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A Nigerian police officers watches a police vehicle as it goes up in flames following clashes with supporters of Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) protesting against the imprisonment of their leader Ibrahim Zakzaky, in Abuja, on 30 October 2018. Piture: AFP.

Shiite

Nigerian Shiites bury dead after clashes with security forces

By AFP

The Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) said 49 of its members lost their lives since Saturday, contrasting the military's official death toll of six.

  • Afghan security personnel inspect the site of a suicide bomb attack at a Shiite mosque in Herat on August 1, 2017. Picture: AFP

    Attack on Shi'ite mosque in Afghan city kills at least 29

    More than 1,700 civilians have been killed in attacks in Afghanistan so far this year, hitting confidence in the Western-backed government.

    1790 days ago
  • Iraqis gather at the scene of a bomb attack in Baghdads Sadr city, north of Baghdad, Iraq on 28 February 2016. Media reports state that twin bomb attack killed at least 28 people and wounded dozens others at popular market in Sadr city. According to security officials, the bomber, who was riding a motorcycle, blew himself up outside mobile phone shops in the market. EPA/AHMED ALI

    Suicide bombing kills 27 at Shi’ite funeral in east Iraq

    The attack follows a blast on Sunday which left 78 people dead.

    2309 days ago
  • An Iraqi policeman inspects the debris at the Sunni Al-Fateh mosque, that was one of two mosques bombed overnight, in a village called Sinjar, just outside Hilla, about 80 kilometres south the capital Baghdad on January 4, 2016.  Picture: AFP/Haidar Hamdani.

    Two suicide bombers kill 15 at Shi'ite mosque in Baghdad

    Fifty other people were wounded in the blast in the predominantly Shi’ite Shulaa neighbourhood.

    2312 days ago
  • Members of Shiite factions hold banners and flags during a demonstration to protest against the Saudi-led Arab coalition which is carrying out air strikes on Huthi militia targets across Yemen on 31 March, 2015 in the mainly Shiite southern Iraqi city of Basra. Picture: AFP.

    Iran reacts with fury after Saudis execute Shi'ite cleric

    Pictures were tweeted that showed parts of the interior on fire and smashed furniture inside one office.

    2367 days ago
  • FILE: The mass killings last June of Shi’ite soldiers from Camp Speicher has become a symbol of the brutality of Islamic State fighters and their hatred for Iraq’s Shi'ite majority. Picture: Supplied.

    Exhumation of Iraq's Camp Speicher victim mass graves begins

    Iraqi forensic teams began excavating 12 suspected mass grave sites.

    2637 days ago
  • Yemeni supporters of the separatist Southern Movement gets into position during clashes with Shiite Huthi rebels on 4 April, 2015 in the Mansura district of the the southern Yemeni port city of Aden. Picture: AFP

    Yemen tribal forces say will retake Mukalla from al Qaeda

    Army sources said a tribal alliance took control of the bases in Shihr and Riyan.

    2640 days ago
  • Yemeni armed men inspect the damage from explosions at the Badr mosque in southern Sanaa on 20 March, 2015. Picture: AFP.

    Hadi leaves Yemen, Arab allies keep up air strikes

    Throughout the day, warplanes from Saudi Arabia and Arab allies struck at the Shia Houthis.

    2649 days ago
  • FILE: Tikrit is the focus of a counter-offensive against IS by more than 20,000 troops and Shi'ite militias. Picture: AFP

    Iraqi troops retake Tikrit from Islamic State

    Tikrit is the focus of a counter-offensive against IS by more than 20,000 troops and Shi'ite militias.

    2665 days ago
  • FILE: Iraq's armed forces, backed by Shi'ite militia, attacked Islamic State strongholds north of Baghdad on Monday as they launched an offensive to retake the city of Tikrit and the surrounding Sunni Muslim province of Salahuddin. Picture: AFP

    Iraq launches attack to retake Tikrit from Islamic State

    Iraq's armed forces, backed by Shi'ite militia, attacked Islamic State strongholds north of Baghdad on Monday.

    2673 days ago
  • FILE: The Pakistani flag. Picture: AFP.

    At least 19 killed in Pakistani mosque attack

    The Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility for the violent attack in Peshawar.

    2690 days ago
  • Members of Shiite Huthi movement check people as they arrive for a gathering in a northern Sanaa stadium to watch on a giant screen a televised address by their chief Abdel Malek al-Huthi on 7 February, 2015.

    Gulf countries condemn Houthi takeover in Yemen as a 'coup'

    The Gulf Cooperation Council has accused Shi’ite Houthi rebels of staging a coup in Yemen.

    2696 days ago
  • FILE:Iraqi soldiers advance through a village towards Islamic State (IS) jihadist positions on 6 August 2014. Picture: AFP.

    Shi'ite militias expand influence in Iraq

    Leaders insist the Islamic State must never be allowed to strike them again.

    2734 days ago
  • FILE: An Kurdish female member of the Freedom Party of Kurdistan keeps a position in Dibis, some 50 km northwest of Kirkuk, on September 15, 2014. Picture: AFP.

    Their nation in pieces, Iraqis ponder what comes next

    Many settlements in northern Salahuddin province’s Tuz Khurmatu district have been reduced to rubble.

    2736 days ago
  • FILE: Two bombs exploded in separate attacks in Baghdad’s mainly Shi’ite Amil district. Picture: AFP.

    Car bombs kill 20 in Baghdad, Ramadi - police, medical sources

    The attacks that resembled operations carried out by Islamic State militants.

    2787 days ago
  • Officer Mohammed Atiq al-Jehani was shot and wounded by unknown assailants. Picture: Facebook.

    Gunmen wound Saudi policeman in Shiite stronghold

    Officer Mohammed Atiq al-Jehani was shot and wounded by unknown assailants.

    2825 days ago
  • FILE: The French military action, which follows US air strikes in northern Iraq and near the capital Baghdad, appeared to win qualified endorsement from Iraq’s top Shi’ite leader Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani. Picture: AFP.

    French jets strike in Iraq, expanding US-led campaign against Islamic State

    President Francois Hollande said Rafale jets hit “a logistics depot of the terrorists”.

    2836 days ago
  • Gunmen opened fire and killed three people, including a senior military official from Shi’ites minority. Picture: AFP.

    Sectarian violence in Pakistan escalates

    Gunmen opened fire and killed three people, including a senior military official.

    2848 days ago
  • US Secretary of State John Kerry. Picture: AFP.

    US ready to help new Iraq leader

    US sent the military to Iraq to develop options for helping Iraqi civilians trapped on Mount Sinjar.

    2874 days ago
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