Sunni Rebels

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  What's Behind The Feud Between Saudi Arabia And Iran? Power.

  Iran is the predominant Shiite power in the region, and Saudi Arabia is a Sunni powerhouse. Is this just an age-old religious war?

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  ISIS Denounces Saudi Arabia's Anti-ISIS Coalition

  ISIS threatened to attack Saudi Arabia for "colluding with crusaders" after the oil-rich kingdom said it had established a 34-state Islamic military coalition to target the militants.

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  Syrian Army Advances With Help of Intensified Russian Air Strikes

  Russian war planes pounded Syrian rebels unaffiliated with Islamic State today, insurgents said, helping Moscow's ally creclaim territory and dealing a fresh setback to the strategy of Washington and its allies.

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  Car Bomb Claimed by Islamic State Kills 4 in Yemen Capital

  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.

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  28 Dead in Attack on Shiites in Yemen Claimed by Islamic State

  An attack on Huthi rebel leaders in the Yemeni capital claimed by the Islamic State group killed at least 28 people, medics said, the latest deadly assault on Shiites by the Sunni extremists.

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  Saudi Seeks Nuclear Deals, Alliances to Counter Iran

  Saudi Arabia is pursuing its own nuclear projects and building alliances to counter Iran, which is days away from a potential atomic deal Riyadh fears could further destabilise the region.

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  Yemen Government Rejects Iranian Peace Plan

  Yemen's government has rejected a four-point peace plan for the country that Iran submitted to the United Nations, a spokesman said on Saturday.

• Yemen Fighting Killed At Least 200 Within A Week: Government

  At least 200 people were killed on the outskirts of the Yemeni capital in fighting during the past week between Shiite rebels and Sunni militiamen, the government said Monday.

• Armed Groups Jostling for Influence in Yemen

  Yemeni Shiite rebels were said to be close to agreeing Friday to sign a deal to end deadly fighting north of the capital with Sunni fighters of the Islamist Al-Islah party.

• Yemen Clashes Between Rebels, Islamists Kill 35

  Yemeni security officials say two days of clashes between Shiite rebels and Islamist tribesmen in the country's north have killed at least 35 fighters on both sides.

• Hezbollah Fighters Killed in Clash on Syria-Lebanon Border

  Seven fighters from the Lebanese group Hezbollah were killed in fighting with Sunni Islamist insurgents in a mountainous area on the Syria-Lebanon border in which at least 16 rebels were also killed, a monitoring group reported on Monday.

• Iraq Headed for Chaos Unless Politicians Unite, Says UN

  Iraqi soldiers backed by Shi'ite militias fought Sunni rebels for control of a military base northeast of Baghdad on Saturday as a UN envoy warned of chaos if divided lawmakers do not make progress on Sunday towards naming a government.

• Syria Rebels Storm Sunni Village, Kill 14

  Syrian rebels rampaged through a Sunni village in the central province of Hama on Wednesday, firing indiscriminately at civilians and killing 14 people, including seven women, state media and opposition activists said.

• Barack Obama Seeks $500 Million to Train, Equip Syrian Rebels

  With the conflicts in Syria and Iraq becoming increasingly intertwined against the same Sunni extremist group, President Barack Obama moved on Thursday to ratchet up US efforts to strengthen more moderate Syrian rebels.

• 13 Civilians Die as Yemen Army Clashes with Shiite Rebels: Medic

  Clashes between Yemeni forces and Shiite Huthi rebels in the northern city of Amran claimed the lives of 13 civilians, who died when their houses collapsed, a medic said on Wednesday.