Shi'ite

From diplomacy to bombs: Western nihilism fueled Iran’s expansion - opinion

Decades of Western diplomacy misjudged Iran’s ideology, fueling a war that the West was unprepared for.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks on the 47th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Tehran, in February.
THE RISE of lone-actor terrorism in place of state-sponsored terror? Here, a member of the Jewish community views the scene of an antisemitic arson attack through a makeshift fence in London, on Tuesday, a day after volunteer ambulances run by a Jewish organization were set on fire.

New face of terror: Lone actors, online radicalization fuel new wave of antisemitic attacks in UK

 People clear rubble in a house in the Beryanak District after it was damaged by missile attacks two days before, on March 15, 2026 in Tehran, Iran.

What a Shi'ite text reveals about Iran’s current logic - opinion

SMOKE RISES from the site of an Israeli air strike that targeted the southern Lebanese village of Dayr Seryan on March 25, 2026.

Tensions build in Lebanon as Hezbollah targets church, some close doors to displaced Shi'ites


Nigerian court grants permission to declare Shi'ite group terrorists

The protests have often turned violent. An IMN spokesman said at least 20 of the group's members were killed this week during demonstrations.

An ambulance and a fire engine set on fire by a Shi'ite group are seen at the Federal Secretariat in Abuja, Nigeria July 22, 2019

What’s happening in the Kingdom?

In surprise twist, radical Saudi preacher apologizes for his movement’s past and hails the crown prince’s reforms.

EXTREMIST THEMES from the Muslim Brotherhood appeared on Al Jazeera

Iraqi militia commemorates “martyrs” who fought Israel in 1973

Kata’ib Hezbollah is closely linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

Hezbollah and Syrian flags are seen fluttering in Fleita, Syria August 2, 2017

Imam of Peace visits Auschwitz

Imam Mohamad Tawhidi proudly posted on Sunday about being the first Shia Imam "to pay his respects at Auschwitz."

A view of the Auschwitz concentration camp

Saudi Arabia pumps money into restive Shi'ite quarter it once flattened

The Riyadh government hopes investing in the broader area of Qatif after decades of alleged neglect will curb violence.

AN ARAMCO employee looks over the company’s Ras Tanura oil refinery and oil terminal in Saudi Arabia on May 2.

Lebanon's Berri says some parties do not want government formed

Another row surrounds precisely which portfolios should go to which factions, though the ministries in question are not the most powerful.

Nabih Berri, speaks after he was re-elected Lebanon's parliamentary speaker, as Lebanon's newly elected parliament convenes for the first time to elect a speaker and deputy speaker in Beirut, Lebanon May 23, 2018

The Baloch people in Iran’s grip

The Baloch people speak Balochi, a language of the Medes that is linked with Kurdish and Zaza-Gorani.

People shop at the Grand Bazaar in the center of Tehran, Iran, August 2, 2017

Is democracy feasible in Iraq?

The most poignant reason that majoritarian democracy for Iraq is a political fallacy is the role that political memory plays in defining groups views toward the state.

Vehicles drive under campaign posters ahead of the parliamentary election, in Erbil, Iraq

Arabs in Iran report crackdown as regional tension simmers

The community is caught in a struggle between Iran's Shi'ite rulers and Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia.

 A member of Iran's Revolutionary guard stands guard next to an Iranian flag during an anti-US ceremony in Azadi Square in Tehran, April 25, 2010

Who are Iran's 80,000 Shi'ite fighters in Syria?

While there may be many militiamen on Israel's border, the situation is much more complex than the numbers alone suggest.

PEOPLE SHOUT slogans during a protest near the Iranian Consulate in Istanbul in December against the Islamic Republic’s role in the battle for Aleppo in Syria