Both fiqa Hanafi Sunni and fiqa Jafria Shia timings are provided for your ... One such society is the Dawoodi Bohra community, who have their headquarters in the city. They organize iftar parties and ...

Fighting between Assad loyalists and opponents in Latakia and Tartus spiraled into sectarian bloodshed last week as Sunni militias stormed the region, threatening Christian and Muslim minorities.

They emerged in the 1990s as a religious-political movement opposing Saudi-backed Sunni influence and Western interference in Yemen. The group was founded by Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi ...

The latest cycle of violence began when Assad loyalists staged a bloody ambush on forces aligned with Syria’s new Sunni Islamist government on March 6 in what appeared to be a coordinated attack.

• Ceasefire over: Gaza’s fragile ceasefire was shattered early Tuesday as Israel carried out what it described as “extensive strikes” on Hamas targets. After the ceasefire ended, far-right ...

Syria has been hit with widespread violence over the last few weeks, after Syria's Sunni Islamist-led authorities said their security forces came under attack by militants loyal to the ousted ...

The word shīʿah means “party” or “faction.” Shia Muslims differ from the larger Sunni faction in following leaders from a different path of succession following the death of the Prophet ...

The killings have laid bare concerns over the new Sunni Islamist government led by al-Sharaa, commander of the al Qaeda-linked Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) that deposed Assad. Conricus said that the ...

The Greek-Catholic archbishop of Homs, Jean-Abdo Arbach, condemned the massacres of civilians that occurred in Syria last weekend — which left at least 1,000 dead — and urged Christians to ...

Diana Sosoaca in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, March 13, 2025. VADIM GHIRDA / AP Romania's electoral commission on Saturday, March 15, excluded a far-right hopeful from May's presidential election ...

Demonstration against transphobia and transphobic aggression on the Place de la République in Paris, May 5, 2024. GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT/AFP In an article published in The New England Journal ...

Regarded as one of Iraq's most skilled -- if controversial -- modern political operators, Sunni politician Mohammed Al-Halbousi has faced challenging times since his removal as parliament speaker in ...