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In an unprecedented moment, Kurds across the Middle East are under attack from all sides
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Middle East’s Kurds are being bombed, shot at and arrested across four countries. Scores have...
Saudi-Iranian ties: A history of ups and downs
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDUBAI (Reuters) - Iran reopened its embassy in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh on Tuesday, Saudi media reported, months after the two regional rivals...
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...
‘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 ...
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...
How the Iran-Saudi diplomatic breakthrough could impact the Mideast
CBS News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCould a China-brokered deal ease the decades-old rivalry between the Sunni and Shiite Muslim powers...
Clashes in Iraq's Basra kill four as crisis flares in oil-rich south
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBAGHDAD (Reuters) -Clashes among rival Shi'ite Muslim militants in the Iraqi city of Basra 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...
In Bahrain, pope speaks out against death penalty and discrimination
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSAKHIR, Bahrain (Reuters) -Pope Francis spoke against the death penalty on Thursday at the start of...