Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has made his first public appearance since the start of Iran's conflict with ...

Meanwhile, President Donald Trump is chipping away at Iran’s regional influence. He is urging Syria and Lebanon to join the ...

The British publication, The Independent, reported that Shia Muslims from Iraq are involved in the protection of the revered shrine of Sayyeda Zainab, Prophet Muhammad's granddaughter, situated in ...

A: There are no fundamental differences between Sunni and Shia beliefs. Shias believe in the same prophet Muhammad and the Quran (the word of God brought by archangel Gabriel to prophet Muhammad ...

The al-Askari shrine is of immense spiritual importance for Shia Muslims throughout the world and has attracted millions of pilgrims over the centuries. Part of the Imam Ali al-Hadi mausoleum, the ...

More than 21 million Shia Muslims took part in the Arbaeen pilgrimage in Iraq this year, marking the 40th day of mourning for the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Mohammed ...

Syrian authorities have foiled an attempt by ISIL (ISIS) fighters to blow up a revered Shia shrine in a Damascus suburb, state news agency SANA has reported. Intelligence and security forces ...

The war draws together Iran-backed Shia and Sunni militants in what appears to be closer cooperation between groups that differ in ideology but are united by opposition to Israel and the U.S.

In 1979, Iranians took to the streets seeking a regime change in what is still called the Islamic revolution, headed by ...

The last caliphate ended with the fall of the Ottoman Empire post World War I. ... The Shia Muslims believe that Prophet Mohammad’s cousin and son-in-law, Ali, ...

The new Syrian government announced on Saturday that it had foiled an attack by the Islamic State group (IS) targeting the Sayyida Zeinab Shia shrine in the south of the Syrian capital, Damascus.