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The operation would tighten the noose around Islamic State’s Iraq stronghold but could inflame sectarian tension in the mainly Sunni region.
Ashura, the tenth day of the month of Muharram in the Islamic calendar. A time of rejoicing and deliverance, yet a time of grief and sorrow. From both the Sunni and Shi'a traditions, this day holds very significant to many.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei criticized Saudi Arabia over how it runs the hajj after a crush last year killed hundreds of pilgrims.
"Let’s just say I’ll probably never be invited to Moscow anytime soon," Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas) said.
The attack comes less than a month after Saudi Arabia executed 47 people, including Shi'ite cleric Nimr al-Nimr.
Like many Muslim countries and many Muslims, Pakistan doesn't want to pick sides in the current tussle between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
A conference earlier this month in Doha won the Iraqi prime minister's support, then backfired spectacularly.
The dead included at least 17 were children and 20 women, Doctors Without Borders said.
The former prime minister is currently in Iran.