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The activities of al-Tammar 7th Cuktural Festival has been kicked off in the holy city of Najaf with the attendance of many religious, cultural and political personalities, along with academicians and poets.   The president of Shia Endowment Diwan, Sheikh…

Around 28 Pakistani doctors, mostly Shias, were killed in targeted attacks by takfiri groups over four years.   Dr Aun Naseem Jafri, a Shia physician, was the latest victim of a gun attack on Thursday. He martyred two weeks after…

According to information received by a Bahraini Human rights center, around 600 detainees at the dry dock detention center have entered a hunger strike starting from 20 August 2014 under the title “Stop Torture in Prison”.    In a statement…

The Iraqi Ministry of Defence announced the killing of 59 ISIL terrorists and liberating six villages near Amerli.    The ministry said in a statement today that the fifth Infantry Division, in conjunction with the volunteers of the popular mobilization…

The Imam Shirazi World Foundation has announced joint cooperation with the Islamic- Christian Center in the field of human rights, freedom of expression, and ethnic minorities’ protection in Iraq, along with other humanitarian subjects in the Middle East.   The…

Two engineering students were reportedly executed by the terrorists of so-called Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), in al-Mayadin city in Deir ez-Zor in eastern Syria.   The students were executed in public place over one of student had…

The biggest tableau of “Asma’-al-Husna” (Divine names) in 4 square meters is being designed by a Saudi calligrapher in Qatif Province of Saudi Arabia.    According to reports, Hussein Muhammad Adhim from Safwi city of the province is preparing the…

Dozens of believers have staged protest in front of the office of the Eminent Grand Ayatollah Sadiq Husseini Shirazi, may Allah prolong his life,  in Karbala over Shia soldiers of Spiker Base.   The protestors called on the Iraqi government…

A security source said the Iraqi security forces, backed by popular mobilization managed to break the siege of Amerli from the eastern side, and they are continuing to liberate all regions and surrounding villages.    He added that the land…

The Supreme Court of Appeal in Bahrain has upheld a 10-year-jail sentence on photojournalist Ahmad Humaidan.   Humaidan was allegedly convicted of taking part in an attack on a police station in Sitra in April 2012. Human rights groups say…