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US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has called on the Bahraini regime to stop discriminating against Shias residing in the Gulf country.   US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has called on the Bahraini regime to stop discriminating against Shias…

At least 40 bodies have been found in several mass graves in a Shia Hazara village in northern Afghanistan recently recaptured from the Taliban.   At least 40 bodies have been found in several mass graves in a Shia Hazara…

Saudi Arabia has completed the demolition of al-Musawara neighborhood in the Shia town of Awamiyah, says a local official.   Saudi Arabia has completed the demolition of al-Musawara neighborhood in the Shia town of Awamiyah, says a local official. According…

Saudi Arabia and Iraq have announced they would soon reopen a major border crossing for trade after some 27 years of closure.   Saudi Arabia and Iraq have announced they would soon reopen a major border crossing for trade after…

Iraq has begun an operation to liberate the northern city of Tal Afar from Daesh terrorists weeks after driving the terror group out of its last urban stronghold in the country, the Defense Ministry says.   Iraq has begun an…

Hundreds of Shia pilgrims have been forced to prolong their stay at the Taftan border on the pretext of security threat for more than two weeks but government and security agencies have failed to counter that particular threat and provide…

The so-called Islamic State, ISIS, terrorist group’s offshoot in Afghanistan, ISIS Khurasan, has claimed responsibility for the massacre of scores of civilians in northern Sar-e-Pul province.   The so-called Islamic State, ISIS, terrorist group’s offshoot in Afghanistan, ISIS Khurasan, has…

The World Health Organization (WHO) says more than 500,000 people have been affected by cholera in war-torn Yemen since the epidemic broke out in late April, as the waterborne disease has killed nearly 2,000 others in the impoverished nation during…

Baghdad Operations Command held a meeting with the participation of a delegation from the Jawadayn holy shrine, a number of representatives of the security services, service agencies and officials of the processions, Mawakib, in Karkh and Rusafa.   Baghdad Operations…

The International Organization of Shia Rights Watch has condemned the terrorist attacks targeting Shias in Pakistan, demanding that the authorities bear their legal and moral responsibility to protect the Shias from the brutality of terrorist groups, stressing that the people…