Neither man cared about politics or the war, brought to their doorstep by last year’s decision of the Shiite Muslim militia to launch rockets into Israel to support Hamas. Tit-for-tat attacks ...

Shaabi, a pro-Iranian Shiite militia integrated into Iraq’s defense forces, is under scrutiny as international pressure ...

The suspected perpetrator of a deadly ramming at a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg on Friday is a ...

A forum in Najaf, south of Baghdad, brought together Kurds and Shiites to discuss strengthening ties between the two groups ...

Lebanon's Shiite Muslims Pay High Price in War Between Israel and Hezbollah BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese civilians most devastated by the Israel- Hezbollah war are Shiite Muslims, and many of them ...

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Pakistani authorities in the northwest want warring tribes to hand over their weapons after weeks of deadly clashes ...

BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese civilians most devastated by the Israel- Hezbollah war are Shiite Muslims, and many of them believe they are being unfairly punished because they share a religious ...

Shortly before Sunni Islamist-led rebels swept into the Syrian capital, Iran-backed guards fled their positions at the gates ...