The United States must prevent a Turkish-Sunni bloc from replacing the Iranian-Shia bloc as the regional troublemaker.

Pope Francis passed away from a stroke and heart failure. Pope Francis was a man beloved by many, and had a very influential impact on the Catholic church. While he didn’t ...

Gunmen have killed and abducted 14 members of Syria's Alawite minority in the space of 72 hours, it was revealed on Sunday, ...

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Iranian authorities have arrested four staff members of state TV, accusing them of insulting the first caliph of Sunni Muslims and close ally of the Prophet Muhammad, state TV reported ...

Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani confirmed last week that Iraq had extended a formal invitation to al-Sharaa to attend the May 17 summit, following a previously unannounced meeting between the ...

The Coordination Framework, Iraq’s ruling bloc of Shiite political parties, has announced that its members will run on ...

The official invitation asks new Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa to attend the upcoming Arab League summit in Baghdad.

Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, Shiite Islam's highest authority in Iraq, offered his condolences on Monday for the death of ...

Despite their small number, the Bektashis are set to form the world’s newest country — a first-of-its-kind Islamic microstate ...