Sunni Extremists

A rocket fired by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip hit an open field in southern Israel today morning, the Israeli army said in a statement.

A roadside bomb followed by a suicide bombing near a Shia mosque south of Baghdad killed at least six people and wounded 19 today, security and medical officials said.

The Sunni extremist group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) has claimed responsibility for a suspected suicide bombing which left 24 dead in a southern Pakistani province, a minister from the region said on Saturday.

A car bombing claimed by the Islamic State group killed four people near a Shiite mosque in the rebel-controlled Yemeni capital Sanaa, the Shiite rebels said.

Three Saudi brothers have been arrested in connection with the bombing of a Kuwaiti mosque that killed 26 people, Riyadh said today after a shootout with one of the suspects.

Tens of thousands of Saudi Shiites gathered Monday for a mass funeral for the victims of a mosque bombing authorities called an attempt by Sunni extremists to sow sectarian strife.

The Islamic State jihadist group said Friday it carried out a series of deadly car bombings in Shiite districts of Iraq's capital to avenge attacks on displaced persons from a Sunni province.

The extremist Islamic State group today executed at least 30 civilians, including two children, in a raid on a regime-held village in Syria's central province of Hama, a monitor said.

A car bombing in the Shiite-majority Sadr City area of north Baghdad killed eight people and wounded more than 20 today, Iraqi security and medical officials said.

Syrian Kurdish forces have set their sights on taking back from jihadists Tal Abyad, another strategic town on the border with Turkey, after recapturing Kobane, a monitor said Monday.

Syrian regime air strikes on Islamic State group stronghold Raqa killed at least 95 people as a government delegation prepared for talks with key ally Russia today on relaunching peace negotiations.

Militants with the Islamic State extremist group on Sunday seized two small towns in northern Iraq after driving out Kurdish security forces, further expanding the territories under their control, officials and residents said.

Two car bombs in commercial areas of Baghdad killed at least seven people on Monday, as government forces and allied Sunni tribal fighters tried to dislodge militants from a small town north of the capital, officials said.

A militant extremist group's unilateral declaration of an Islamic state is threatening to undermine its already-tenuous alliance with other Sunnis who helped it overrun much of northern and western Iraq.

Thousands of Iraqi Christians flocked back to their homes in the north on Sunday, days after they fled villages under attack by Sunni Muslim extremists.

A rocket fired by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip hit an open field in southern Israel today morning, the Israeli army said in a statement.

A roadside bomb followed by a suicide bombing near a Shia mosque south of Baghdad killed at least six people and wounded 19 today, security and medical officials said.

The Sunni extremist group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) has claimed responsibility for a suspected suicide bombing which left 24 dead in a southern Pakistani province, a minister from the region said on Saturday.

A car bombing claimed by the Islamic State group killed four people near a Shiite mosque in the rebel-controlled Yemeni capital Sanaa, the Shiite rebels said.

Three Saudi brothers have been arrested in connection with the bombing of a Kuwaiti mosque that killed 26 people, Riyadh said today after a shootout with one of the suspects.

Tens of thousands of Saudi Shiites gathered Monday for a mass funeral for the victims of a mosque bombing authorities called an attempt by Sunni extremists to sow sectarian strife.

The Islamic State jihadist group said Friday it carried out a series of deadly car bombings in Shiite districts of Iraq's capital to avenge attacks on displaced persons from a Sunni province.

The extremist Islamic State group today executed at least 30 civilians, including two children, in a raid on a regime-held village in Syria's central province of Hama, a monitor said.

A car bombing in the Shiite-majority Sadr City area of north Baghdad killed eight people and wounded more than 20 today, Iraqi security and medical officials said.

Syrian Kurdish forces have set their sights on taking back from jihadists Tal Abyad, another strategic town on the border with Turkey, after recapturing Kobane, a monitor said Monday.

Syrian regime air strikes on Islamic State group stronghold Raqa killed at least 95 people as a government delegation prepared for talks with key ally Russia today on relaunching peace negotiations.

Militants with the Islamic State extremist group on Sunday seized two small towns in northern Iraq after driving out Kurdish security forces, further expanding the territories under their control, officials and residents said.

Two car bombs in commercial areas of Baghdad killed at least seven people on Monday, as government forces and allied Sunni tribal fighters tried to dislodge militants from a small town north of the capital, officials said.

A militant extremist group's unilateral declaration of an Islamic state is threatening to undermine its already-tenuous alliance with other Sunnis who helped it overrun much of northern and western Iraq.

Thousands of Iraqi Christians flocked back to their homes in the north on Sunday, days after they fled villages under attack by Sunni Muslim extremists.