- The fountainhead of spiritual knowledge
On Friday, celebrations of Hazrat Ali’s birth anniversary reached a feverish pitch at Koh-e-Maula Ali or the hillock of Maula Ali located in Malkajgiri.
- Bahrain police battle biggest protests in weeks
Tens of thousands take to streets after opposition calls for major rallies in support of prominent rights activist Nabeel Rajab
- Feeling The Hate
June 8, 2012: The continuing violence in Syria has sent over 2,000 Syrian Kurds fleeing to the autonomous Kurdish province in northern Iraq.
- McGurk: Iraq’s government must be more inclusive of Sunnis
WASHINGTON – Daily pressure must be put on Iraq’s Shiite-led government to be more inclusive of rival Sunnis in order to heal sectarian divisions, the nominee to be the next US ambassador said Wednesday.
- Sadr says his followers not fighting in Syria
Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Friday insisted that claims his supporters were involved in fighting in Syria were false, but said members of “splinter” groups could be involved in the violence.
- Syrian troops bomb rebel-held area in Homs
Syrian troops on Friday shelled a rebel-held neighbourhood in the flashpoint central city of Homs as President Bashar Assad’s troops appeared to be readying to storm the area that has been out of government control for months, activists said.
- Al Qaeda Losses Its War In The South
June 8, 2012: Al Qaeda has lost its war in the south. For much of the past year, thousands of pro-al Qaeda gunmen and armed foreigners held several large towns and cities in the south.
- Signs of hope in a former Baghdad killing field
For residents of Azamiyah, once one of Baghdad’s most violent neighborhoods, the opening of a department store selling party dresses, imported men’s suits and designer label perfumes is a sign that a better future could lie ahead.
- Attacks in Iraq kill four: officials
AFP – Shootings and bombings in Iraq on Friday killed four people, including a parliamentary official and a senior emergency officer, officials said.
- Tear gas used on Bahrain protesters
Riot police in Bahrain fired tear gas and stun grenades as tens of thousands of protesters staged the biggest anti-government demonstrations in weeks in the divided Gulf nation.