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World calls on Saudi Arabia to release Ayatollah Nimr al-Nimr   There have been calls for the release of Saudi Arabian Shi’ah scholar, Ayatollah Shaykh Nimr Baqir an-Nimr, from around world. Both Muslims and non-Muslims have issued statements in support…

Houthi Shias and their supporters in Yemen have held sit-ins and demonstrations in order for the Yemeni government to meet their demands.   The sit-ins were staged on the outskirts of the Yemeni capital, Sana’a. They have warned the Yemeni…

Regime forces in Bahrain have launched a new crackdown on anti-government demonstrations in the country.   In a number of villages near the Bahraini capital, Manama, regime forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets at demonstrators. The crackdown came as…

Iraqi security forces killed seven ISIL terrorists and destroyed a car bomb that was ready to go off in a security operation in one of the farms in the Bahbahan area, affiliated to Jurf al-Sakhar district, northwest of Hilla.   …

Food supplies sent to Sinjar’s people by relief committee affiliated to Public Relations Department of the office of the Grand Ayatollah Sayed Shirazi, may Allah prolong his lie.   Food supplies have been sent to Sinjar’s people by the relief…

Women account for 60 percent of illiterate residents in Saudi Arabia, according to studies conducted by the Central Department of Statistics & Information.   Almost 730,000 women cannot read or write, according to the study. More than 426,000 men, by…

Leader of Yemen’s Shia Houthi movement says anti-government protests will continue in the capital Sana’a as people demonstrate for the fifth consecutive day to force the Yemeni government to resign. He also called on Yemenis to gather for Friday prayers…

A fresh anti-regime protest has been staged in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province despite the ongoing crackdown on rallies.   Demonstrators in the Qatif region slammed the regime’s suppression of the Shia population. Protesters also expressed solidarity with jailed clerics including…

Amerli, a town170km north of Baghdad, has been under siege by terrorists of the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) for more than two months.   The town is home to members of Iraq’s Shia Turkmen minority,…

The people of Karbala mark the martyrdom anniversary of Imam al-Sadiq, peace be upon him, inside the courtyard of al-Askariyian Holy Shrine   In the same context, al-Fidaa Wal Walla’ Caravan headed from the holy cities of Karbala and Kadhimiya,…