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GATESTONE INSTITUTE: … If you had grown up, as I did, between two authoritarian governments -- the Islamic Republic of Iran and Syria -- ...

BBC: In Saudi Arabia's oil-rich Eastern Province, protesters inspired by the Arab Spring have been venting their anger against the go...

Conflict in the Middle East Is About More Than Just Religion THE OBSERVER: Recently, Shia-Sunni conflicts have seen Hezbollah help Syrian ...

Canada Terror Plot: Iran's Complex Al-Qaeda Connection THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: When Canada accused "al-Qaeda elements in Iran" ...

Two Killed in Saudi Arabia Clashes THE GUARDIAN: A soldier and an alleged gunman died, with one soldier wounded, in a shootout during Shia ...

Uprising in Saudi Arabia? America Won’t Allow It THE FIRST POST: Alexander Cockburn: There’ll be little talk in Washington of democracy in ...

Saudis Crush Dissent and Point Finger at Iran for Trouble in Eastern Province THE GUARDIAN: Kingdom wary of popular uprising warns unrest w...

Saudi Arabia: Police 'Open Fire' on Protesters THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Saudi forces reportedly laid siege to a Shia village in the eas...

Lebanon Mourns Death of Shia "Spiritual Leader" Ayatollah Dies NEW ZEALAND HERALD: Lebanon's Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Mohammed H...

Iran Issues Tacit Warning to Saudi Arabia Over Attacks on Rebels TIMES ONLINE: Iran warned Saudi Arabia yesterday not to become further enta...

Iraqi Gay Men Face 'Lives of Hell' BBC: Grainy footage taken on a mobile phone and widely distributed around Baghdad shows a terrifi...

Shia Crowds Decry US Role in Iraq BBC: Tens of thousands of supporters of Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr have rallied against the US presence in I...

The World Doesn’t Wish to "Absorb the 'Good Message of Islam'”, Your Highness! Photo of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia courtesy ...

Ashura: Shia Holy Day in Iraq – Violent Photo courtesy of The Guardian THE GUARDIAN: Around two million pilgrims today marched through the I...

Muslims of the Iraq Unite Against the Common Foe! THE TELEGRAPH: American attempts to co-opt Iraqi insurgents in Baghdad have suffered a set...

Sunnitische Extremisten im Irak drohen Iran mit ernsthaftem Krieg NZZ ONLINE: Radikale Sunniten im Irak haben eine Drohung Richtung Iran aus...

Iran’s Global Ambitions THE BOSTON GLOBE: Iran, in its effort to become a regional and global power, is reaching out across the Sunni-Shi...