Shia identity is rooted in victimhood over the killing of Husayn, the Prophet Muhammad's grandson, in the seventh century and a long history of marginalization by the Sunni majority. Islam's dominant ...

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BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Mortar battles have erupted between Shiite and Sunni neighborhoods in Baghdad, and the once-mixed city is reeling as the two sides adopt the weapons and tactics of urban civil war.

Shiite rebels sweeping across Yemen met deadly resistance from both Sunni tribesmen and Al-Qaeda Saturday as they pushed south into mainly Sunni areas with the security forces largely absent. Yemen ...

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BEIRUT, Lebanon -- To the outside world, the two groups appear to have much in common: devoutly Muslim, fiercely hostile to Israel and the U.S., and high on Washington's list of terrorist groups. Yet ...

AZ ZUBAYR, Iraq — Iraqi leaders condemned Britain’s decision to withdraw troops, saying yesterday that it would lead to a bloodbath and ethnic cleansing. After the Daily Telegraph reported that troop ...

Shiites and Sunnis are two main sects of Islam that are often at war, a split that dates back to when Muhammad, the founder of Islam, died in the year 632, leading to a never-ending dispute over his ...

Nine Shiite candidates are competing to be Iraq's next prime minister, with negotiations ongoing between blocs to unify ...

BEIRUT — The Gaza war has pushed together powerful Iran-backed Shia Muslim paramilitaries with militant Sunni factions in what appears to be closer cooperation between groups that differ in religious ...