In 2011, this Sunni scholar was one of the voices of the uprising against the ousted President Bashar al-Assad. He was even nicknamed the “Sheikh of the Revolution” for his sermons calling the ...

Azerbaijani Turks in Iran endure discrimination and cultural oppression. Changes in Tehran have not improved the situation, ...

Washington could leverage the Baku-Jerusalem relationship to contain Iranian geopolitical ambitions. Although pushed out of ...

Download [PDF] Summary Turkiye is swiftly expanding its influence in a rapidly imploding Islamic world, as its ‘neo-Ottoman’ ...

Since the Syrian civil war began in 2011, Turkey has taken a clear stance against the Assad regime, supporting opposition and rebel forces. Following the fall of the Alawite regime and the rise of ...

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

BAGHDAD (AP) — Thousands of Shiite pilgrims dressed in black marched on Saturday, heading on foot toward the golden twin-domed shrine of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim in the northwestern Baghdad ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s parliament passed three divisive laws Tuesday, including amendments to the country’s personal status law that opponents say would in effect legalize child marriage. The ...

The main road connecting Parachinar, which has become a battleground between Shia and Sunni Muslims, has also been closed for the past three months. In fact, there has been a history of heavy ...

ASTANA – Joint investigations are underway into the crash of the Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) plane near Aktau, in coordination with authorities of Kazakhstan and Russia, including the Prosecutor’s ...

AP They were captured in September 2023, during Azerbaijan's lightning offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh aimed at regaining full control of the separatist enclave. The trial of 16 Armenian prisoners ...