Diplomacy often takes the form of staged meetings and statements whose plain meanings differ from what the country’s leaders ...

Srinagar: In the aftermath of Israeli aerial strikes, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday requested the ...

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.

Iran’s Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has no choice but respond to the devastating strikes. Iran having being under ...

In a dramatic though not unexpected escalation with far-reaching consequences, Israel has launched a direct attack on Iranian ...

SAYYIDA ZEINAB, Syria (AP) — At the Sayyida Zeinab shrine, rituals of faith unfold: worshippers kneel in prayer, visitors raise their palms skyward or fervently murmur invocations as they press ...

At the time, the shrine's protection from Sunni extremists became a rallying cry for some Shiite fighters and Iran-backed groups from beyond Syria's borders who backed the former government of ...

His death exacerbated the schism between Islam’s two main sects, Sunni and Shiite, and is mourned annually by Shiites. Zeinab's burial place is disputed; some Muslims believe it’s elsewhere.