Sectarian clashes continue across the country as death toll escalates
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Bahrain Makes Arrests Ahead of Uprising Anniversary
Crackdown on protesters comes as Bahrain’s citizens remember their own Arab Spring
Lebanon May Become ‘Center’ of Arab World’s Sectarian Wars
An international tribunal investigation into the 2005 assassination of a former Prime Minister is overshadowed by the threat of regional sectarian war
Saudi Arabia Pledges $3 billion for Lebanese Army
Huge fund for “fighting terrorism” announced after the funeral of Mohamad Chatah, a senior Sunni politician killed in Beirut on Friday
Israel Is Happy Hizballah Commander Died, But Says It Did Not Kill Him
33 Dead in Iraq Suicide Bombings; Attack at School
An attack on a school playground killed 14 children
Iraq’s Months of Sectarian Violence May Lead to a Civil War
Early Monday morning, more than a dozen car bombs ripped through mostly Shi‘ite neighborhoods in Baghdad, killing at least 50 people and leaving dozens lying bloodied in the streets. The worst attack that day was in heavily …
Bombs Kill 15 in Iraq Mosque
Two bombs concealed in air conditioning units exploded in the Sunni facility during Friday prayers.
At Least 80 People Killed in Latest Iraqi Violence
Escalating Shi’ite-Sunni bloodshed as U.S. ponders entering parallel sectarian conflict in Syria
Lebanon Car-Bombings Latest Sign of Middle East’s Deepening Hatreds
On Aug. 23, Muslims in Lebanon’s majority Sunni city of Tripoli congregated as usual for Friday prayers. But just as the prayers ended, an enormous blast hit the al-Taqwa mosque in Abu Ali Square. Just a few minutes later, a …
Qatar’s Geopolitical Gamble: How the Gulf State May Have Overreached
Nearly three weeks after Egypt’s military forced the country’s President Mohamed Morsi out of office and jailed him and officials of his Muslim Brotherhood party, the explosive reaction on Cairo’s streets has brought death …
G’Day Damascus: Australians Are Joining Syria’s Rebels in Surprising Numbers
A surprising number of foreign fighters joining the rebellion in Syria against the regime of President Bashar Assad hail from Down Under.
Egypt’s Crisis Signals the Unraveling of Yet Another Arab Nation-State
When British and French diplomats sat down to draw the boundaries of the modern Middle East, one country required no ruler and compass to define it. People lived in Egypt 10,000 years before the birth of Christ. The specific …