Choose a side: Trump and the Sunni-Shia war
The Sunni-Shia civil wars in Iraq and Syria are both nearing their end, and in both cases the Shias have won – thanks largely to...
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Iraqi PM dismisses top Baghdad security officials after bombing
Iraq’s prime minister dismissed three officials in charge of Baghdad’s security on Friday after last weekend’s bombing that killed nearly 300 people and caused public...
Iran reacts with fury after Saudis execute Shi’ite cleric
By Sam Wilkin and Angus McDowall Iranian protesters stormed the Saudi Embassy in Tehran early on Sunday as Shi’ite Muslim Iran reacted with fury to...
At least 30 killed in Shi’ite militia attack on Sunni mosque in Iraq (Update 1)
At least 30 people were killed when a Shi’ite Muslim militia opened fired inside an Iraqi Sunni mosque in the country’s eastern Diyala province on Friday, an Iraqi security...
Who will listen to the new ‘caliph’?
By Gwynne Dyer “LISTEN TO your caliph and obey him. Support your state, which grows every day,” said Abu Mohamed al-Adnani, announcing the rebirth of...
Reappraising Iraq’s apocalypse
By Gwynne Dyer IT’S TIME for everybody in Iraq to take a tranquiliser. The media will go on fizzing with apocalyptic speculations for a...
Assad seeks re-election as Syrian civil war rages
By Dominic Evans Syrian President Bashar al-Assad declared on Monday he would seek re-election in June, defying calls from his opponents to step aside and allow...
Clashes erupt as Iraq police move on Sunni protest camp
By Kamal Namaa FIGHTING broke out when Iraqi police moved to dismantle a Sunni Muslim protest camp in the western Anbar province on Monday, leaving...
Iraq troops arrest leading Sunni MP in violent raid
Iraqi security forces arrested a prominent Sunni Muslim lawmaker and supporter of anti-government protests in a raid on his home in the western province of Anbar,...
Islamist rebels capture Syria’s largest oilfield – activists
By Erika Solomon Islamist rebels led by al Qaeda-linked fighters seized Syria’s largest oilfield on Saturday, cutting off President Bashar al-Assad’s access to almost all...
Two blasts target Iranian embassy in Beirut, kill 23 (updated)
By Laila Bassam and Erika Solomon Two suicide bombings rocked Iran’s embassy compound in Lebanon on Tuesday, killing at least 23 people including an Iranian...
Hezbollah will stay in Syria as long as needed – Nasrallah
By Dominic Evans Shi’ite militants from Hezbollah will keep fighting in Syria’s civil war alongside President Bashar al-Assad’s forces as long as necessary, the group’s...