Turkey has long desired to see more conservative Sunni rule in Syria and has gone as far as to back the country’s branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, an alliance that culminated in the 1982 Hama ...

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Germany's likely future chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has announced a historic infrastructure and defense investment plan to boost his country's growth, restore its leadership in the EU and respond ...

Tensions have been on the rise in Syria with reports of attacks by Sunni militants against Alawites who had led the rule in Syria for more than five decades under the Assad family. These incidents ...

Her latest look in a red Anarkali set, designed by Anjana Bohra, is no exception. The Rs 45,600 outfit features a flowy silhouette with soft pleats from the waist down. The dupatta is adorned with ...

The row houses seem immersed in memories of a vibrant past when prosperous Dawoodi Bohra traders (a wealthy sect of Shia Muslims) flourished and built them to proclaim their material success to ...

The Iraqi Sunni Endowment institution announced that Ramadan will begin on Saturday, while Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the top religious authority for Shia Muslims in Iraq, declared Sunday as ...

National Guard soldiers near the US-Mexico border in El Paso, Texas, on February 27, 2025. JOSE LUIS GONZALEZ / REUTERS The United States will deploy nearly 3,000 additional troops to its border ...

Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) (AFP) – For Muslims in Saudi Arabia and most Sunni-ruled Middle Eastern states Ramadan will begin on Saturday, but in Shiite-majority Iran and Iraq it will start the ...

A Sunni Muslim of Kurdish descent, Saladin was the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty (which ruled over modern-day Egypt and parts of Iraq, Syria, Palestine and Yemen) and was the first man at the time of ...

JTA — As Ukraine’s Jews face a future awash in uncertainty, some are turning to a realm they can control — the language and rituals that define their identity. Rabbi Irina Gritsevskaya, who ...