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THE KINGDOM’S PERFECT STORM: SECTARIAN TENSION AND TERRORISM IN SAUDI ARABIA’S EASTERN PROVINCE

By Chris Zambelis for CTC -- Abstract: With Saudi Arabia now firmly in the Islamic State’s crosshairs, concern over sectarian tensions in the kingdom’s volatile Eastern Province is rapidly increasing. The Islamic State has initiated a campaign of violence and terrorism targeting Saudi Shia to create and take advantage of worsening relations between Sunnis and […]

Shi'ite cleric among 47 executed in Saudi Arabia, stirring anger in region

THE LEVANT NEWS -- Saudi Arabia executed a prominent Shi'ite Muslim cleric and dozens of al Qaeda members on Saturday, signaling it would not tolerate attacks, whether by Sunni jihadists or minority Shi'ites, and stirring sectarian anger across the region. Hundreds of Shi'ite Muslims marched through Qatif district of Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province in protest […]

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