by newzulu
PAKISTAN, Rawalpindi: Pakistani shiite muslims protest against the execution of prominent Shiite Muslim cleric Nimr al-Nimr by Saudi authorities, at Benazir Bhutto road in Rawalpindi in Pakistan, on January 3, 2016. Saudi Arabia's execution of a leading Shiite cleric reflects an assertive but risky new approach that threatens to escalate its proxy wars with arch-rival Iran in Syria and Yemen, experts said Sunday.