Sunni-Shiaa rift
OVER 80 KILLED IN ISIS TWIN SUICIDE ATTACK ON SHIITES IN KABUL
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d Islamic State, on Saturday 07/23/2016, has said it was behind an attack on a protest march in the Afghan capital, Kabul, that killed 80 people and wounded 230.
The IS-linked Amaq news agency said two… Continue reading
37 KILLED IN IRAQ’S SHIA SHRINE BOMBING
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An attack on a Shiite Sayyid Mohammed shrine and a nearby market in Balad, 50 miles (80 kilometers) north of the Iraqi capital.Baghdal, on Friday 07/08/2016, has killed 37 people and wounded over 60, Iraqi official said, just hours… Continue reading
FOURTH SUCCESSFUL ATTACK ON DAMASCUS SAYEDA ZAYNAB SHRINE – A BLOW TO ASSAD
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I.S.I.S has claimed responsibility, on Saturday 06/11/2016, for a car blast and suicide bombings in Syria’s south Damascus quarter, that contains Syria’s holiest Shiite Sayeda Zaynab (Zaineb) Muslim shrine, that killed at least 20 people, the militants-linked Amaq News… Continue reading
THE AMERICAN FORCEPS OFFENSIVE AGAINST ISIS
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In the Southern flank of the US led offensive against the Islamic State the Iraqi military is closing in on the city of Falluja, which has been held for two years by the Islamic State group, several Arab… Continue reading
13 IRANIAN ELITE REVOLUTIONARY GUARD KILLED NEAR ALEPPO
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13 elite Revolutionary Guard troops were killed in a battle with Islamist militants over a village near the Syrian city of Aleppo, Tehran said on Saturday 05/07/2016, in one of Iran’s biggest single-day losses since it sent forces… Continue reading
ISIS SUICIDE BOMBINGS CAMPAIGN IN IRAQ RAGES ON
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Iraq is in a total turmoil not only between Sunnis and Shiites but also within the Shia community, 60% 0f Iraq’s population, between the USA backed government,led by Haider all-Abadi and Iranian backed Shiite opposition led by Cleric… Continue reading
ISIS SHIFTING FOCUS, OVER 70 KILLED IN BAGHDAD
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As the truce in Syria, from Friday 02/26/2016 midnight, is limiting military operations in Syria the Islamic State shifts its focus to the Iraqi Front, more specifically to the capital Baghdad. Scores of people have died, on Sunday… Continue reading
OVER 135 KILLED IN BASHAR’S CONTROLLED AREAS BOMBINGS
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Twin suicide car bomb explosions killed at least 57 people in the Syrian city of Homs, on Sunday 02/21/2016. Soon after the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the twin bombing. Despite the claim of responsibility it is… Continue reading
THE SUNNI-SHIA CONFLICT – SAUDI ARABIA HALTS $ 3 bn TO LEBANON
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Saudi Arabia said Friday 02/19/2016 it has stopped a $3 billion program for military supplies to Lebanon in protest against Hizballah, the Shiite militant group fighting in support of Syria’s regime. A move which is a derivative of… Continue reading
THE SUNNI-SHIA WAR – NEXT STAGE
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The recent successes of the Shia coalition in Syria, backed by Russian air force and special operations elements and the recent battle of Ramadi in Iraq, in late 12/2015, where American air power and Army advisers helper the Iraqi… Continue reading