Sunni Islam is the dominant religion in Kuwait and among its rulers. Ghalib once reportedly referred to Saddam Hussein, who invaded Kuwait in 1990, as a martyr, according to the conservative ...

He is part of the Sunni community and often meets with mosque leaders for community outreach. Sunni Islam is the dominant religion in Kuwait and among its rulers. Ghalib once reportedly referred to ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Syria’s interim government has reached a breakthrough deal with the Kurdish-led authority that controls ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. An ambush on a Syrian security patrol by gunmen loyal to ousted leader Bashar Assad escalated into clashes ...

Rights groups reported dozens of revenge killings resulting from Sunni militants targeting the minority Islamic sect, regardless of whether they were involved in the insurgency. Tensions have been ...

“After the massacre of the Muslim Brotherhood and the massacre of the Sunnis, it is now the turn of the Shiite Alawites to be slaughtered,” he insisted. He was referring to the Hama massacre ...

BEIRUT (AP) — The death toll from two days of clashes between Syrian security forces and loyalists of ousted President Bashar Assad and revenge killings that followed has risen to more than ...

Retribution killings between Sunnis and Alawites The revenge killings that started Friday by Sunni Muslim gunmen loyal to the government against members of Assad’s minority Alawite sect are a major ...