restive Shiite populations, particularly Bahrain, Yemen, and Kuwait. Sunni rulers fear that these populations could become radicalized by the Syrian conflict and stage uprisings of their own.

This group was called Shia Ali, or ‘Party of Ali’, from ... interpreted in some sections of the media as religious conflict between Sunnis and Shias. Although Muslims in the UK have been ...

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The issue was never resolved, and the two major branches of Islam that exist today can be traced to this early conflict ... be called simply Shia Muslims. Others are called Sunni Muslims, from ...

That conflict became a virtual civil war, and it purged Baghdad of most mixed neighborhoods, leaving it sharply divided between Shiite and Sunni districts. In Diyala province, northeast of the ...

PESHAWAR: Representatives of Shia and Sunni tribes from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s (KP) restive Kurram district on Saturday assured their support for the government’s efforts to restore peace in the ...

Christians and other religious minorities in Syria fear the Middle Eastern nation has traded one oppressor for another since ...

The conflict in Syria is dynamic ... Lebanon's descent into sectarian strife would deepen Sunni-Shiite tensions across the area. Assassination of a major Lebanese leader or attack on a venerated ...

Is a Shiite crescent extending from Beirut to Tehran emerging in the Middle East, as Sunni Arab leaders in Egypt and Jordan have suggested? Further, should Shiite revivalism be cause for concern ...

Power in the Middle East shifted in 2025, with Sunni groups gaining influence while Shiite factions linked to Iran weakened. Political turmoil, economic struggles, and escalating conflicts—especially ...