islamic State.
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UN Evacuating Staff From Yemeni Capital Sanaa
The United Nations began evacuating international staff from Sanaa today due to the security situation in the Yemeni capital, where a Saudi-led air campaign has been targeting Shi'ite Muslim Houthi forces, a UN source said.
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Pakistan Claims Killing of Shiite Massacre Mastermind
Pakistani officials said Monday they had killed the mastermind behind a suicide bombing at a mosque which killed 61 Shiite Muslims last month.
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Refugee Agency Says More Than 35,000 People Displaced by Yemen Fighting
More than 35,000 people have been displaced in Yemen's Omran province, a local government refugee agency said on Wednesday, a day after Shi'ite Muslim tribal fighters overran the provincial capital following fighting that killed more than 200 people.
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Tight Security as Shiites Throng Baghdad For Rituals
Throngs of Shiite Muslims converged on a shrine in north Baghdad on Saturday for annual commemoration rituals under heavy security after a string of deadly attacks in the Iraqi capital.
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Baghdad Blasts Kill 27 As Iraq Forces Battle ISIS In Mosul
Two bombings killed at least 27 people and wounded more than 115 in Baghdad, officials said Tuesday, as Iraqi forces fight to retake the last ISIS held areas of Mosul.
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At Least 27 Dead In Baghdad Bombings: Officials
At least 27 people were killed and more than 100 wounded in two bombings in Baghdad, security and medical officials said on Tuesday.
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Suicide Bomber Kills 16 At Baghdad Ice Cream Shop
A suicide bombing at a popular Baghdad ice cream shop killed at least 16 people, officials said Tuesday, an attack claimed by the ISIS.
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Gunmen Kill 5 Shiites Muslims In Pakistan's Karachi
Pakistani police say gunmen have opened fire on a congregation of a minority Shiite sect, killing five people and wounding two.
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ISIS Bombings Near Syria Shiite Shrine Kill 71
An AFP photographer said the explosions damaged the facade of a nearby building, scorching all of its six storeys.
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Nigerian Military Under Scrutiny After Shiite Group Clashes
Officially, there's been no death toll from two days of clashes between Nigerian troops and a Shiite Muslim group in the northern city of Zaria last month.
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5 Facts About Sunnis And Shiites That Help Makes Sense Of The Saudi-Iran Crisis
The execution of Shiite cleric Nimr Baqr al-Nimr by Saudi Arabia has sparked a furor in the Middle East along sectarian lines. In Iran, the regional Shiite superpower, the Sunni embassy was ransacked and burned. The Saudi kingdom and a number of its Sunni allies have cut or downgraded diplomatic relations with Tehran. In a number of Sunni-majority ...
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40 Arrested Over Saudi Embassy Attack: Iran
An Iranian official today said 40 people have been arrested after Saudi Arabia's embassy was attacked and set on fire following outrage at the kingdom's execution of a Shiite cleric.
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Hezbollah Chief Denounces Paris Attacks
Hassan Nasrallah, chief of Lebanon's powerful Shiite Muslim movement Hezbollah, strongly condemned Saturday the Islamic State group's attacks in Paris that killed at least 129 people.
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1 Killed,80 Wounded in Rare Attack on Bangladesh Shiites
At least one person was killed and nearly 80 wounded today in a bomb attack outside the main Shiite site in the Bangladeshi capital as thousands gathered for the annual Ashura procession, police said.
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Islamic State Gunman Kills 5 at Shi'ite Centre in Saudi Arabia
A gunman shot and killed five people in an attack on a Shi'ite Muslim meeting hall in Saudi Arabia on Friday before being shot dead by police, Saudi-owned Al Arabiya TV said, in an attack claimed by Islamic State.
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UN Evacuating Staff From Yemeni Capital Sanaa
The United Nations began evacuating international staff from Sanaa today due to the security situation in the Yemeni capital, where a Saudi-led air campaign has been targeting Shi'ite Muslim Houthi forces, a UN source said.
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Pakistan Claims Killing of Shiite Massacre Mastermind
Pakistani officials said Monday they had killed the mastermind behind a suicide bombing at a mosque which killed 61 Shiite Muslims last month.
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Refugee Agency Says More Than 35,000 People Displaced by Yemen Fighting
More than 35,000 people have been displaced in Yemen's Omran province, a local government refugee agency said on Wednesday, a day after Shi'ite Muslim tribal fighters overran the provincial capital following fighting that killed more than 200 people.
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Tight Security as Shiites Throng Baghdad For Rituals
Throngs of Shiite Muslims converged on a shrine in north Baghdad on Saturday for annual commemoration rituals under heavy security after a string of deadly attacks in the Iraqi capital.
