This created a power vacuum in Iraq which was quickly filled by Shias.

这造成了伊拉克的权力真空，很快被什叶派填补。

The Houthis are a militia of Zaidi Shias, a group in power for 1,000 years before the 1960s.

胡塞武装是扎伊迪什叶派的民兵组织， 该组织在 1960 年代之前执政了 1000 年。

Earlier on Saturday a Shiah religious leader Muqtada al-Sadr denounced those who targeted Sunnis and Shias in Iraq and called for national unity.

早些时候在周六，什叶派宗教领袖穆克塔达·萨德尔谴责袭击伊拉克逊尼派和什叶派的人，并呼吁全国团结。

A system was set up that balanced power between the country's different warring sects - the Christians, the Sunnis, the Shias and so on.

他们建立了一个体系，在黎巴嫩不同交战派别——基督徒、逊尼派、什叶派等——之间平衡权力。

Twin blasts near holy shrines frequented by Shias in the Syrian capital of Damascus killed at least 40 people on Saturday and wounded over 100.

周六，叙利亚首都大马士革什叶派经常造访的神庙发生两起爆炸，造成至少40人死亡，超过100人受伤。

He called his brother's execution unjust and an assassination of a man who refused violence, sectarianism and demanded legitimate rights peacefully in a country where Shias say they're treated as second-class citizens.

他称他弟弟被处决非常不公平，相当于他们暗杀了在把什叶派被当作二等公民对待的国家拒绝暴力、教派主义、要求和平合法权利的人。

But he was critical at the name given to the operation by the Shia militias which focus on a grandson of a prophet, particularly important to Shias. That was unhelpful, said Colonel Warren.

但是他批评了什叶派对此次行动的命名，这是一位对什叶派非常重要的预言家的孙子的名字。华伦上校表示，这项举措没有任何帮助。