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ISIS Claims Responsibility For Oman Mosque Attack
Six people including four Pakistanis were killed and nearly 30 wounded in a shooting near a Shiite mosque in the Omani capital Muscat, officials said Tuesday, a rare attack in the country that was claimed by Islamic State.
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Iran Arrests 26 Foreign Nationals Over Shrine Attack
Iran has arrested 26 foreign nationals over their alleged involvement in a deadly attack claimed by the Islamic State group on a Shiite Muslim shrine, the intelligence ministry said Monday.
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ISIS Claims Responsibility For Attack On Iran Mosque
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for an attack Wednesday on a Shiite Muslim shrine in southern Iran that state media said killed more than a dozen people.
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ISIS Claims Responsibility For Blasts On Minibuses In Afghanistan
The Islamic State group claimed two bomb blasts aboard minibuses that killed at least nine people Thursday in Afghanistan's Mazar-i-Sharif, a week after a deadly explosion at a Shiite mosque in the northern city.
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Taliban Arrests Suspected ISIS "Mastermind" Of Afghan Mosque Attack
Taliban forces have arrested a suspected ISIS militant who planned a bomb attack that killed at least 12 worshippers at a Shiite mosque in Afghanistan, police said on Friday.
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At Least 16 Die As Blasts Rock Afghanistan Cities; Several Injured
At least 16 people were killed by bomb blasts in two Afghan cities Thursday -- including 12 at a Shiite mosque in Mazar-i-Sharif claimed by the Islamic State (IS) group.
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ISIS Claims Responsibility For Peshawar Mosque Blast
The Islamic State group claimed a suicide bombing that hit a Shiite mosque in the Pakistani city of Peshawar on Friday, killing at least 56 people.
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Amnesty Urges Iraq To Reveal Whereabouts Of 643 Abducted Boys And Men
Amnesty International on Thursday urged Iraq to reveal the whereabouts of 643 Sunni Muslim boys and men abducted five years ago by Shiite paramilitaries fighting the Islamic State (IS) group.
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Pope, Top Shiite Cleric Plead For "Peace" In Historic Iraq Encounter
Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, one of Shiite Islam's top clerics, told Pope Francis in a historic meeting in Iraq on Saturday that the country's Christians should live in "peace".
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Iran Closes Key Religious Sites As Coronavirus Death Count Hits 853
Iran on Monday closed four key Shiite pilgrimage sites to stop a coronavirus outbreak that has killed over 850 people out of nearly 15,000 cases recorded in the Islamic republic.
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Kabul Blasts: 40 Dead, Dozens Injured In Multiple Explosions In Afghan Capital
At least 40 people were killed and many others wounded in multiple blasts at a Shiite cultural centre in Kabul on Thursday, officials said, in the latest violence to hit the Afghan capital.
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Saudi King Slams Iran As 'Spearhead Of Global Terrorism'
Saudi Arabia's King Salman on Sunday accused regional rival Shiite Iran of exporting extremist Islamic movements to the world and vowed to eliminate the ISIS.
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Suicide Blast Outside Prophet's Mosque In Medina: Report
A suicide blast struck Monday in Saudi Arabia outside one of Islam's holiest sites, the Prophet's Mosque in Medina, a Saudi-owned television channel reported.
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Nigerian Military Under Scrutiny After Shiite Group Clashes
Officially, there's been no death toll from two days of clashes between Nigerian troops and a Shiite Muslim group in the northern city of Zaria last month.
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5 Facts About Sunnis And Shiites That Help Makes Sense Of The Saudi-Iran Crisis
The execution of Shiite cleric Nimr Baqr al-Nimr by Saudi Arabia has sparked a furor in the Middle East along sectarian lines. In Iran, the regional Shiite superpower, the Sunni embassy was ransacked and burned. The Saudi kingdom and a number of its Sunni allies have cut or downgraded diplomatic relations with Tehran. In a number of Sunni-majority ...
