Iraq is committed to holding credible and inclusive parliamentary elections this year, the UN envoy to the country said, a ...

The entry-level training course at the unit was several months long and very tedious, with strict rules governing performance ...

The Iranian foreign minister’s visit to Cairo may be the latest sign of warming ties, but the path to a genuine rapprochement ...

The leader of Al Qaeda’s Yemen branch has threatened both President Trump and billionaire Elon Musk over the Israel-Hamas war ...

Gaza and Ukraine have taken all the airtime in global conflicts, but there are many others. Myanmar, formerly Burma, is in a ...

Qaida’s Yemen branch has threatened both U.S. President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk over the Israel-Hamas war in ...

As former rebel leaders take positions in the new Syrian government, Kurdish officials warn of renewed threats to their ...

During Syria’s civil war, protecting the revered Sayyida Zeinab shrine was a rallying cry for some Shiite fighters and groups from beyond the country’s borders backing then-President Bashar Assad.

The Sunni-Shia conflict is 1,400 years in the making, dating back to the years immediately after the Prophet Mohammed’s death in 632. The Prophet died without having appointed a successor ...

SUNNI and Shiite Islam are the two major denominations of the religion. Although both have much in common, there are several key differences. The main difference between Sunni and Shiite Muslims ...

Many of these cases have been registered against Shiites, who have come under pressure from fundamentalist Sunni outfits. Pakistani police registered at least 40 blasphemy cases in August ...

It is blamed for chaos, conflict, and extremism. It defines what is seen as the region’s principal fault line: Sunni versus Shiite. It has the power and elegance of a grand theory that seemingly ...