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Twin Suicide Bombings In Baghdad Marked Deadliest Attack Of The Year With At Least 70 Casualties

By Jenn Loro - Mar 01, 2016 10:00 AM EST

Iraq’s capital, Baghdad, is rocked by twin explosions involving suicide bombers linked to ISIS killing at least 70 people and injuring a hundred more.

Four US Journalists Arrested In Bahrain For Alleged Participating In Police Attacks

By Jenn Loro - Feb 17, 2016 08:07 AM EST

Four American journalists were reportedly arrested by Bahraini police for their alleged involvement in illegal anti-government activities in the island-kingdom of Bahrain.

Shiite Iran Seeks Rapprochement With Sunni Rival Saudi Arabia

By Jenn Loro - Feb 15, 2016 10:21 AM EST

Shiite Iran is seeking a “new paradigm” in its effort to build better relations with Sunni rival Saudi Arabia- two regional hegemons that are involved in pitched proxy wars in the Middle East.

Saudi Arabia Breaks Up Terror Rings, Arrests 431

By Dustin M Braden - Jul 18, 2015 10:37 AM EDT

The government of Saudi Arabia says it has arrested more than 400 people in a sting operation that prevented attacks on a number of targets throughout the Gulf kingdom.

More Arrests Made in Kuwait Mosque Bombing

By Dustin M Braden - Jul 07, 2015 06:19 PM EDT

Saudi authorities have arrested three brothers they say played a crucial role in the recent Kuwaiti mosque bombing that was intended to create animosity between the small petro-state's Shia and Sunni citizens.

Shiites and Sunnis in Kuwait Pray Together After Mosque Bombing

By Dustin M Braden - Jul 03, 2015 12:47 PM EDT

In a show of unity and rejection of terrorism after the worst terrorist attack in decades, Shiites and Sunnis in Kuwait came together in the country's grand mosque for Friday prayers.

Kuwait Names Mosque Bomber, Makes Arrests

By Dustin M Braden - Jun 28, 2015 01:10 PM EDT

The government of Kuwait has identified the suspect in the country's worst terrorist attack as a citizen of Saudi Arabia.

Shia Mosque Bombed by Islamic State in Saudi Arabia during Friday Prayers

By Dustin M Braden - May 22, 2015 09:22 AM EDT

A bomb has exploded at a Shia mosque in the predominantly Sunni nation of Saudi Arabia, suggesting that the sectarian warfare that has engulfed the region may soon overwhelm one of the Arab world's most stable countries.

Atrocities Rife in Tikrit After ISIS Withdraws

By Dustin M Braden - Apr 03, 2015 06:41 PM EDT

Iraq's prime minister ordered the military and police to arrest any militia members who may have committed atrocities after liberating the city of Tikrit after multiple reports of looting and arson were made.

Saudi Arabia Masses Troops on Border with Yemen Foreshadowing Possible Invasion

By Dustin M Braden - Mar 25, 2015 11:28 AM EDT

Saudi Arabia has moved troops and military equipment to its border with Yemen, suggesting the oil rich kingdom may soon intervene in that country's political situation, which have been chaotic and kinetic since a group of rebels known as Houthis overthrew the previous government.

Iraqi Army Enters Tikrit, ISIS Retreats

By Dustin M Braden - Mar 11, 2015 07:13 PM EDT

The Iraqi Army has entered the city of Tikrit for the first time in months as they try to dislodge the Islamic State from their defensive fortifications.

Mosque Attack in Pakistan Claims Nearly 50 Lives

By Dustin M Braden - Jan 30, 2015 04:43 PM EST

Approximately 50 people were killed when a terrorist's bomb ripped through a Pakistani mosque as hundreds gathered for their weekly prayers.

Iraq: Shiite militia massacres Sunnis gathered in mosque for prayer

By Dustin M Braden - Aug 22, 2014 12:19 PM EDT

A Shiite militia has massacred at least 50 Sunnis as they gathered to pray in a village mosque in the Iraqi province of Diyala.

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