With Iraq trying to chart a diplomatic third-way ... The Islamist rebels now in power in Damascus were among the Sunni Muslim militants that entered Shia-majority Iraq from Syria after the ...

With Iraq trying to chart a diplomatic third-way ... Islamist-led rebels now in power in Damascus were among the Sunni Muslim militants that entered Shia-majority Iraq from Syria after the 2003 US-led ...

The Lebanese political system was founded on a sectarian formula bringing together under the Lebanese state all the different religious groups—Maronite Christians, Sunni Muslims, Shia Muslims ...

Shia vs Sunni in Syria: Syria, a country which constitutes 74% Sunni population was being ruled by Bashar al-Assad, affiliated with the Alawite sect, a syncretic sect with links to early Shi’ism ...

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 ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - The Sunni Azm Alliance on Sunday called for the inclusion of prisoners held in Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG)-administered prisons in Kirkuk under the recently passe ...

Britain has an estimated Muslim population of about 2.8 million. Of these some 5% are Shia, the rest are Sunni. The historical split occurred 1400 years ago, following the death of Muhammad in ...