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Sunni cleric challenges Iran's leaders as protests rage
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA prominent Sunni cleric who directed unprecedented criticism at Iran's supreme leader over a bloody...
In an unprecedented moment, Kurds across the Middle East are under attack from all sides
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Middle East’s Kurds are being bombed, shot at and arrested across four countries. Scores have...
Iraqis heed cleric's plea to leave streets after clashes
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoArmed supporters of a powerful Iraqi cleric who clashed with security forces in the capital began to...
‘Listen to the people’: Cracks appear within Iran’s ruling elite over protest movement
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFractures are appearing within Iran’s ruling political elite over a nationwide popular uprising that...
Bahrain political prisoners reject government offer, extend hunger strike
Reuters via AOL· 9 months agoPolitical prisoners on hunger strike in Bahrain have rebuffed government concessions and will extend their protest, raising the stakes in the biggest showdown for years between dissidents and ...
Cleric killed in restive Iranian city, protests rage on
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDUBAI (Reuters) -A cleric at a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in the restive, mostly Sunni Muslim Iranian...
Bahrain charges religious reformers with questioning Islam
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Gulf nation of Bahrain plans to put three religious reformers on trial Tuesday for allegedly...
Saudi-Iranian ties: A history of ups and downs
Reuters via Yahoo News· 11 months agoDUBAI (Reuters) - Iran reopened its embassy in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh on Tuesday, Saudi media reported, months after the two regional rivals...
Iraqi cleric shows power as thousands attend mass prayer
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTens of thousands of Iraqis attended a mass prayer in a Baghdad suburb on Friday called for by an...
EXPLAINER: What spurred the bloody armed clashes in Baghdad?
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFor 24 hours, loyalists of powerful cleric Muqtada al-Sadr transformed the country’s government...