Cape Town's Muslim Shia community is "tense", says Moulana Syed Aftab Haider, after a deadly attack on a Shia mosque in Verulam last week. They are trying to raise money for extra security. Haider is ...

As Lebanon teeters on the edge, Beirut’s people live between resilience and ruin, caught in an unending cycle of conflict ...

The Israeli military announced it is carrying out airstrikes on targets in Lebanon, including the Shia Muslim group Hezbollah's strongholds. The Israeli military had announced earlier that rockets ...

The euphoria of Syria's new dawn has turned to violence. Alleged massacres of minority Alawites have sent a fresh wave of refugees into neighboring Lebanon.

Beirut, Lebanon – Hezbollah rallied thousands of its supporters for the funeral of its longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli air strike in September. The funeral on ...

They rose up to defend their sovereignty but were defeated by the new colonial masters. ‘Divide-and-conquer’ on steroids Lebanon is the most religiously diverse Arab country, with 18 defined religious ...

Syrian state media say fighting erupted along the border between Lebanon and Syria overnight ... between the Syrian military and armed Lebanese Shia groups closely allied with the ousted Bashar ...

More than 142,000 people have been forcibly displaced in Gaza from March 18 to 23. More than 180 children were reported ...

The first is that support for Hezbollah among their own Shia communities in Lebanon is extremely strong. They are far more ...

Orphans break their fast at a mosque in Beirut, Lebanon, on March 5, 2025. (Photo: Xinhua) Orphans break their fast at a mosque in Beirut, Lebanon, on March 5, 2025. (Photo: Xinhua) ...