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ISIS Claims Responsibility For Oman Mosque Attack
Six people including four Pakistanis were killed and nearly 30 wounded in a shooting near a Shiite mosque in the Omani capital Muscat, officials said Tuesday, a rare attack in the country that was claimed by Islamic State.
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Iran Arrests 26 Foreign Nationals Over Shrine Attack
Iran has arrested 26 foreign nationals over their alleged involvement in a deadly attack claimed by the Islamic State group on a Shiite Muslim shrine, the intelligence ministry said Monday.
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ISIS Claims Responsibility For Attack On Iran Mosque
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for an attack Wednesday on a Shiite Muslim shrine in southern Iran that state media said killed more than a dozen people.
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ISIS Claims Responsibility For Blasts On Minibuses In Afghanistan
The Islamic State group claimed two bomb blasts aboard minibuses that killed at least nine people Thursday in Afghanistan's Mazar-i-Sharif, a week after a deadly explosion at a Shiite mosque in the northern city.
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Taliban Arrests Suspected ISIS "Mastermind" Of Afghan Mosque Attack
Taliban forces have arrested a suspected ISIS militant who planned a bomb attack that killed at least 12 worshippers at a Shiite mosque in Afghanistan, police said on Friday.
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At Least 16 Die As Blasts Rock Afghanistan Cities; Several Injured
At least 16 people were killed by bomb blasts in two Afghan cities Thursday -- including 12 at a Shiite mosque in Mazar-i-Sharif claimed by the Islamic State (IS) group.
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ISIS Claims Responsibility For Peshawar Mosque Blast
The Islamic State group claimed a suicide bombing that hit a Shiite mosque in the Pakistani city of Peshawar on Friday, killing at least 56 people.
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Amnesty Urges Iraq To Reveal Whereabouts Of 643 Abducted Boys And Men
Amnesty International on Thursday urged Iraq to reveal the whereabouts of 643 Sunni Muslim boys and men abducted five years ago by Shiite paramilitaries fighting the Islamic State (IS) group.
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Pope, Top Shiite Cleric Plead For "Peace" In Historic Iraq Encounter
Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, one of Shiite Islam's top clerics, told Pope Francis in a historic meeting in Iraq on Saturday that the country's Christians should live in "peace".
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Iran Closes Key Religious Sites As Coronavirus Death Count Hits 853
Iran on Monday closed four key Shiite pilgrimage sites to stop a coronavirus outbreak that has killed over 850 people out of nearly 15,000 cases recorded in the Islamic republic.
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Kabul Blasts: 40 Dead, Dozens Injured In Multiple Explosions In Afghan Capital
At least 40 people were killed and many others wounded in multiple blasts at a Shiite cultural centre in Kabul on Thursday, officials said, in the latest violence to hit the Afghan capital.
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Saudi King Slams Iran As 'Spearhead Of Global Terrorism'
Saudi Arabia's King Salman on Sunday accused regional rival Shiite Iran of exporting extremist Islamic movements to the world and vowed to eliminate the ISIS.
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Suicide Blast Outside Prophet's Mosque In Medina: Report
A suicide blast struck Monday in Saudi Arabia outside one of Islam's holiest sites, the Prophet's Mosque in Medina, a Saudi-owned television channel reported.
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Nigerian Military Under Scrutiny After Shiite Group Clashes
Officially, there's been no death toll from two days of clashes between Nigerian troops and a Shiite Muslim group in the northern city of Zaria last month.
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5 Facts About Sunnis And Shiites That Help Makes Sense Of The Saudi-Iran Crisis
The execution of Shiite cleric Nimr Baqr al-Nimr by Saudi Arabia has sparked a furor in the Middle East along sectarian lines. In Iran, the regional Shiite superpower, the Sunni embassy was ransacked and burned. The Saudi kingdom and a number of its Sunni allies have cut or downgraded diplomatic relations with Tehran. In a number of Sunni-majority ...
