Following the military takeover of Kirkuk and Khurmatu by Iraqi forces and the Iranian-backed Shia militia Hashd al-Shaabi (PMF) on Oct. 16, a militant group emerged in the mountainous areas south of ...
A man was arrested by the Bihar police after he was seen climbing onto a dome of a Shia mosque to hoist a saffron flag. The incident took place on Saturday evening during the Kali visarjan yatra near ...
Hezbollah is a Shiite Muslim political party and militant group based in Lebanon, where it has fostered a reputation as “a state within a state.” Founded during the chaos of the fifteen-year ...
Barnaby Rogerson, a noted author, has written numerous travel guides and books on the Muslim world. His latest book, The House Divided: Sunni, Shia and the Making of the Middle East, explores the idea ...