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Suicide bomber kills over 27 worshippers at Shia mosque in Kabul
Middle East
November 21, 2016
Suicide bomber kills over 27 worshippers at Shia mosque in Kabul
A suicide bomber on Monday killed at least 27 people and wounded 35 in an explosion at a crowded Shia…
Acting ambassador: Iran does not intend to assault other countries
Middle East
March 21, 2016
Acting ambassador: Iran does not intend to assault other countries
Iran does not intend to assault any other country, acting Iranian ambassador to Cairo, Mohamed Mahmoudian, has told Al-Masry Al-Youm.…
Saudis garner Egyptian Twitter support against Iran threats over cleric’s execution
Egypt
January 3, 2016
Saudis garner Egyptian Twitter support against Iran threats over cleric’s execution
Egyptian Twitter users have voiced solidarity with Saudi Arabia against threats made by Iran to the kingdom over the latter’s…
Saudi faces ‘divine revenge’ over cleric’s execution: Khamenei
Middle East
January 3, 2016
Saudi faces ‘divine revenge’ over cleric’s execution: Khamenei
Saudi Arabia will face "divine revenge" over its execution of a top Shi'ite cleric, Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei…
Iran threatens Saudis for executing Shiite cleric, but his brother calls for calm
Middle East
January 2, 2016
Iran threatens Saudis for executing Shiite cleric, but his brother calls for calm
Saudi Arabia will pay "a high price" for executing prominent Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr on Saturday, Iran's foreign ministry said.Ministry…
Iraq’s Shi’ite leader Al-Sadr invites Al-Azhar for unity against Jews
Egypt
November 9, 2015
Iraq’s Shi’ite leader Al-Sadr invites Al-Azhar for unity against Jews
Muqtada Al-Sadr, one of Iraq’s influential Shi'ite leaders, has invited Egypt’s Al-Azhar, the top religious academy in the Sunni Islamic…
Bomb kills two Bahraini policemen, government implicates Iran
Middle East
July 28, 2015
Bomb kills two Bahraini policemen, government implicates Iran
A bomb killed two Bahraini policemen on Tuesday and the explosives resembled some seized at the weekend that the government…
Iran’s Khamenei says Saudi air strikes in Yemen causing genocide
Egypt
April 9, 2015
Iran’s Khamenei says Saudi air strikes in Yemen causing genocide
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Thursday that air strikes by a Saudi-led coalition against Houthi fighters in…
Exhumation of Iraq’s Camp Speicher victim mass graves begins
Middle East
April 7, 2015
Exhumation of Iraq’s Camp Speicher victim mass graves begins
Iraqi forensic teams began on Monday excavating 12 suspected mass grave sites thought to hold the corpses of as many…
Iraq summons Egyptian ambassador over al-Azhar’s Shia militia remarks
Egypt
March 17, 2015
Iraq summons Egyptian ambassador over al-Azhar’s Shia militia remarks
Iraq’s foreign ministry summoned on Tuesday the Egyptian ambassador to Iraq, Ahmed Darwish, in protest against the rececnt unfavorable remarks…