She gives us each a simple form to fill out while she outlines the rules, saying visitors must always be accompanied and ...

The map locates the Kurram District ... “It was a time when Afghan mujahedeen introduced a militant brand of Sunni Islam, while the Shiite population was also being radicalized by the Iranian ...

As Israel intensified attacks in the Lebanese city of Baalbek, residents fled to an ancient Roman temple, hoping the site’s ...

A total of 20 people were killed and 21 others injured in Israeli airstrikes in and near the Syrian capital Damascus, as ...

Senior American officials are returning to the Middle East to try to reach a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, as the Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati has expressed cautious ...

Iran's state-run IRNA news agency says a militant attack near the Pakistani border with Iran has left five Iranian forces ...

Shia Islam was brought to the Indian subcontinent during the final years of the Rashidun Caliphate. The Indian subcontinent also served as a refuge for some Shias escaping persecution from Umayyads, ...

At least 2,200 people have been killed in the country, according to the Lebanese health ministry, and 1.2 million displaced, mostly Shia Muslims ... conflict in maps: Where is fighting happening ...

The outcry for revenge divided the early Islamic community, albeit disproportionately, into the Sunni and the Shia. This is known today as the Islamic schism.

Missile strikes have rocked the eastern Lebanese city of Baalbek and its outskirts today, hours after Israel issued an ...

This is a locator map for Iraq with its capital, Baghdad. (AP Photo) Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s prime minister announced Tuesday that ...

This is a locator map for Iran with its capital ... Relations between the predominantly Sunni Muslim residents of the region and Iran’s Shiite theocracy have long been strained.