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Kuwait foils bid to sow sectarian divisions after bombingThe emir of Kuwait said on Thursday his country had thwarted attempts to sow sectarian divisions after last month's suicide bombing but warned that the world needs to do more to confront the "satanic" behaviour of Islamist militant More… |
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Crackdown on inciting sectarian hatred in BahrainStrict action will be taken against anyone spreading sectarian hate in Bahrain, warned a top government official. Information Affairs Minister and official government spokesman Isa Al Hammadi yesterday (June 1) stressed that tight More… |
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2014 deadliest year in Iraq since 2006-07 bloodshedViolence in Iraq last year killed at least 12,282 civilians, making it the deadliest year since the sectarian bloodshed of 2006-07, the United Nations said in a statement. The majority of the deaths - nearly 8,500 - occurred durin More… |
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UN warns of wider sectarian war across Iraq, SyriaThe Middle East appears on the brink of wider sectarian war engulfing Iraq and Syria with radical Islamist insurgents wantonly kidnapping, torturing and killing civilians, UN human rights investigators said in a report on Tuesday. More… |
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Bahrain to combat sectarian hatredBahrain is to set up a committee to combat sectarian hatred. The move was announced yesterday as His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa chaired the weekly Cabinet meeting at Gudaibiya Palace, said a More… |
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Over 1,000 killed in Iraq violence in MayMore than 1,000 people were killed in violence in Iraq in May, making it the deadliest month since the sectarian slaughter of 2006-07, the United Nations said on Saturday, as fears mounted of a return to civil wa More… |
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Syria 'a political conflict, not sectarian'Turkey believes Damascus is now portraying the Syrian crisis as a Sunni-Shi'ite conflict to mask President Bashar al-Assad's loss of political authority, according to a senior adviser to Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan. More… |
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Sectarian fury, Syria turmoil pressure IraqA fugitive vice president condemned to death and rallying opposition to Iraq's "sectarian" prime minister, fresh bloodshed in the streets and the entire Middle East divided by religion over the war across the bord More… |
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Hamas ditches Assad, backs Syrian rebelsLeaders of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas turned publicly against their long-time ally President Bashar al-Assad of Syria on Friday, endorsing the revolt aimed at overthrowing his dynastic rule. The policy shift deprives Assad of More… |
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Egyptian sectarian clashes seen risingEgypt must face up to increasing sectarian violence and prosecute offenders in order to stave off a further rise in such attacks, a study by a rights group said. 'The state does not have a plan to quash sectarian tension and it does no More… |
