The Sunni rebels view Iran as their enemy and, of course, will not cooperate with it. As a result, the Shia crescent has been ...

DAMASCUS (AP) — Intelligence officials in Syria’s new de facto government say they have thwarted a plan by the Islamic State group to set off a bomb at a Shiite shrine in the Damascus suburb ...

The site in the Iraqi capital holds great religious significance for Shiite Muslims as it hosts the shrine of Imam al-Kadhim, ...

India has 29 states with at least 720 districts comprising of approximately 6 lakh villages, and over 8200 cities and towns. Indian postal department has allotted a unique postal code of pin code ...

Jan. 16 (UPI) --NASA astronaut Sunni Williams, one-half Boeing Starliner crew who have been stuck on the International Space Station for months, took part in a spacewalk on Thursday to do some ...

Nay Maps is a South African actor born on 30th March 1989. He is the firstborn of three children born to the late Bishop Simeon Maphalala and his wife. Maps grew up alongside his two younger sisters ...

He assured that it will “not exclude anyone”, but seek “unity and partnership.” Asharq Al-Awsat learned that President Joseph Aoun is leading efforts to avert a Shiite boycott of the new government ...

Several observers have questioned the strong opposition by the “Shiite duo” of Hezbollah and the Amal movement of the appointment of Nawaf Salam as Lebanon’s prime minister. Head of Hezbollah’s ...

Yet, a ray of hope emerges as top Shiite cleric Sheikh Ali al-Khatib calls for consolidating national unity and building a state grounded in equality among all citizens. Higher Islamic Shiite ...

the Shiite Muslim sect from which Mr. Al-Assad hails, ethnic groups such as the Kurds, and remnants of the ousted president’s regime. Similarly, the Islamic State, an ultra-conservative Sunni ...

President Joseph Aoun emphasized to a delegation from the Islamic Shiite Supreme Council the importance of seizing current opportunities for Lebanon's progress. He called for unity and removing ...