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Questions around a compound of Shiite refugees from Syria in Lebanon show lingering post-Assad fears

  • The 228-unit compound is decorated with posters of Assad allies including Iranian religious leaders and generals as well as fallen commanders of Hezbollah
  • The residents of the Imam Ali Housing Compound are mostly Shiite Muslims
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Pakistan to tighten pilgrimage travel to Iraq, Iran and Syria after 40,000 go ‘missing’

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Gunmen fire on vehicles carrying Shiites in northwest Pakistan, killing at least 42

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Attack on civilian convoy in Pakistan’s northwestern Kurram district kills 38

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