Sectarianism
Monday, January 13, 2014 - 09:15
At least 210 people have been killed in two months of fighting between Shi'ite Muslim Houthis and ultra-conservative Sunni Salafis in northern Yemen, a Salafi spokesman said on Monday.
Monday, January 13, 2014 - 08:53
The deal brokered late on Friday by a presidential commission ends fighting that erupted in late October centred on a Salafi mosque and Quranic school in the town of Dammaj.
Thursday, January 9, 2014 - 08:03
Local sources say the pro-Salafi fighters removed blocks on the Haradh-Sa’ada road, which they had been occupying for three months, preventing the transport of goods and services to the area.
Wednesday, January 8, 2014 - 07:27
The fighting first broke out on Monday when Shiite Huthi rebels attempted to take over the towns of Wadi Khaywan and Usaimat, strongholds of the Hashid tribe in Amran province, they said.
Monday, January 6, 2014 - 06:42
Iraqi security forces and their tribal allies made gains in heavy fighting on Sunday in Ramadi, reclaiming parts of the city from Sunni militants aligned with Al Qaeda, security officials and tribal leaders said.
Monday, January 6, 2014 - 06:40
Two Iraqi cities that were strongholds of Sunni insurgents during the U.S. war in the country are battlegrounds once more after al-Qaida militants largely took them over, fending off government forces that have been besieging them for days.
Friday, December 20, 2013 - 08:29
Nine people have been killed in sectarian fighting in northern Yemen between Shiite Huthi rebels and Sunni Islamists backed by local tribes, a tribal source said Friday.
Thursday, December 19, 2013 - 07:36
U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power landed Thursday in this war-scorched nation and said the United States would provide a military liaison presence to assist African Union forces amid deepening worries about an escalating humanitarian crisis.
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 - 08:22
A suicide bomber detonated an explosives belt among Shiite pilgrims walking northeast of the Iraqi capital, one of several attacks that killed a total of 11 people Wednesday, Agence France-Presse reported.
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 - 08:21
The wounded man sat in an armchair in front of a shack on the edge of the airport runway, his arms and head heavily bandaged.“I kept repeating, ‘I do not have weapons,’ ” he said. His attackers said nothing, he recalled: “It was only machete cuts.”