One dead in bombing in Yemen's Shiite

IRAQ Suicide bombers hit Baghdad mosque Two suicide bombers targeted a Shiite mosque in Baghdad on Tuesday, one blowing himself up at a nearby checkpoint while the other slipped inside during prayers. The blasts killed 29 people, Iraqi officials ...

BEIRUT -- Syrian troops backed by Lebanese Hezbollah fighters clashed Wednesday with rebel forces south of a Damascus suburb that is home to a major Shiite Muslim shrine, in an attempt to secure the area surrounding the revered site, activists said.

A Nigerian court dropped charges against four Lebanese men allegedly linked to the Shiite group Hezbollah because it doesn't have jurisdiction over the matter, their defense lawyer Ahmed Raji said. The men, who are still detained, were arrested in ...

SANAA, June 19 (Xinhua) -- A roadside bomb exploded in a Shiite crowded village market in northern Yemen on Wednesday, killing at least three people and injuring 10 others, witnesses and medics said. Two victims were diving on a motorbike when the ...

Debate: Iranian policy is not radicalizing the Gulf's Shiites When responding to accusations that Iran's expansionist regional ambitions are a major source of Shiite radicalization in the region, any individual Shiite will, no doubt, say that ...

Obama begins official part of Berlin visit 12:23 Suicide bombing kills 2 in Yemen's Shiite north 12:14 Thousands of Bulgarians rally against government in power 12:04 Kabul suspends US security talks - official 11:55 Brazil protests ...

The relations between confessions in Lebanon become increasingly tense. Recently, Shiite terrorist organization Hezbollah announced open support of the regime of Bashar al-Assad. In response, the Syrian armed opposition fired Grad rockets at Beirut.

Yemeni Shiites hold a demonstration in the capital Sanaa to protest against the security services (Mohammed Huwais / AFP) A suicide attack on Wednesday rocked a local market in Yemen's northern city of Saada killing two civilians, a Zaidi Ansar ...

RIYADH - Saudi Arabia's former intelligence chief, Prince Muqrin, once told American diplomats the Middle East's so-called Shi'ite Crescent where the Muslim sect holds sway was "becoming a full moon" as Iranian influence spread.For the kingdom's ...