Shiite muslim pilgrims
Gunmen wound Saudi policeman in Shiite stronghold
Officer Mohammed Atiq al-Jehani was shot and wounded by unknown assailants.
The sectarian violence in Iraq has claimed more than 6,000 lives this year alone
Sunni Muslim insurgents have killed about 60 Shi'ite Muslims in a rebel-held eastern Syrian town.
A suicide bomber killed at least 20 people inside a Shi'ite mosque in northern Iraq.
Blasts in Iraq, targeted at Shi’ite mosques, have killed eight people on Friday.
The Bahraini civilian court upholds the jail sentences against last year’s pro-democracy uprising leaders.
Militants killed 325 Iraqis in July making it the bloodiest month in two years.
Islamist insurgents tied to al Qaeda often target Shi'ite pilgrims.