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2/17/2013 9:23:21 AM
Rebels heighten their offensive in northern Syria, attacking Aleppo airport and two airbases, as the UN rights chief urged international action against President Bashar al-Assad
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Region
2/16/2013 4:55:19 PM
Syrian rights group reports that more than 300 people including women and children were abducted by armed groups in northwestern Syria
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Region
2/16/2013 1:03:43 PM
Bahrain announces it found a bomb on the 25km-long King Fahd causeway that links the Kingdom of Bahrain with the Eastern region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Region
2/16/2013 12:32:41 PM
Bahrain's interior ministry says it 'arrested four terrorists possessing weapons with which they had fired on security forces in Karzakan', a Shiite village southwest of Manama
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2/16/2013 11:24:48 AM
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2/15/2013 5:03:17 PM
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2/15/2013 4:40:53 PM
One killed and dozens injured following clashes between Bahrain's security forces and hundreds of Shiite protesters marking the second anniversary of the 2011 uprising
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World
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Region
2/15/2013 2:52:19 PM
Thousands of Iraqis protest in several Sunni cities after weekly Muslim prayers to urge for the removal of PM Nuri Al-Maliki
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World
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Region
2/15/2013 11:39:19 AM
The Gulf Cooperation Council calls nuclear-ambitious Iran not to 'interfere' in domestic affairs of Arab states following a controversial suggestion on Syria and Bahrain
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Region
2/15/2013 10:24:06 AM
Bahrain's interior ministry says a police offices was killed after he was hit by a patrol bomb during clashes with anti-regime Shiite protesters
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World
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Region
2/14/2013 9:46:37 PM
Two years on, the euphoria of the Arab Spring has long gone
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World
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Region
2/14/2013 3:42:28 PM
The Shiite villages in Bahrain proved to be the main source of political unrest in Bahrain, a situation that was widely seen during the 2011 uprising against the Sunni monarchy
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World
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Region
2/10/2013 3:17:49 PM
Amid mounting regional unrest, joint Gulf force, the Peninsula Shield, begins a 17-day war games exercise
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World
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Region
2/10/2013 12:04:46 PM
Bahrain's National dialogue resumes Sunday in an atmosphere of deep mutual mistrust between the Sunni government and the Shiite opposition ahead of the second anniversary of an uprising that shook the Gulf kingdom
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World
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Region
2/9/2013 1:23:02 PM
UNHCR advises setting up at least two transit centres in Lebanon for the Syrian refugees but also fears that large camps of Sunni Muslim Syrians could inflame sectarian tensions
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World
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Region
2/8/2013 11:00:00 AM
Police and hospital sources say at least 26 people died after car bomb explosions in Shiite areas in the wake of growing Sunni-Shiite tensions in Iraq
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Egypt
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2/6/2013 6:24:22 PM
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation's secretary-general tells Ahram Online that rapprochement between different Muslim sects is essential
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Egypt
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Politics
2/6/2013 10:36:58 AM
Syria at the heart of the Islamic summit's agenda in Cairo
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World
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Region
2/5/2013 7:57:12 PM
Al-Azhar leader warns Iranian president against 'interference' in the Gulf's internal affairs; denounces 'spread of Shiism' in Sunni countries
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Opinion
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2/5/2013 11:38:28 AM
Until Iran abandons, or at least significantly mitigates its parochial sectarian approach to the predominantly Sunni Muslim region, prospects for a dramatic breakthrough in Egyptian-Iranian relations will remain modest at best
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