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Houthi forces continue to advance on the city of Maʼrib, capturing the village of al-Zor and reaching the Marib Dam. Yemeni government officials say that dozens of people have been killed in the past 24 hours as government forces counter the Houthi offensive. UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock condemns the Houthi assault, warning of "unimaginable humanitarian consequences".
2021-02-16

Two suicide bomber attacks, one on a Shia mosque in Kabul and one on a Sunni mosque in Ghor Province, kill approximately 60 people. Approximately 180 people have been killed in bombing attacks this week.
2017-10-20

Two Sunni mosques are bombed in central Iraq and a muezzin is killed amid fears of renewals of sectarian strife following Saudi Arabia's execution of Shi'ite cleric Nimr al-Nimr in Saudi Arabia.
2016-01-4

Clashes in the Yemeni capital Sana'a leave at least nine dead and 67 injured.
2015-01-19

Clashes with ISIL in Anbar province kill twenty-three Iraqi Army soldiers and allied Sunni fighters.
2015-01-6

Over 300 members of the Sunni Albu Nimr tribe are executed by ISIS militants in Anbar Province, western Iraq.
2014-11-2

At least 43 Shi'ites are dead in Baghdad and the holy city of Karbala in a wave of suicide and car bombings.
2014-10-20

A car bombing in a busy street in Baghdad's largest Shi'ite neighbourhood kills at least 12 people.
2014-10-9

Thirty-five people, including three police officers, are killed in bomb attacks in Shi'ite sections of Baghdad and parts of northern Iraq.
2013-05-15

A bomb planted inside a grocery store in a mainly Shi'ite area of Baghdad kills three people and wounds 23.
2010-05-12