RAMADAN IN RUINS

Week of terror underscores 'desperate' Islamic State... https://t.co/vwmdd1bS89

— DRUDGE REPORT (@DRUDGE_REPORT) July 4, 2016

Suicide bomb 'hits Saudi holy city'
(BBC News)
Suicide bombing reported outside the Prophet's Mosque in Saudi city of Medina,
one of Islam's holiest sites

RAMADAN IN RUINS https://t.co/S0SL11ga7v

— DRUDGE REPORT (@DRUDGE_REPORT) July 3, 2016

IS swiftly claimed responsibility in a statement posted online, saying the organization had targeted Shiites. The Associated Press could not verify the authenticity of the statement, but it was posted on a militant website commonly used by the extremists.

A second bombing early Sunday on another busy commercial street in a Shiite-dominated neighborhood, this one in east Baghdad, killed five people and wounded 16, authorities said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.

#Breaking Car explosion in Al-Pepsi St. #Benghazi. At least 4 reported killed & 7 injured #Libya pic.twitter.com/eTKueDq2yD

— Nadia Ramadan (@NadiaR_LY) July 3, 2016

BREAKING: Fourth of July Terror Attack on US Consulate in Jeddah Thwarted By Saudi Police https://t.co/9MIfR0gtp3 @gatewaypundit @KristinnFR

— Jim Hoft (@gatewaypundit) July 4, 2016

A suicide bomber was intercepted by Saudi police outside the U.S. consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia early Monday morning and blew himself up after exchanging gunfire according to local reports. Monday the Fourth of July is Independence Day in the United States marking the July 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence from Great Britain. The attack also took place in the latter days of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in which Muslim terrorists have killed and wounded thousands of victims in worldwide attacks.

Suicide attack carried out near US diplomatic site in Saudi: https://t.co/l3AJxqcF4g

— SFGate (@SFGate) July 4, 2016

Muslims mark start of Ramadan, many under cloud of war

Muslims mark start of Ramadan, many under cloud of war... https://t.co/rQSGbUwqvC

— DRUDGE REPORT (@DRUDGE_REPORT) June 6, 2016

...Marking the divine revelation received by Prophet Mohammed, the month sees Muslim faithful abstain from eating, drinking, smoking and having sex from dawn to dusk.

They break the fast with a meal known as iftar and before dawn have a second opportunity to eat and drink during suhur. The month is followed by the Eid al-Fitr festival.

But for many in Syria who have been accustomed to hardship after five years of war, this year's Ramadan was expected to be especially difficult, particularly in besieged cities and towns.

In Madaya, where some 40,000 people have been living under government siege for months, resident Mumina, 32, and her husband planned to break the fast using UN food handouts.

The package contain pulses and tuna cans but "there's no pasta, no meat, no dairy. We tried to plant some vegetables but the land isn't good for planting now," she said....