Bombings Of A Shiite Shrine
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Tens Of Thousands Flock To Baghdad Shrine Braving Bomb Threat
Tens of thousands of Shiite faithful converged on a north Baghdad shrine on Tuesday for the peak of an annual pilgrimage, braving the threat of attack after two jihadist bombings.
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Car Bomb Kills 7 Near Syria Shiite Shrine: Report
A car bomb killed at least seven people near the revered Shiite shrine of Sayyida Zeinab, south of the Syrian capital Damascus, today, state television reported.
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ISIS Blasts Kill More Than 140 As US, Russia Press Syria Truce
A string of suicide bombings near a Shiite shrine outside Syria's capital and in Homs claimed by terrorists killed at least 142 people on Sunday, as Washington and Moscow worked to secure a ceasefire.
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50 Dead, 200 Wounded In Bombings In South Damascus: Reports
At least 50 people were killed and 200 were wounded Sunday in a series of attacks, including a car bombing, near a Shiite shrine south of Syria's capital, state television and a monitor said.
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ISIS Bombings Near Syria Shiite Shrine Kill 71
An AFP photographer said the explosions damaged the facade of a nearby building, scorching all of its six storeys.
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Blasts Kill 45, Wound 110 Near Syria Shrine: Report
At least 45 people were killed and 110 wounded today in three bomb blasts near a revered Shiite shrine south of the Syrian capital Damascus, state media reported.
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Bangladesh Security Unit Kills 2 Militants In Raid On Hideout
A Bangladesh anti-terrorist force killed two members of a banned Islamist group on Monday, a force spokesman said, the latest clash in an intensified a hunt for militants behind a spate of violence.
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Shiite Pilgrimage Violence Leaves 4 Dead in Baghdad
Deadly violence erupted overnight when Shiite worshippers marched through a Sunni neighbourhood of Baghdad on their way to a shrine for an annual ritual, police said Thursday.
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Mortars Strike Near Revered Iraq Shiite Shrine
A mortar attack near a revered Shiite Muslim shrine north of Baghdad wounded three people, officials said on Tuesday, as Iraq seeks to repel Sunni militants who have overrun swathes of territory.
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Militants Ready New Assault on Iraq's Samarra: Witnesses
Militants were gathering Friday for a new attempt to take the Iraqi city of Samarra, home to a revered Shiite shrine whose 2006 bombing sparked a sectarian war, witnesses said.
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Iraq violence, including attacks on Shiites, kills twenty three
Violence across Iraq, including bombings against Shiites, killed 23 people on Wednesday as worshipers massed in a shrine city on the eve of major commemoration rituals often targeted by militants.
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Car bomb kills 17 Shiite pilgrims in Iraq
A car bomb killed 17 worshippers south of Baghdad on Thursday as pilgrims from around the world thronged Iraq's shrine city of Karbala to finish commemorations for a revered figure in Shiite Islam.
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60 killed in rare attacks on Afghan Shiites
A suicide bomber struck a crowd of Shiite worshippers who packed a Kabul mosque Tuesday to mark a holy day, killing at least 56 people, and a second bombing in another city killed four more Shiites. They were the first major sectarian assaults since the fall of the Taliban a decade ago.
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Tens Of Thousands Flock To Baghdad Shrine Braving Bomb Threat
Tens of thousands of Shiite faithful converged on a north Baghdad shrine on Tuesday for the peak of an annual pilgrimage, braving the threat of attack after two jihadist bombings.
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Car Bomb Kills 7 Near Syria Shiite Shrine: Report
A car bomb killed at least seven people near the revered Shiite shrine of Sayyida Zeinab, south of the Syrian capital Damascus, today, state television reported.
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ISIS Blasts Kill More Than 140 As US, Russia Press Syria Truce
A string of suicide bombings near a Shiite shrine outside Syria's capital and in Homs claimed by terrorists killed at least 142 people on Sunday, as Washington and Moscow worked to secure a ceasefire.
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50 Dead, 200 Wounded In Bombings In South Damascus: Reports
At least 50 people were killed and 200 were wounded Sunday in a series of attacks, including a car bombing, near a Shiite shrine south of Syria's capital, state television and a monitor said.
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ISIS Bombings Near Syria Shiite Shrine Kill 71
An AFP photographer said the explosions damaged the facade of a nearby building, scorching all of its six storeys.
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Blasts Kill 45, Wound 110 Near Syria Shrine: Report
At least 45 people were killed and 110 wounded today in three bomb blasts near a revered Shiite shrine south of the Syrian capital Damascus, state media reported.
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Bangladesh Security Unit Kills 2 Militants In Raid On Hideout
A Bangladesh anti-terrorist force killed two members of a banned Islamist group on Monday, a force spokesman said, the latest clash in an intensified a hunt for militants behind a spate of violence.
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Shiite Pilgrimage Violence Leaves 4 Dead in Baghdad
Deadly violence erupted overnight when Shiite worshippers marched through a Sunni neighbourhood of Baghdad on their way to a shrine for an annual ritual, police said Thursday.
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Mortars Strike Near Revered Iraq Shiite Shrine
A mortar attack near a revered Shiite Muslim shrine north of Baghdad wounded three people, officials said on Tuesday, as Iraq seeks to repel Sunni militants who have overrun swathes of territory.
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Militants Ready New Assault on Iraq's Samarra: Witnesses
Militants were gathering Friday for a new attempt to take the Iraqi city of Samarra, home to a revered Shiite shrine whose 2006 bombing sparked a sectarian war, witnesses said.
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Iraq violence, including attacks on Shiites, kills twenty three
Violence across Iraq, including bombings against Shiites, killed 23 people on Wednesday as worshipers massed in a shrine city on the eve of major commemoration rituals often targeted by militants.
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Car bomb kills 17 Shiite pilgrims in Iraq
A car bomb killed 17 worshippers south of Baghdad on Thursday as pilgrims from around the world thronged Iraq's shrine city of Karbala to finish commemorations for a revered figure in Shiite Islam.
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60 killed in rare attacks on Afghan Shiites
A suicide bomber struck a crowd of Shiite worshippers who packed a Kabul mosque Tuesday to mark a holy day, killing at least 56 people, and a second bombing in another city killed four more Shiites. They were the first major sectarian assaults since the fall of the Taliban a decade ago.
