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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 586

Sunni-Shiite relations

An undated photo of the Shah Cheragh mosque in Shiraz, Iran, where three gunmen opened fire on bystanders, killing at least 15 people and wounding dozens, on October 26, 2022. (Herbert Karim Masihi / Wikipedia)
October 26, 2022, 7:31 pm
Gunmen attack major Shiite holy site in Iran, killing 15
Islamic State claims credit for Shah Cheragh mosque assault; judiciary says two gunmen arrested, a third on the run
By AP
Screen capture from video of protests in Zahedan, in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan, Iran, September 30, 2022. (Twitter. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 6, 2022, 2:29 pm
What happened on Iran’s ‘Bloody Friday,’ when dozens were said killed in Zahedan?
Rights’ activists say security forces opened fire on demonstrators protesting alleged rape of teenage girl by police chief in poverty-ridden Sistan-Baluchistan province
By Stuart Williams
Thousands of Shiite Muslims take part in Ashura mourning at Imam Hussein's shrine in the Iraqi holy city of Karbala on September 20, 2018.(AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE)
August 4, 2022, 6:05 pm
Iran arrests 10 Islamic State members, blames Israel for sending them
Tehran claims Mossad despatched ’10 Daesh terrorists’ in plot to attack worshipers on the Shiite holy day of Ashura
By AFP
An honor guard member is covered by the flag of Saudi Arabia, in Washington, on March 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)
March 13, 2022, 4:08 pm
Iran suspends talks with Saudi Arabia after mass execution — report
Halt comes after Riyadh put 81 people to death over various crimes, in largest known public killing in kingdom’s modern history, with over three dozen said to be Shiites
By Amir Vahdat
Illustrative: Lebanese anti-government protesters burn tires to block a road in al-Mina town in the northern port city of Tripoli on December 10, 2019, following the collapse of a house overnight in the area that killed two siblings. (Fathi AL-MASRI / AFP)
December 18, 2019, 4:44 pm
Lebanese biker mob attacks Sunni cleric’s office, torches city’s Christmas tree
Violence spreads from Beirut to Tripoli, the country’s second-largest city
By AP
The Imam Ali Islamic Center, a Shiite mosque in Melbourne, Australia. (Screenshot: Google Street View)
July 24, 2019, 2:41 pm
3 Sunni Muslims imprisoned for firebombing Australian Shiite mosque
Men sentenced to between 16 and 22 years behind bars; they also scrawled pro-Islamic State messages on Melbourne shrine
By AP
Illustrative: A woman is seen kneeling on the ground ahead of her execution in Saudi Arabi as a swordsman dressed in white stands above her, January 17, 2015. (Screen Capture: YouTube)
April 23, 2019, 11:07 pm
Saudi Arabia beheads 37 prisoners, most of them Shiites, for alleged terrorism
Executions likely to stoke further regional and sectarian tensions; NGO says they were convicted after ‘sham trials’
By Aya Batrawy
The scene of a car bombing in front of a police station in the city of Chabahar, southern Iran, on December 6, 2018. (STR/Fars News Agency/AFP)
December 9, 2018, 1:35 pm
Iran arrests 10 over deadly suicide attack on police
No details released on suspects in Thursday attack that saw explosives-laden car driven into a police station in restive Sistan-Baluchistan province
By AFP
The scene of a car bombing in front of a police station in the city of Chabahar, southern Iran, on December 6, 2018. (STR/Fars News Agency/AFP)
December 6, 2018, 2:14 pm
Suicide bomber kills 2 cops in restive southeast Iran
Many nearby shop owners and passersby, including women and children, badly hurt, says governor of port city of Chabahar
By AFP
In this file photo taken on November 20, 2014, Bahrain's Al-Wefaq opposition group leader Sheikh Ali Salman looks on during a rally against the upcoming parliamentary election in the village of Zinj, south of Manama, Bahrain. (Mohammed Al-Shaikh/AFP)
November 4, 2018, 11:40 am
Bahrain opposition chief gets life in jail over Qatar spy case
Sheikh Ali Salman, who headed the now-outlawed Al-Wefaq movement, currently serving separate sentence for ‘inciting hatred’ during Shiite protests in the kingdom
By AFP
Illustrative: A Hezbollah flag is waved during an Al-Quds rally in London (Steve Winston/via Jewish News)
September 25, 2018, 3:56 pm
Nearly 170 charged in Bahrain with forming local Hezbollah branch
Authorities say suspects collaborated with Iranian intelligence to establish organization named for Lebanese terror group, following years of unrest
By AFP and ToI Staff
In this Tuesday, September 4, 2018 file photo, protesters try to storm the governor's building during protests demanding better public services and jobs, in Basra, Iraq. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)
September 23, 2018, 11:35 am
Iran-backed militias accused of reign of fear in Iraqi Basra
Beatings and arbitrary arrests reported amid growing public protests over Iranian influence and crumbling public services
By Qassim Abdul-Zahra
Pro-government supporters and regime forces attend a flag raising ceremony at the entrance of the Hajar al-Aswad neighborhood on the southern outskirts of the capital Damascus on May 24, 2018 (AFP/Louai Beshara)
May 25, 2018, 4:12 pm
War, displacement reshuffle Syria’s demographic map
Assad’s minority Alawite regime has long ruled over Sunni-majority, but country is now still more divided after 11 million driven from homes
By Maya Gebeily and Rouba El Husseini
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani gestures towards media after offering Friday prayers at the Mecca Mosque in Hyderabad, India, February 16, 2018. (AP Photo /Mahesh Kumar A.)
February 16, 2018, 6:40 pm
Iranian president: Shias, Sunnis coexisted peacefully before West intervened
Visiting India, Rouhani slams US recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel, urges Muslims to support Palestinian cause
By OMER FAROOQ
An Iraqi man, from the Shabak community, stands amidst the rubble of a house which was destroyed by Islamic State (IS) group jihadists in the village of Baz Gerkan east of Mosul on January 10, 2018. (AFP Photo/Ahman Al-Rubaye)
January 16, 2018, 1:15 pm
Minorities in north Iraq look to post-jihadist future
With victory declared against the Islamic State group, ethnic and religious minorities are reclaiming their place within the country’s fractured society
By Sarah Benhaida
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