Shi'ite

Iskandiriyah (Iraq), Feb.13 (ANI): Thirty-two Shiite pilgrims were blown up by a woman suicide bomber on Friday in the southern town of Iskandiriyah....

Parachinar, Pakistan, Nov 17: At least 20 people were killed and nearly 100 wounded in sectarian clashes between Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims in a Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border, officials said today. The clashes broke out yesterday after firing ...

Baghdad, Oct 21: US air strikes killed at least 13 people and wounded 52 early today in the northeastern Baghdad district of Sadr city, a stronghold for Shi'ite militants, two police sources said. The US military confirmed it had conducted ...

Baghdad, Sep 28:  Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said today a US Senate resolution calling for the creation of separate Sunni, Shi'ite and Kurdish federal regions in Iraq would be a disaster for his country. ''They should stand by Iraq to ...

Najaf (Iraq), Sep 8: An explosion in a market in the holy Shi'ite Iraqi town of Kufa today killed five people and wounded eight, police said. The local hospital said four people were killed and six were wounded. One police ...

Baghdad, Aug 6: A truck bomb in the northern Iraqi town of Tal Afar killed 25 people and destroyed about 10 homes today, police said. Police said the bomb struck the town's mainly Shi'ite Saadeh district. About ...

Baghdad, July 22: Iraq's Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has called on parliament to either scrap or shorten its August summer break to pass laws seen as vital to stabilising the country, his office said. Washington has ...

Baghdad, July 14: A big car bomb killed at least one person and reduced an apartment building to rubble in a Shi'ite district of southern Baghdad today, Iraqi police said. Police said four others were wounded when ...

Baghdad, July 9: Fiery Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has gone back to neighbouring Iran, US military sources in Baghdad said yesterday. Earlier this year, US officials said the anti-American cleric was hiding in Iran to ...

Baghdad, July 4: A car bomb killed 10 people and wounded 20 near an outdoor market in a Shi'ite neighbourhood of Baghdad yesterday, Iraqi police said. They said a parked car exploded in the district of Shaab ...

Baghdad, June 11: Poor provincial governance and political interference in security matters are two of the biggest obstacles US and Iraqi forces face in the fight against Iraq's insurgency, a top US commander said. Major-General Rick Lynch, ...

Baghdad, June 6: At least seven people were killed and 25 wounded when bombs in two parked cars exploded in quick succession in a Shi'ite district in northeastern Baghdad today, police said.The cars were parked by the roadside near ...