Everyone following the formation of the new Lebanese government before it came into being on Saturday was eagerly awaiting the fate of the "political Shiism’s" Lebanese branch. Indeed, the status quo ...

There are two versions of Sayyida Zaynab, the suburb south of Damascus and home to a shrine for a revered Muslim figure.One ...

Because of its religious diversity and bloody history during the civil war, the city is considered a test case for the new ...

Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem gave a speech to mark the onset of the month of Shaban, in which he announced the date of Hassan Nasrallah’s funeral, sought to counter the group’s domestic ...

Before joining the military and building an Alawite caste around himself, Hafez al-Assad was a fervent supporter of the ...

In contrast, the leaders of Iran, backed by their geographical location, population, material power resources, and ultimately soft power foundations such as nationalism and Shiism, consider the ...

“What was known about Shiism before the Iranian revolution? What was known about the radical Sunni Wahhabism before the rise of the Taliban?” he told the German magazine Der Spiegel in 2006.

Billionaire, philanthropist and spiritual leader Prince Karim Aga Khan “passed away peacefully” surrounded by his family on ...

The Aga Khan Development Network employs some 96,000 people and finances development programs particularly in Asia and Africa. He died "peacefully" surrounded by his family in Lisbon.

Contingency Planning Memoranda identify plausible scenarios that could have serious consequences for U.S. interests and propose measures to both prevent and mitigate them. Iraq remains a fragile ...