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Is Iraq shifting to Iran?
Tehrān :: Iran | 3 days ago
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A recent fact-finding trip to Baghdad and Najaf suggests that such fears are exaggerated. In 2003, the United States overturned the secular but predominantly Sunni Arab regime of Saddam Hussein and then presided over the installation of a more representative...
Tags: Iran, Shiite, Iraq, Tehrān, Fertile Crescent, Saddam Hussein, Najaf, Politics
Saudi navy blockades Yemen coast
Sanaa :: Yemen | 13 days ago
Credibility Saudi Arabia yesterday imposed a naval blockade on the Red Sea coast of northern Yemen to combat Shiite rebels along its border, an adviser to the government said, in the latest escalation of fighting in the southern Arabian peninsula. The Saudi move...
Tags: Saudi Arabian, Yemeni, Northern Yemen, air strike, saudis arabia, internal affairs, inside yemen, Shiite, Manouchehr Mottaki, shiite rebels
Religious leaders slam Iraqi authorities over attacks
Baghdad :: Iraq | 24 days ago
Credibility Muslim clerics slammed Iraqi authorities in their Friday prayer sermons over massive bombings last week, as a top US general warned that he expected insurgents to plan more spectacular attacks. Among Baghdad’s critics was Sheikh Abdel-Mehdi al-Karbalai,...
Tags: Iraqi, Baghdad, central baghdad, massive bombings, Shiite
Yemeni military captures Abdul-Malak al-Houthi
Sanaa :: Yemen | about 1 month ago
Credibility Yemen's military forces arrested al-Houthis field leader, Abdul-Malak al-Houthi yesterday after he was injured during an army air strike that targeted the district of Ketaf in Sa'adah where he lives, said local and security sources. Sources said that...
Tags: Yemeni, Shiite, shiite rebels, Saudi, saudi borders
Iran alleged Saudi and United States behind Iranian scientist kidnapping.
Iran accused Saudi Arabia behind Iranian nuclear scientist lost. The Iran scientist, Shamran Amiri, lost in his pilgrim in Saudi Arabia in June. Amri is a researcher at Tehran's Malek Asthar University who has nuclear knowledge. ...
Tags: iran, saudi, united states, nuclear, kidnapping, shiite, sunni
Top Yemeni Spiritual leader accused Iran behind Houthi Rebel
Sheik Abdul Madjid AL Zandani, a top Yemeni spiritual leader allege Iran has been supporting the Houthi Rebel in Yemen. He said that Iran want to export Shiite ideology to Sunni majority country with harassment. Actually, this is not a new issue. Many...
Tags: iran, yemeni, shiite, sunni, rebel, houthi, arab, saudi
Ex-opposition leader: Sana'a committing war crimes
Sanaa :: Yemen | 2 months ago
Credibility Expressing solidarity with the northern fighters al-Beidh on Friday condemned the army's air strike on a refugee camp which left over 80 civilians dead and described the attack as a "war crime". Witnesses say many of those killed in the raid were women,...
Tags: Yemen, yemen offer, eid al, Shiite, Sanaa
Will Iraqis Stick With Religious Leadership?
Baghdad :: Iraq | 2 months ago
Credibility In Iraq, where parliamentary elections are scheduled for January, religious Shiite parties still dominate the political scene. But with local politics in flux, Iraqis are beginning to question how far they want to follow these religious Shiite leaders,...
Tags: Iraqi, Syria, Saddam Hussein, Shiite, private schools, prime minister, Iraq, Baghdad
Five killed in N Waziristan drone strike Monitoring Desk
Wazīrābād :: Pakistan | 2 months ago
Credibility The drone targeted a madrasa in Muchi Khel area of Tehsil Mir Ali in the North Waziristan Agency, killing five people in the strike. Meanwhile, at least two security personals were killed and two others injured in a remote control bomb attack in South...
Tags: Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, northwest Pakistan, Northwest Pakistan, Orakzai Agency, opened fired, suspected militants, security force, militants opened, told afp, Shiite
Yemen suspends offensive on northern rebels
Say'ūn :: Yemen | 2 months ago
Credibility The commission supervising operation Scorched Earth, which began in August, said on Friday that Sana'a "sees no problem in suspending military operations from 9:00 pm (1800 GTM)." The decision comes shortly after the military said three rebel leaders...
Tags: Yemeni Army, Yemen Post, Saada Province, Shia Muslims, Shiite, saada provinces, rebels leaders, Shia Houthi, shiite rebels, Shias
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