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SRW calls on Pakistani government to end massacres against Shias.
August 16, 2017
SRW calls on Pakistani government to end massacres against Shias.
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…
A prominent Shia man shot dead in Dera Ismail Khan
August 15, 2017
A prominent Shia man shot dead in Dera Ismail Khan
Another Shia notable of Dera Ismail Khan embraced martyrdom due to firing of proscribed ASWJ terrorists on Sunday. Another Shia notable of Dera Ismail Khan embraced martyrdom due to firing of proscribed ASWJ terrorists on Sunday. The Shia Muslims’…
Taliban capture control of Ghormach in northern Faryab province
August 15, 2017
Taliban capture control of Ghormach in northern Faryab province
The Taliban insurgents have captured the control of Ghormach district in northern Faryab province after days of heavy gun battle. The Taliban insurgents have captured the control of Ghormach district in northern Faryab province after days of heavy gun…
Protests across Bahrain prior to Independence Day
August 15, 2017
Protests across Bahrain prior to Independence Day
Hundreds of citizens took part in peaceful protests in different Bahraini villages as Bahrain’s Independence Day approaches. Hundreds of citizens took part in peaceful protests in different Bahraini villages as Bahrain’s Independence Day approaches. Demonstrators held anti-regime slogans and…
Yemenis mark anniversary of Saudi airstrike on Sa’ada school
August 15, 2017
Yemenis mark anniversary of Saudi airstrike on Sa’ada school
Yemeni children have rallied outside the UN building in the capital Sana’a, marking the first anniversary of the death of 10 children in a Saudi airstrike. Yemeni children have rallied outside the UN building in the capital Sana’a,…
Saudi razes hundreds of houses in Shia-majority town
August 15, 2017
Saudi razes hundreds of houses in Shia-majority town
Saudi Arabia has reportedly laid waste to at least 320 houses in an eastern Shia-majority town, which it has placed under siege for about three months. Saudi Arabia has reportedly laid waste to at least 320 houses in an…
Major blast kills 15 in capital of Pakistan’s Balochistan province
August 14, 2017
Major blast kills 15 in capital of Pakistan’s Balochistan province
At least 15 people have been killed in a major explosion in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province. At least 15 people have been killed in a major explosion in the southwestern Pakistani city…
Yemeni forces sink vessel of Saudi-led coalition off Mukha
August 14, 2017
Yemeni forces sink vessel of Saudi-led coalition off Mukha
Yemeni naval forces, backed by fighters from Popular Committees, have reportedly targeted and destroyed a military vessel in a missile attack off the coast of the country’s southwestern province of Ta’izz. Yemeni naval forces, backed by fighters from Popular…
Syrians return home in droves, mostly to Aleppo
August 14, 2017
Syrians return home in droves, mostly to Aleppo
More than 600,000 Syrians have returned to their homes in the seven months from January, mostly to the northwestern province of Aleppo which the government liberated at the end of 2016. More than 600,000 Syrians have returned to their…
Explosion claims lives of three in northwest Pakistan
August 12, 2017
Explosion claims lives of three in northwest Pakistan
At least three people have been killed and over two dozen others injured in a roadside bomb explosion in a tribal district in northwestern Pakistan near the Afghan border. At least three people have been killed and over…