Shia Funeral

Lebanon's Shia movement Hezbollah was today organising the funeral in Beirut of controversial militant Samir Kantar who was killed in a suspected Israeli air strike in Damascus.

Attacks targeting Shias in Baghdad, including a suicide bombing at a funeral in a mosque, killed at least 15 people today, security and medical officials said.

Lebanon's Shia movement Hezbollah was today organising the funeral in Beirut of controversial militant Samir Kantar who was killed in a suspected Israeli air strike in Damascus.

Attacks targeting Shias in Baghdad, including a suicide bombing at a funeral in a mosque, killed at least 15 people today, security and medical officials said.