Saudi police officers injured in gunfireThree Saudi security officers were wounded, one critically, by gunfire outside a police station in a flashpoint village in the mostly Shi'ite Muslim area of Qatif, the government said on Tuesday. The incident, which an Interio More… |
GCC to deport 2,000 over Hizbollah-Iran linksThe GCC countries intend to deport a first batch of over 2,000 Lebanese within few weeks over their links to Hizbollah and Iran's Welayat Al Faqih, a Kuwaiti newspaper said. Quoting a diplomat, Al Seyassah said Lebanese groups More… |
Yemen rebels free 178 soldiers, civiliansYemen Shi'ite rebels have freed 178 captive government soldiers and civilians, Al Arabiya television reported on Wednesday, a day after Sanaa accused them of dragging their heels on implementing a truce deal. A top Yemeni security body had More… |
Seven Shi'ite pilgrims killed in BaghdadGunmen opened fire on Shi'ite pilgrims in southern Baghdad on Sunday, killing seven of them as thousands of worshippers made their way to a revered shrine in the Iraqi capital, police said. Iraqi forces have tightened security around the K More… |
Iraq PM halts anti-Sadr raidsIraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki has ordered a nationwide freeze on raids against suspected Shi'ite militants. Maliki said he was allowing time to those wanting to surrender their weapons after fierce clashes between his security forces More… |
Iran groups using secret arms stores: USThe US military said it had evidence Iranian-backed Shi'ite militias in Iraq were increasingly using secret weapons stores to attack US and Iraqi forces. The accusation comes days after Tehran postponed talks with the United States on impr More… |