PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Tribal elders backed by local authorities in restive northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday brokered a peace deal between minority Shiites and majority Sunni tribes ...

Qatar's President Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani made the first official visit to Syria after the interim government was ...

The dirge cantor himself repeatedly choked back tears as he sang the praise of Hussein, whose 680 AD killing by the armies of Caliph Yazid lies at the heart of the Sunni-Shiite schism. Many Shiite ...

Kurdish, Shiite and Sunni lawmakers last year introduced three bills which later became a headache for the parliament as discussions and voting on them were repeatedly delayed due to agreements.

Sayyida Zeinab, a key site for Shiite pilgrims, has previously been targeted by ISIS, which follows a strict interpretation of Sunni Islam and regards Shiites as infidels. In 2016, at least 45 ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Thousands of Shiite pilgrims dressed in black marched ... unseated last month in a lightning offensive led by the Sunni Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham. Iran-allied groups ...

Sayyida Zeinab has been the site of past attacks on Shiite pilgrims by IS — which takes an extreme interpretation of Sunni Islam and considers Shiites to be infidels. In 2023, a motorcycle planted ...

Throughout the Middle East, Sunni Saudi Arabia and Shiite Iran compete for influence and supremacy via proxy wars in Yemen, Iraq and Syria. Produced by Reem Makhoul, Mark Scheffler and Arielle Ray.