Shiites
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In new video, ISIS claims beheading of 8 Shiites in Syria's Hama
World | Mar 30, 2015, 07:26 AM ISTBeirut: A new video released by the Islamic State group on Sunday shows its fighters cutting off the heads of eight men said to be Shiite Muslims. The video posted on social media said the
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Attacks in Iraq around religious ritual kill 22
World | Nov 13, 2013, 07:27 PM ISTBaghdad: Attacks across Iraq targeting security forces and those marking a major Shiite commemoration killed 21 people on Wednesday while gunmen in the former insurgent stronghold of Fallujah assassinated the city's mayor as he was
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Wave Of Bombings Kill 72 In Iraq
World | Jan 05, 2012, 10:59 PM ISTBaghdad, Jan 5: A wave of bombings targeting Shiites in Iraq killed 72 people on Thursday, deepening sectarian tensions that exploded just after the last American troops left the country in mid-December.The coordinated attacks targeting
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26 Shiites Killed In Pakistan By Gunmen
World | Sep 20, 2011, 10:55 PM ISTIslamabad, Sep 20: Bike-borne unidentified gunmen today shot dead at least 26 Shia Muslim pilgrims in cold-blood in southwest Pakistan's Balochistan province after forcing them out of a bus.A bus carrying Shia pilgrims, which was
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Bahrain Crackdown Enrages Shiites Across Region
World | Mar 19, 2011, 08:42 AM ISTManama, March 18: Bahrain's army today demolished the 90-metre monument that had become a symbol of a monthlong uprising against the monarchy in the Gulf nation. The destruction of the six white curved beams topped
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'Qaeda' Bombing Kills 23 Shiites In Yemen Rebel Bastion
World | Nov 24, 2010, 10:55 PM ISTSanaa, Nov 24: A suicide car bomber killed 23 Shiites at a religious procession in Yemen today, an attack a tribal chief charged was a bid by Al-Qaeda to fan sectarian tensions in the already