Sectarianism
Monday, January 27, 2014 - 06:43
Two Sunni group with links to al-Qaeda fighting in Syria have announced their presence in Lebanon, with one saying all strongholds of the Shia group Hezbollah are "legitimate targets" for attack.
Friday, January 24, 2014 - 12:48
Members of Lebanon’s Sunni sect should avoid areas where Hezbollah has a presence or enjoys support, the Nusra Front in Lebanon, a group of radical Syrian rebels that has claimed responsibility for bombings in the country, warned Friday.
Friday, January 24, 2014 - 11:15
The U.S. secretary of state pointed out that the world would protect Assad’s Allawite religious sect from persecution if he steps down.
Thursday, January 23, 2014 - 08:28
The deaths are the latest in multiple rounds of fighting between the Sunni neighbourhood of Bab al-Tebbaneh and the Alawite neighbourhood of Jabal Mohsen.
Wednesday, January 22, 2014 - 13:06
It is the second or third time many of the Fallujah refugees have been forced to flee. Many interviewed here said a majority of the civilian population in that city has left.
Wednesday, January 22, 2014 - 13:04
The official says five people were arrested at dawn Wednesday after exchanging fire with Jordanian soldiers manning the 375-kilometer (230-mile) northern border with Syria.
Wednesday, January 22, 2014 - 12:52
President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi will reveal details of the rival political, tribal, religious and social groups' vision for a new political system at the end of the conference on Saturday.
Wednesday, January 22, 2014 - 12:20
Tensions in Ghardia have been rising for the past weeks before getting out of control during the weekend.
Wednesday, January 22, 2014 - 11:50
The fighting in Yemen's Omran province is the latest in a series of deadly confrontations in the north between Shi'ite Houthis and their Sunni rivals, who include local tribes and Salafi Islamists.
Wednesday, January 22, 2014 - 11:49
At a command center in western Anbar Province, Iraqi military officials are handing out guns and cash to local Sunni tribal fighters who are battling militants for control of Iraq’s largest province.