Sunni muslims
Nigerian police on heightened alert after US killing of Iranian commander
Nigeria is split roughly evenly between Christians and Muslims, the latter of which are mostly Sunni. The government last year banned the country's largest...
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Houthi attack sets refinery ablaze in Yemen
The mortar barrage hit three full storage tanks, in an incident sure to add to the fuel crisis.
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Yemen's exiled president appoints conciliatory figure as deputy
Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi has appointed his former PM as VP, a move aimed at improving the chances of peace.
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Hadi leaves Yemen, Arab allies keep up air strikes
Throughout the day, warplanes from Saudi Arabia and Arab allies struck at the Shia Houthis.
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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”.
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Kerry wins Arab states’ support for Syria/Iraq military campaign
This is considered a major step in building regional support for President Barack Obama’s plan to strike.
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Kerry in Iraq backs government, says Baghdad a partner against Islamic State
The US endorsed Haider al-Abadi’s plans to mend Baghdad’s relations with Sunnis and Kurds.
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Maliki digs in his heels as US pushes for new govt
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has made it clear he will not go quietly.
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JHB: Muslims targeted during Ramadaan
Around 300 worshippers were robbed at a central Joburg mosque on Thursday.
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Iraqi army presses Tikrit assault
Armoured vehicles were sent to try dislodge insurgents from the northern city of Tikrit.
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Iraq militants take Syria border post
Sunni fighters seized a border post on the Iraq-Syria frontier, smashing a line drawn by colonisation.
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Iraq insurgent advance spreads to Northwest
Sunni militants launched a dawn raid on a town close to the Syrian border.
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Bomb blasts kill 26 in Baghdad
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the seven attacks.
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Suicide truck bomber kills 15 in Iraq
It was not immediately clear who was behind the attack.
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Two bombs kill 30 in Iraq
Sunni Muslim worshippers were leaving the mosque following Friday prayers in the Iraqi city of Baquba.
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Iraq car bombs kill 64
A series of car bombs across the country have killed 64 and wounded several people.
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Syria rebels kill 60
Sunni Muslim insurgents have killed about 60 Shi'ite Muslims in a rebel-held eastern Syrian town.
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Over 1,000 killed in Iraq violence
More than 1,000 people were killed in attacks in Iraq during May.
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3 Lebanese soldiers killed near Syrian border
The Syrian conflict continues to put more pressure on Lebanon's army, fuelling further divisions.
