Sectarianism
Thursday, November 14, 2013 - 08:45
A suicide bomber blew himself up during a Shi'ite Muslim religious ritual in the eastern Iraqi city of al-Sadiya on Thursday, killing at least 35 people and wounding 75, a senior official and security sources said.
Thursday, November 14, 2013 - 08:13
At least 27 people were killed in nine attacks that stretched to the northern cities of Tikrit and Mosul and to the regions west of Baghdad and Falluja.
Thursday, November 14, 2013 - 08:11
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has pledged revenge against Shi'ite Houthi rebels in northern Yemen for their assault on a Salafi school in Dammaj, Site Monitoring Service reported late on Tuesday, citing a statement from the group.
Wednesday, November 13, 2013 - 08:55
The deadliest among Wednesday’s attacks was the one targeting a group of Shiites marking Ashoura in the eastern city of Baqouba, a former al-Qaida stronghold, 60 kilometers (35 miles) northeast of Baghdad.
Tuesday, November 12, 2013 - 11:46
A government-brokered ceasefire intended to halt days of clashes in northern Yemen between Shi'ite and Sunni Muslim fighters has been violated a day after it came into force, an official said on Monday.
Tuesday, November 12, 2013 - 09:27
We are in a delicate situation in the Central African Republic, and the tension is mounting. There is a terrifying, real threat of sectarian conflict.
Monday, November 11, 2013 - 11:01
Attacks north of Baghdad killed five people on Monday, officials said, while police found two corpses bearing signs of torture, a scene reminiscent of the country's all-out sectarian war.
Monday, November 11, 2013 - 09:43
Speaking to the BBC, Mohamed Javad Zarif blamed some Sunni countries for what he called "fear-mongering". "Some people have fanned the animosity for short-sighted political interests," he said.
Monday, November 11, 2013 - 09:35
In a news conference Saturday, ADP Politburo Rifaat Eid accused the Information Branch of framing his father, the ADP’s secretary-general Ali Eid, in the case of the Aug.23 twin bombings in Tripoli.
Monday, November 11, 2013 - 09:28
Fighting in northern Yemen between Shiite Houthis and Sunni Muslim Salafists stopped on Sunday as a ceasefire agreement, brokered by government mediators, took effect, a Yemeni official said.