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38 Killed, Dozen Injured In Latest Attack On Shia Muslims In Pakistan
At least 38 people have died in Pakistan's restive northwest province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa after gunmen fired indiscriminately in two separate incidents of sectarian violence targeting Shia Muslims.
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Iran's New President Names First Sunni Governor In 45 Years: Report
Iran's new president, Masoud Pezeshkian, on Wednesday nominated a member of the Sunni Muslim minority to be governor of Kurdistan province, official media reported.
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Iraqi Forces Say Most of Baiji Town Recaptured From Islamic State
Iraqi forces have cleared Islamic State militants from most of the northern town of Baiji and hope to drive them from the nearby oil refinery within days, a spokesman for the Shi'ite militias leading the fight said today.
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Islamic State Executes At Least 30 Civilians in Central Syria
The extremist Islamic State group today executed at least 30 civilians, including two children, in a raid on a regime-held village in Syria's central province of Hama, a monitor said.
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Iraq Army Attacks Islamic State Strongholds in Baghdad
Iraq's armed forces, backed by Shi'ite militia, attacked Islamic State strongholds north of Baghdad today at the start of a campaign aimed at driving them out of the mainly Sunni Muslim province of Salahuddin.
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Iraqi PM Orders Probe Into Killings of 2 Sunnis at Security Headquarters
Iraq's prime minister said on Saturday he had ordered an investigation into the killing of two Sunni Muslim civilians at a security headquarters in Anbar province, where the army and volunteers are battling Islamic State (IS) insurgents.
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At Least 30 Killed in Shi'ite Militia Attack on Sunni Mosque in Iraq
At least 30 people were killed when a Shi'ite Muslim militia opened fired inside an Iraqi Sunni mosque in the country's eastern Diyala province on Friday, an Iraqi security source said.
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At least 18 Iraqi army officers killed in ambush: sources
At least 18 Iraqi military officers were killed in an ambush on Saturday in the Sunni Muslim-dominated province of Anbar, military sources said.
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Syrian forces shell village, kill 25: Opposition
Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad killed at least 25 men on Sunday when they shelled and stormed al-Fan, a Sunni Muslim village in the province of Hama, opposition campaigners said. The Syrian Network for Human Rights, which documents the government crackdown on the revolt against Assad, said most of the men appear to have been kill...
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38 Killed, Dozen Injured In Latest Attack On Shia Muslims In Pakistan
At least 38 people have died in Pakistan's restive northwest province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa after gunmen fired indiscriminately in two separate incidents of sectarian violence targeting Shia Muslims.
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Iran's New President Names First Sunni Governor In 45 Years: Report
Iran's new president, Masoud Pezeshkian, on Wednesday nominated a member of the Sunni Muslim minority to be governor of Kurdistan province, official media reported.
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Iraqi Forces Say Most of Baiji Town Recaptured From Islamic State
Iraqi forces have cleared Islamic State militants from most of the northern town of Baiji and hope to drive them from the nearby oil refinery within days, a spokesman for the Shi'ite militias leading the fight said today.
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Islamic State Executes At Least 30 Civilians in Central Syria
The extremist Islamic State group today executed at least 30 civilians, including two children, in a raid on a regime-held village in Syria's central province of Hama, a monitor said.
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Iraq Army Attacks Islamic State Strongholds in Baghdad
Iraq's armed forces, backed by Shi'ite militia, attacked Islamic State strongholds north of Baghdad today at the start of a campaign aimed at driving them out of the mainly Sunni Muslim province of Salahuddin.
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Iraqi PM Orders Probe Into Killings of 2 Sunnis at Security Headquarters
Iraq's prime minister said on Saturday he had ordered an investigation into the killing of two Sunni Muslim civilians at a security headquarters in Anbar province, where the army and volunteers are battling Islamic State (IS) insurgents.
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At Least 30 Killed in Shi'ite Militia Attack on Sunni Mosque in Iraq
At least 30 people were killed when a Shi'ite Muslim militia opened fired inside an Iraqi Sunni mosque in the country's eastern Diyala province on Friday, an Iraqi security source said.
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At least 18 Iraqi army officers killed in ambush: sources
At least 18 Iraqi military officers were killed in an ambush on Saturday in the Sunni Muslim-dominated province of Anbar, military sources said.
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Syrian forces shell village, kill 25: Opposition
Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad killed at least 25 men on Sunday when they shelled and stormed al-Fan, a Sunni Muslim village in the province of Hama, opposition campaigners said. The Syrian Network for Human Rights, which documents the government crackdown on the revolt against Assad, said most of the men appear to have been kill...
