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Posted inAfghanistan

Ethnic, religious divides imperil Afghan minorities

by Abdulkader Sinno October 27, 2021October 29, 2021

Close to a hundred Afghan Shiite Muslims have been killed in attacks on mosques so far this month. One such attack took place on October 15, when a group of suicide bombers detonated explosives at a mosque in Kandahar. Just over a week before that, at least 46 people were killed in another suicide bomber attack in northern […]

Posted inAnalysis

Muqtada The Conqueror gains ground in Iraqi poll

by Pepe Escobar October 12, 2021October 15, 2021
Posted inIran

Iran-Taliban whitewash the past to restore relations

by Kourosh Ziabari August 28, 2021September 1, 2021
Members of the Hazara community protest against the killing of Hazaras in Quetta, Pakistan, on April 29, 2018. Photo: AFP/ Banaras Khan
Posted inAfghanistan, Pakistan, South Asia, World

Pakistan’s Hazaras seek protection from ISIS and rogue military

by Kunwar Khuldune Shahid May 23, 2018February 18, 2020
A car drives past an election poster of Iraq's Prime Minister in the old town of Mosul. Photo: AFP / Ahmad Al-Rubaye
Posted inIraq, Middle East, World

Hopes of a better tomorrow as Iraqis go to the polls

by Jonathan Gorvett May 12, 2018February 18, 2020
The Middle East. Map: iStock
Posted inBangladesh, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, World

Saudi Arabia has to face a pro-Iranian Turkey

by Khalid Ibn Muneer March 31, 2018
Bashar al-Assad grafitti. Photo: Flickr Commons
Posted inAfghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

No hope for Syria while Assad remains in power

by M Shamsur Rabb Khan March 13, 2018March 13, 2018
A Malaysian Shiite Muslim performs religious rites inside a place of worship in the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in a file photo. Photo: AFP/Saeed Khan
Posted inAT Finance, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Malaysia, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Singapore, South Asia, World

No safe place for SEAsia’s Shia Muslims

by David Hutt February 3, 2018February 18, 2020
Sayeed Wasim Rizvi, chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Shia Central Waqf Board, wants madrassas to be shut down as they are 'terror schools,' he says. Photo: Kanchan Srivastava
Posted inIndia, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia

‘Madrassas radicalize, shut them down’: Shia Board chief

by Kanchan Srivastava January 16, 2018February 18, 2020
A boy rides a bicycle with the flag of Kurdistan in Tuz Khurmato, Iraq on Sept. 24, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Thaier Al-Sudani
Posted inAfghanistan, AT Finance, China, European Union, France, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

The inconvenient Kurds

by Spengler September 25, 2017
General Raheel Sharif, will head the IMCTC, a Saudi military initiative by Crown Prince MBS. Photo: Reuters / Mian Khursheed (File)
Posted inAfghanistan, AT Finance, Egypt, India, Iran, Iraq, Malaysia, Middle East, Pakistan, South Asia, Syria, Turkey

Pakistan’s unease about military alliance veers on farce

by F.M. Shakil April 3, 2017February 18, 2020
Displaced Iraqi Sunnis fled their homes after attacks by ISIS fighters in Mosul. Sunnis fear becoming a dispossessed underclass in Iraq unless measures are taken to remedy what they say is rampant abuse by the Shia government. Photo: AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye
Posted inIraq, Middle East, Syria

Crushing ISIS won’t be enough to end the Sunni insurgency in Iraq

by Manish Rai March 14, 2017
MOSUL, Iraq - Members of the Iraqi 6th Emergency Response Battalion conduct weapons training under the supervision of US Special Operations Forces on Oct. 17. Photo: US Navy Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class James E. Foehl, via Flickr, CC license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcode
Posted inIraq, Middle East, Syria, World

Back to square one: Ominous signs in Iraq

by Shazar Shafqat January 9, 2017January 9, 2017

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