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Collection of shiite news, found 216 news.

Saudi Arabia to give Lebanese army US $3 billion

Saudi Arabia is giving the Lebanese army $3 billion in aid, Lebanon's President Michel Suleiman said on Sunday, ...

Beirut car bomb kills adviser to ex-PM

A huge car bomb rocked central Beirut on Friday, killing an adviser to Lebanese ex-premier Saad Hariri and leaving ...

Yudhoyono holds meeting with Sunni-Shiite reconciliation team

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has met with the Sunni-Shiite Reconciliation Team in Sampang on the island of ...

President Yudhoyono discuss reconciliation over Shiite issue

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono met with Maduranese clerics and figures and local government officials to find a ...

Bombings kill at least 54 in Iraq

Attacks including car bombs mainly targeting Shiite-majority areas of Iraq killed at least 54 people on Monday, ...

27 killed, 77 wounded in separate attacks across Iraq

At least 27 people were killed and 77 others wounded in separate violent attacks across Iraq on Saturday, including a ...

Iraq violence could spark civil war

Violence in Iraq is on the rise and could lead towards civil war, the head of the UN human rights mission warned. ...

Kontras calls for protection for minority shiite community

An outspoken non-governmental organization (NGO) urges the government to provide protection for the minority Shiite ...

More than 100,000 killed in Syria uprising

More than 100,000 people have been killed in Syria since the beginning of the country`s uprising in March 2011, the ...

Rouhani firm on Iran nuclear policy but vows more openness

Iran`s newly-elected president Hassan Rouhani ruled out any halt to the nuclear activity that has drawn UN sanctions ...

Kuwaitis boycott Iran goods, protest against Hezbollah

Several Kuwaiti supermarket chains have begun boycotting products from Iran for its support of the Syrian regime, ...

Lebanon should stay out of Syria conflict

Lebanon should stay out of the Syria conflict and Hezbollah`s involvement is "not helping matters", Lebanese Prime ...

Iraq death toll passes 500 in May

Violence in Iraq has killed more than 500 people in May, AFP figures showed on Tuesday, as authorities struggled to ...

EU ends arms embargo against Syrian rebels

The European Union agreed Monday to lift its embargo against arming Syrian rebels, but no member state intends to send ...

Yudhoyono accepts statesman award despite protest from activists

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono decides to accept the Statesman of the Year award presented by a US-based NGO The ...