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Why intra-Kurdish rivalries could stall Iraq's new government

With Sunni and Shia blocs in rough consensus over the parliament speaker and prime minister, Kurdish parties are yet to agree on their selection for president

Winthrop Rodgers
22 December, 2025
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Post-Assad Syria
MENA
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Syrian intelligence says thwarted IS attack on Shia shrine

The New Arab Staff
11 January, 2025
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Pakistan
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13 more killed in Pakistan sectarian fighting

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
30 November, 2024
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Lebanon
MENA
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Israeli forces blow up Shrine of Shimon in south Lebanon

The New Arab Staff
17 November, 2024
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Unpacking the Shia-Sunni schism in The House Divided

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Sadek Hamid

30 October, 2024
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Terrorism
MENA
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Saudi Arabia names Egyptian accomplice in Shia mosque attack

The New Arab
02 February, 2016
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Terrorism
MENA
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Americans among 'militant suspects' detained in Saudi Arabia

The New Arab & agencies
31 January, 2016
Shia cleric Sarkhi followers
Sunni
MENA
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Shia cleric says Popular Mobilisation militias commanded by Baghdad

The New Arab
28 January, 2016
Sheikh Ali Salman [AFP]
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MENA
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Bahrain questions opposition chief over tweets

The New Arab & agencies
24 January, 2016
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Sunni
MENA
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Sunni MPs boycott Iraq parliament over sectarian violence

The New Arab
20 January, 2016
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Sunni
MENA
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Genocide in Diyala: Iraqi officials warn of sectarian cleansing

The New Arab
16 January, 2016
Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani
Sunni
MENA
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Iraq's top Shia cleric condemns Diyala violence

The New Arab & agencies
15 January, 2016
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Shia
MENA
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Kuwait's Shia MPs in mass walk-out

The New Arab & agencies
13 January, 2016
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MENA
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Popular Mobilisation militia 'kills' TV crew in Iraq's Diyala

The New Arab
12 January, 2016
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Turkey
MENA
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Turkey's Erdogan says Saudi executions 'internal legal matter'

The New Arab & agencies
06 January, 2016
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unity
MENA
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World powers call for calm amid Saudi-Iran crisis

The New Arab & agencies
04 January, 2016
Bahrain Shia protests
Sunni
MENA
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Bahrain sentences 22 Shias to life in prison

The New Arab & agencies
31 December, 2015
Prot3est Iran
Yemen war
MENA
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Will Saudi Arabia and Iran end their dangerous rift?

The New Arab
21 December, 2015
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Sunni
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The Minority Report: al-Azhar's anti-Shia essay competition

The New Arab Staff

The New Arab

21 December, 2015
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Syria
MENA
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Hannibal Gaddafi freed by Lebanese authorities

The New Arab
12 December, 2015
Arbaen Iraq
Sunni
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Pilgrims defy bombers, march to Iraq's Karbala

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Paul McLoughlin

01 December, 2015