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By Rafiq A. Tschannen on February 3, 2017 ( 2 Comments )

What the history of Greece can tell us about the fight against Isis

Modern Greece and its crises were shaped by the legacy of a violent conflict in the post-war years – an atrocity long forgotten as the fight to stabilise the Middle East distracts our leaders Robert Fisk @indyvoices Thursday 2 February 2017 184 https://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FTheIndependentOnline%2F&width=450&layout=button&action=like&size=large&show_faces=false&share=false&height=35&appId=235586169789578 Click to follow The Independent Online Golden Dawn supporters […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on January 4, 2016 ( 1 Comment )

Shiite cleric’s execution in S. Arabia exposes Mideast divisions

By AP – Jan 04,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – TEHRAN, Iran — The execution of a Shiite cleric in Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia has laid bare the divisions now gripping the Middle East, as protesters set fire Sunday to the kingdom’s embassy in Tehran and demonstrators took to the streets […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on January 3, 2016 ( 2 Comments )

Iran and Saudi Arabia Exchange Heated Words After Execution of Shiite Cleric

By BEN HUBBARD and THOMAS ERDBRINKJAN. 3, 2016 BAGHDAD — A war of words between Middle East rivals escalated on Sunday, with the supreme leader of Iran warning that […]

By rabyam on January 3, 2016 ( 1 Comment )

Protest in Tehran after Saudis execute Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr, 46 others

Source: CNN (CNN)Saudi Arabia said Saturday it had executed 47 people in a single day, including a dissident Shiite cleric, Nimr al-Nimr, who had repeatedly spoken out against the government […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on January 3, 2016 ( 6 Comments )

Saudi Arabia’s executions were worthy of Isis – so will David Cameron and the West now stop their grovelling to its oil-rich monarchs?

The executions were certainly an unprecedented Saudi way of welcoming in the New Year – if not quite as publicly spectacular as the firework display in Dubai which went ahead alongside the burning of one of the emirate’s finest hotels Robert Fisk Middle East Correspondent @indyvoices 233 comments Saudi Defence […]

By Rafiq A. Tschannen on January 2, 2016 ( Leave a comment )

Saudi Arabia Executes 47, Including Shiite Cleric

By ABDULLAH AL-SHIHRI, ASSOCIATED PRESS RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Jan 2, 2016 The Associated Press FILE – In this Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012 file photo, a Saudi anti-government protester carries a poster with the image of jailed Shiite cleric Sheik Nimr al-Nimr during the funeral of three Shiite Muslims allegedly […]

By rabyam on December 4, 2015 ( Leave a comment )

Saudi Arabia carrying out ‘unprecedented wave’ of executions

Source: BBC An artist sentenced to death for apostasy. Three young Shia Muslims – arrested when they were minors – faced with beheading. And reports in the Saudi press of […]