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Two Iraqi Shiite Resistance Groups Threaten To Target American Interests, Syrian Embassy, And ...

MEMRI 21 Jan 2026
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FM Rajji says Hezbollah's weapons are a 'burden on Lebanon and Shiite community'

LBC International 12 Jan 2026
In an interview with Sky News Arabia, Rajji addressed Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem, saying the Shiite community is an essential component of Lebanon, but insisting that Hezbollah's weapons "do not protect you and do not protect Lebanon.".
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Interior Ministry Announces Arrest of Perpetrators of a Shiite Mosque Bombing in Homs

The Syrian Observer 12 Jan 2026
The two men, identified as members of the Islamic State group, are accused of carrying out the bombing that struck the Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib Mosque in the Wadi Al-Dahab district on 26 December ...  .
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Hezbollah still dominant among Lebanon's Shiite, but ground is shifting

Al Monitor 23 Dec 2025
Hezbollah still dominant among Lebanon's Shiite, but ground is shifting bfarhat@al-mon Tue, 12/23/2025 - 08.46 ....
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Jumblat says Iran cannot use Lebanon, Shiites to negotiate with US

Naharnet 12 Dec 2025
... of the Lebanese Shiites," to negotiate its nuclear program "or anything else".
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Iran Seeks to Expand Its Influence among Shiites in Thailand

Daily Alert 09 Dec 2025
12% of Thailand's population is Muslim, and about 1% is Shiite, with the vast majority concentrated in the Bangkok area ... Shiite religious centers in Bangkok play a significant role in Iran's outreach.
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How Lebanese Shiites welcomed Pope Leo XIV in a powerful display of national unity

Press TV 07 Dec 2025
The Shiite community, so often and so unfairly portrayed as closed, extreme, or bound to foreign loyalties, revealed on this occasion an entirely different face.
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Salameh blames 'Shiite Duo' and FPM for banking collapse

Naharnet 28 Nov 2025
... of decisions made by the Central Bank of Lebanon,” but rather due to “the government of the Shiite Duo and the Free Patriotic Movement, which adopted unsustainable financial policies,” as he put it.
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Iraqi Shiite alliance to launch negotiations on formation of next gov't: PM

China.dot.org 18 Nov 2025
18 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani affirmed on Tuesday that the Coordination Framework (CF), an umbrella alliance for Shiite parties and the country's current ruling ...
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Iraq’s Shiite alliance meets to chart strategy after Sudani comes first in election

Al Monitor 17 Nov 2025
Iraq’s Shiite alliance meets to chart strategy after Sudani comes first in election alucente@al-mo Mon, 11/17/2025 - 15.29 ....
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Cracks in the resistance: Shiite backlash threatens to topple Hezbollah’s Iron grip

Al Bawaba 14 Nov 2025
... leadership was criticized for the first time and Shiite public discontent grew.
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