Ignoring al-Qaeda, Iran links 'extraordinarily foolish'

Syria's president Bashar al-Assad gestures as he speaks to journalists during a press conference after talks with Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych on December 3, 2010 in Kiev. Bashar al-Assad is in Ukraine for a two day official visit. (Image ...

israel, Shia, sunni, Syria, Opinions Related content AFTER making two major air strikes in and near Damascus in three days, Israel informed the Assad regime on Monday that it is not taking sides in the Syrian civil war. But of course it is. The ...

Iranian-Saudi, Shia-Sunni rivalries drive greater Mideast conflicts Last week the Iraqi government, which had once welcomed Al Jazeera and other Arab television networks, gave them the boot, accusing them of exacerbating domestic sectarian ...

The Syrian conflict, now in its third year, has inflamed a confrontation between Sunni and Shia Muslims in the Middle East Turkey said it believed fighters loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad were behind twin car bombings that killed 46 people ...

Shia residents of Damascus have described how armed Sunni militiamen daubed crosses on the doors of homes and assassinated religious leaders in the street. The testimonies given by Shia refugees who have fled to Lebanon paint a graphic picture of ...

Related Stories BAGHDAD: Sectarian strife between Sunni and Shia Muslims is getting worse in Iraq. At least 22 people were killed in attacks across Iraq on May 1.To the north of the capital, gunmen attacked a police station and occupied it after ...

The testimonies given by Shia refugees who have fled to Lebanon paint a graphic picture of how the Syrian rebellion is becoming beset by deep-seated sectarianism, with hardline Sunni rebels now bent on building and uncompromising Islamic state. "I ...

Attacks across Iraq have killed 50 people in the last two days as growing friction between Sunni and Shia leads to more sectarian violence. Sunni anger has been increasing since Iraqi army soldiers broke up a peaceful sit- in in a square in the town ...

Hezbollah Should Keep Away from Syria Crisis Interview with Hojjatollah Joudaki, analyst of Regional Issues and Iran's Former Cultural Advisor to Egypt Perhaps, it would be no exaggeration if one claimed that the biggest war which is currently ...