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The Specialized Criminal Court in Riyadh sentenced a Shia activist, from Awwamiyah town, to 9 years in prison.   Mohammad Salih Abdullah al-Zanadi was arrested by a security force on March 23rd 2012. He was injured when the force opened…

A powerful blast rocked a district in Syria’s Central province of Homs, leaving an unknown number of casualties.   The Syrian national television reported that the blast, carried out via a booby-trapped vehicle, rocked the Shia district of Zahra in…

The commander of Baghdad Operations Command announced the foiling a terrorist plot to flood the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.    He said in a press conference held today that the ninth Armored Division troops and federal police forces, backed by…

Following the directives of the Eminent Grand Ayatollah Sayed Sadiq Husseini Shirazi, may Allah prolong his life, on spreading the culture of Ashura and encouraging people to interact with it, the Master of Martyrs’ Husseiniyah in the Lebanese capital of…

A senior Pakistani police official said that a Shia girl was martyred and nine others were injured in a grenade attack outside a Husseiniyah when they were returning home after attending a Majlis on Imam Hussain, peace be upon him,…

The Bahraini regime forces arrested 17-year-old photographer Hussam Mahdi Suroor and his 26-years-old brother, artist Mahmood Suroor for freedom of expression.    Many rights organizations condemned what they called revengeful acts against peaceful activists for documenting and exposing human rights…

 The first Husseini caravan was held in Jurf al-Sakhar area after being purged form IS terrorists during the past few days.   According to reports, the caravan was held by the Iraqi soldiers who took part in the liberating operation…

Commander of Karbala Police announced that all efforts for providing security in the month of Muharram, especially on Tasua and Ashura, are in place.    He added that the Iraqi security forces have intensified security measures for protecting the holy…

Three lawyers in Saudi Arabia have been handed prison sentences of up to eight years for criticizing the country’s judiciary on social media.   Saudi news agency reported that a court in Riyadh found the lawyers guilty of “disobeying the…

Dozens of IS terrorists have been killed in an air strike on their hideouts in Nineveh.   According to Iraqi security source, more than 60IS terrorists in Sinjar district of western Mosul. Meanwhile 28 others takfiri terrorists of IS were…