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Iraqi shia pilgrims defy curfews and coronavirus outbreak
Stealing around barbed wire barriers through fields and side streets, dozens of ...
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Coronavirus closes Shia tomb in Iran’s Mashhad: Spokesman
The tomb of Imam Reza in Iran’s holy Shia city of Mashhad has been closed to ...
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Coronavirus prompts Friday prayers cancelation in Shia holy city of Kerbala
Iraq canceled Friday prayers in the Shia holy city of Kerbala due to concerns ...
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Iraq’s top Shia cleric urges protesters, security forces not to use violence
Iraq’s top Shia cleric on Friday urged security forces and protesters not to ...
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Iraq’s Shia religious authority endorses ongoing protests
A statement issued by the Iraqi Shia religious authority on Friday endorsed the ...
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US sanctions on Iran felt in Iraqi Shiite tourist shops
For years, Karar Hussein has sold sweets in his shop near the entrance to one of ...
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Wary of Shiite militia, Iraqi Christians fear returning home
In the main square in the northern Iraqi town of Bartella stands a large cross, ...
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Afghan Shiite militia battles Taliban, raising sectarian fears
A week of fighting between Taliban militants and fighters loyal to a commander ...
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Blast kills three in Iraq, ISIS claims attack
Three Shiite Muslim pilgrims were killed by a roadside bomb as they walked to a ...
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Iranian journalist arrested over ‘insults’ to Imam
Iran’s judiciary has arrested a journalist over “insults” to ...
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Abdul Mehdi and the Iraqi fireball
A few months ago, no one expected that Adel Abdul Mehdi would be asked to form the ...
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Has Iraq descended into battleground for Shiite-on-Shiite civil war?
Following a messy election, Sadrists in Iraq have ripped down portraits of ...
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Why seek virtues in the Iraqi prime minister alone?
They are busy and preoccupied with the qualities of the next prime minister. They ...
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Basra rises against the Persian enemy
I believe what has happened in Basra is a historic turning point that could be ...
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How Iran developed suicide bombers as poor man’s answer to smart bombs
With Iran’s founder and first Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini applying the ...
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Khamenei’s universities: Exporting Islamic Revolution through soft power
Following the 9/11 attacks in the United States, the media was flooded with news ...
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Punish ignorant people who promote sectarianism
It is said that once a Sunni Palestinian and a Shiite Iraqi were debating in ...
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How Qatar, Iran colluded to force Shiite demography on Syria-Lebanon border town
A recent report by BBC on Qatar’s involvement in paying over $1 billion ...
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Shirazi religious channels, hijacking the Shiite sphere
The Shirazi reference believes that “media outlets these days are a tool in ...
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Muqtada al-Sadr and me: The evolution of a nationalistic populist
With Muqtada al-Sadr’s successful bid to win in the late Iraqi national ...
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Collapse of mullahs’ state to bring down political Islamization
President Trump’s withdrawal from Obama’s nuclear agreement with Iran ...
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ANALYSIS: Iraq parliamentary election paves way for new faces on political scene
Iraq's one-party rule collapsed in April 2003; a rule that was inherited by a ...
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The worst is yet to come for Iran
Observers of the Iranian situation can clearly see that Iran is not living its ...
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How Lebanon new vote rules will keep old guard in power
Lebanese will have a first opportunity in nine years to vote in a general election ...
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Iran has recruited 80,000 Shiite fighters in Syria, says Israeli envoy
Israel’s envoy to the United Nations said on Thursday that Iran had ...
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In power for 15 years, Iraq’s Shiites split ahead of crucial vote
United in their fight against Saddam Hussein’s oppression for decades, ...
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Voters and candidates in Iraq’s election: Here is all you need to know
Iraqis are set to head to the polls on May 12 for parliamentary elections. At the ...
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Bahrain sentences 24 Shiites to jail, revokes nationality
A Bahrain court sentenced 24 Shiite citizens to prison and stripped them of their ...
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Lebanese elections and regional dimensions
For the first time in Lebanon’s modern history, election headlines are ...
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What did Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman say about Shiites in Saudi Arabia?
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, speaking to the Atlantic, said that both ...
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