Targets Shiite Muslims

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  Five Dead In Attack Targeting Shiites In Balochistan

  Gunmen Monday killed five people including three Shiite Muslims in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province in the latest sectarian attack on the religious minority, police said.

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  Baghdad Blasts Kill 27 As Iraq Forces Battle ISIS In Mosul

  Two bombings killed at least 27 people and wounded more than 115 in Baghdad, officials said Tuesday, as Iraqi forces fight to retake the last ISIS held areas of Mosul.

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  At Least 27 Dead In Baghdad Bombings: Officials

  At least 27 people were killed and more than 100 wounded in two bombings in Baghdad, security and medical officials said on Tuesday.

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  Suicide Bomber Kills 16 At Baghdad Ice Cream Shop

  A suicide bombing at a popular Baghdad ice cream shop killed at least 16 people, officials said Tuesday, an attack claimed by the ISIS.

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  Iraqi Shi'ite Cleric Tells Followers To Target US Troops Fighting ISIS

  Powerful Shi'ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr instructed his followers on Sunday to target US troops deploying to Iraq as part of the military campaign against ISIS.

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  Mosque Bombing in Yemen Capital Kills at Least 25: Sources

  A bomb attack targeting Shiite worshippers at a mosque in Yemen's capital today killed at least 25 people and wounded dozens more during prayers for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, medics said.

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  UN Evacuating Staff From Yemeni Capital Sanaa

  The United Nations began evacuating international staff from Sanaa today due to the security situation in the Yemeni capital, where a Saudi-led air campaign has been targeting Shi'ite Muslim Houthi forces, a UN source said.

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  For Iraqi Christian Family, A Grim Christmas Far From Home

  IS has no compunction about killing both Sunni and Shiite Muslims, but it has specifically targeted members of minorities in areas it controls, in some cases giving Christians the choice of converting, paying a tax, fleeing or death.

• Twin blasts kill seven in Pakistan's Karachi

  At least seven people were killed and 28 injured in twin bomb blasts targeting Shiite Muslims in Pakistan's port city of Karachi on Tuesday, officials said.

• Attacks kill at least 58 people in Iraq: officials

  A coordinated wave of bombings tore through Shiite Muslim areas in and around the Iraqi capital early Wednesday, killing at least 58 and wounding many more, officials said. The blasts, which came in quick succession, targeted residents out shopping and on their way to work.

• Baghdad car bombs kill 23, injures 81

  A wave of car bombs across Baghdad, mostly targeting Shiite areas, killed 23 people on Monday in the latest surge of violence as Shiite Muslims in Iraq marked the birth of a revered figure.

• Bomb rips through market near Quetta in Pakistan, police say 79 killed

  A bomb targeting Shiite Muslims in a busy market in Pakistan's insurgency-hit southwest killed 79 people including women and children and wounded 180 others, officials said Sunday.

• Bomb rips through market near Quetta in Pakistan, 63 killed

  A bomb targeting Shiite Muslims in a busy market in Pakistan's insurgency-hit southwest killed 63 people on Saturday and wounded 180 others, police and officials said.

• Suicide bomber kills 21 at Pakistan mosques

  A suicide bomber targeted a Shiite Muslim mosque in northwest Pakistan on Friday, killing 21 people and wounding up to 50 as worshippers poured out of weekly prayers, officials said.

• Pakistani Taliban claim Shiite attacks: spokesman

  The Pakistani Taliban on Thursday claimed responsibility for twin bomb attacks targeting Shiite Muslims in Karachi and Rawalpindi, which killed 25 people.