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6 Killed, Over 20 Injured In Blast In Syria
A bomb killed six people and wounded scores on Thursday when it exploded near the Sayeda Zeinab mausoleum, Syria's most visited Shiite pilgrimage site, the interior ministry said.
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Blast Rocks Hezbollah Site In South Lebanon: Residents
An explosion rocked a Hezbollah site in southern Lebanon Tuesday, residents said, as a source close to the Shiite movement said it was an accident.
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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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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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1 Killed,80 Wounded in Rare Attack on Bangladesh Shiites
At least one person was killed and nearly 80 wounded today in a bomb attack outside the main Shiite site in the Bangladeshi capital as thousands gathered for the annual Ashura procession, police said.
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Iran Pilgrims Prevent Nuclear Protest Outside Mosque
Iranian pilgrims at a Shiite holy site near the city of Qom intervened against the distribution of leaflets opposing Tehran's nuclear talks with world powers, state news agency IRNA reported today.
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Islamic State Jihadists Take Ramadi But Pinned Back in Palmyra
The Islamic State group sealed its capture of Ramadi Sunday after a dramatic pullout by Iraqi forces but was prevented by Syrian troops from taking the heritage site of Palmyra.
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Islamic Jihadists Claim Killing of 15 Yemen Soldiers: SITE Intelligence Group
Jihadists of the Islamic State group claimed they beheaded four Yemeni soldiers and shot dead another 11 execution-style in a video posted online Thursday, a monitoring group said.
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Saddam's Allies Moved His Corpse, Fearful Shi'ite Militias Would Harm it: Tribal Leader
Executed former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein's Sunni tribal allies moved his body from a family plot eight months ago, fearful that Shi'ite militias would harm it, a tribal leader told Reuters on Wednesday.
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A year on, Afghan 'girl-in-green' revisits Ashura massacre site
In a brave gesture of defiance against suicide bombers, Afghanistan's "girl-in-green" on Saturday revisited the scene of a Shiite Muslim holy-day massacre that made her image world famous.
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6 Killed, Over 20 Injured In Blast In Syria
A bomb killed six people and wounded scores on Thursday when it exploded near the Sayeda Zeinab mausoleum, Syria's most visited Shiite pilgrimage site, the interior ministry said.
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Blast Rocks Hezbollah Site In South Lebanon: Residents
An explosion rocked a Hezbollah site in southern Lebanon Tuesday, residents said, as a source close to the Shiite movement said it was an accident.
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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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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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1 Killed,80 Wounded in Rare Attack on Bangladesh Shiites
At least one person was killed and nearly 80 wounded today in a bomb attack outside the main Shiite site in the Bangladeshi capital as thousands gathered for the annual Ashura procession, police said.
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Iran Pilgrims Prevent Nuclear Protest Outside Mosque
Iranian pilgrims at a Shiite holy site near the city of Qom intervened against the distribution of leaflets opposing Tehran's nuclear talks with world powers, state news agency IRNA reported today.
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Islamic State Jihadists Take Ramadi But Pinned Back in Palmyra
The Islamic State group sealed its capture of Ramadi Sunday after a dramatic pullout by Iraqi forces but was prevented by Syrian troops from taking the heritage site of Palmyra.
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Islamic Jihadists Claim Killing of 15 Yemen Soldiers: SITE Intelligence Group
Jihadists of the Islamic State group claimed they beheaded four Yemeni soldiers and shot dead another 11 execution-style in a video posted online Thursday, a monitoring group said.
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Saddam's Allies Moved His Corpse, Fearful Shi'ite Militias Would Harm it: Tribal Leader
Executed former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein's Sunni tribal allies moved his body from a family plot eight months ago, fearful that Shi'ite militias would harm it, a tribal leader told Reuters on Wednesday.
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A year on, Afghan 'girl-in-green' revisits Ashura massacre site
In a brave gesture of defiance against suicide bombers, Afghanistan's "girl-in-green" on Saturday revisited the scene of a Shiite Muslim holy-day massacre that made her image world famous.
