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Bahrain jails more activists ahead of elections this month
November 12, 2018
Bahrain jails more activists ahead of elections this month
Bahrain has given jail terms, ranging from three to 10 years, to six more Shia activists. Bahrain has given jail terms, ranging from three to 10 years, to six more Shia activists. One of the convicts received a 10-year…
Taliban’s Red Unit commander among several dead, wounded in Faryab clash
November 11, 2018
Taliban’s Red Unit commander among several dead, wounded in Faryab clash
A clash broke out between the Taliban militants and the Afghan National Defense and Security forces in northern Faryab province of Afghanistan, leaving several militants dead, including a commander of the Red Unit of Taliban. A clash broke out…
Fresh Saudi airstrikes leave father, five children dead in Yemen’s Hudaydah
November 11, 2018
Fresh Saudi airstrikes leave father, five children dead in Yemen’s Hudaydah
At least six civilians have been killed when Saudi military aircraft carried out airstrikes against a residential area in Yemen’s strategic western province of Hudaydah as the Riyadh regime presses ahead with its atrocious bombardment campaign against its southern neighbor.…
Car bomb blast kills 3, wounds 12 in Iraq’s Mosul
November 11, 2018
Car bomb blast kills 3, wounds 12 in Iraq’s Mosul
At least three people have been killed and a dozen others wounded Thursday after a car bomb exploded near a restaurant in the Iraqi city of Mosul in a rare terrorist attack since Daesh militants were flushed out last year.…
Riyadh uses death penalty as tool to crush Shia dissidents: Amnesty
November 11, 2018
Riyadh uses death penalty as tool to crush Shia dissidents: Amnesty
Amnesty International has warned against what appears to be imminent executions of a dozen Shia men on death row in Saudi Arabia, blasting the Riyadh regime for resorting to death sentences as a “tool” to suppress the kingdom’s Shia minorities.…
SRW publishes its monthly report
November 8, 2018
SRW publishes its monthly report
Shia Rights Watch International Organization published its latest monthly report of the anti-Shia movements between September 25 and October 25, 2018. Shia Rights Watch International Organization published its latest monthly report of the anti-Shia movements between September 25…
Over 200 mass graves of Daesh victims found in Iraq, UN report says
November 7, 2018
Over 200 mass graves of Daesh victims found in Iraq, UN report says
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) says more than 200 mass graves, containing the remains of thousands of people, have been discovered in territories previously controlled by the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in Iraq. …
Bahrain steps up campaign of arrest ahead of parliamentary elections
November 7, 2018
Bahrain steps up campaign of arrest ahead of parliamentary elections
Bahraini forces have stepped up arrests of Shis activists ahead of this month’s parliamentary elections in the Gulf kingdom. Bahraini forces have stepped up arrests of Shis activists ahead of this month’s parliamentary elections in the Gulf kingdom. The…
Saudi Arabia, allies intensify offensive on Yemen’s Hudaydah
November 7, 2018
Saudi Arabia, allies intensify offensive on Yemen’s Hudaydah
Saudi Arabia and its allies have intensified a brutal offensive on Yemen’s Hudaydah — whose port is the country’s only conduit to the outside world under a Saudi-led blockade — killing at least three people and injuring 35 others. …
Preliminary round of Nat’l Quran Contest underway in Iraq
November 6, 2018
Preliminary round of Nat’l Quran Contest underway in Iraq
The preliminary round of Iraq’s 11th national Quran competition is being held in different governorates of the Arab country. The preliminary round of Iraq’s 11th national Quran competition is being held in different governorates of the Arab country.…