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 Islamic Republic has had the deadliest outbreak of the virus, also known as COVID-19, outside of its epicentre in China. Iranian authorities have arrested a man who was seen licking a Shia ...

The long-feared attack happened Tuesday, on Shiism’s holiest day, when simultaneous explosions ripped through crowds of worshippers at Shiite shrines in Baghdad and Karbala, killing at least 143 ...

"Four people have been killed so far following a terrorist attack by two armed men on the holy shrine of Shah Cheragh" in the city of Shiraz, the official news agency IRNA reported. One of the ...

Krayem said the shrine welcomes "between 100,000 and 150,000 visitors" during key Shiite holidays, the majority of them coming from abroad. - 'Blood has been spilled' - ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A suicide car bomber attacked between two Shiite shrines in the Iraqi city of Karbala Saturday, killing at least 58 people and wounding 170, a police spokesman said.

The practice appears mostly focused on Sunni areas astride roads leading to important Shiite shrines to the north and south of the capital, Baghdad. The apparent sectarian cleansing plants the ...